Serious Threats against Federal Judges, Prosecutors Reaches Alarming Levels
Serious threats against U.S. federal judges and prosecutors have significantly increased over the past three years, according to data collected by the U.S. Marshals Service.
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Fox News: Surveillance of Americans Violates Constitution, Reduces Our Free Choices
By Judge Andrew Napolitano Fox News Readers of this page are well aware of the revelations during the past six months of spying by the National Security Agency (NSA). Edward Snowden, a former employee of an NSA vendor, risked his life and liberty to inform us of a governmental conspiracy to violate our right to…
Massachusetts Prosecutors Mull State Charges Against Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger, His Former Associates
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It might not be over yet for notorious mobster and convicted killer James “Whitey” Bulger and his former associates. Prosecutors in Massachusetts are exploring whether they can charge Bulger and others with murder and other crimes now that the federal trial is over, the Boston Globe Press reports. One associate that…
Life Tenure for Fed Judges Raises Issues of Senility, Dementia
By Joseph Goldstein Special to ProPublica Judge Richard Owen of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan gathered a group of lawyers in his courtroom in 2007 to discuss the possible leak of sealed documents in a business case. As the hearing got under way, Owen, then 84, asked for someone to explain this newfangled mode…
Convictions Overturned and Sentences Reduced Because of Fed Prosecutorial Misconduct, USA Today Report Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –A USA Today investigation shows that federal prosecutorial misconduct has not only put innocent people in prison, but also set guilty people free, sometimes by shortening their sentences and allowing them to commit crimes again when they should have been behind bars. The USA TODAY investigation found 201 cases since…
Federal Judges Beginning to Equalize Punishment for Crack Cocaine
This has long been one of the unfair disparities in sentencing. No question crack cocaine has plagued urban America and destroyed neighborhoods and lives. But should crack have ever been treated differently than powdered cocaine when it came to sentencing? By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Federal judges are beginning to…
Judge OKs Feds’ mandatory DNA Collection Policy
This may not make civil liberties groups happy, but it’s a big victory for law enforcement. Of course, this isn’t likely to be the end of the issue. By Mosheh Oinounou FOXNews.com A California federal judge ruled Thursday that mandatory DNA collection for all individuals facing federal felony charges is constitutional, dealing a setback to…
Atty. Gen. Holder Assures Federal Judges He’ll Upgrade Professionalism at Justice Dept.
In recent months, federal judges have chastised federal prosecutors around the country including in Washington, Miami and Montana. The newly minted Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. has vowed to address this. Joe Palazzolo The National Law Journal WASHINGTON — In his first confab with the nation’s chief federal district judges, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr….
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