Madoff Victims Victimized Again
Bernard Madoff's long awaited day of reconing has come and the conventional wisdom is that justice was served. The criminal who perpetrated a fraud of mind-boggling proportion received an equally...
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CRIME MAY NOT PAY, BUT INFORMERS ARE WELL COMPENSATED
The United States Department of Justice openly and unashamedly encourages and rewards informants in criminal matters. Typically, informants are defendants who decide to assist the government by...
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John Edwards, Roger Clemens and America's Other One Percent
The Federal conviction rate in the United States of America has now reached the improbable rate of 99%. The vast majority of these convictions are achieved through plea bargaining as 97% of all...
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AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE AND FALSE CONVICTIONS
The sickening parade of false convictions in the United States continues unabated. Andre Davis spent 32 years in prison for a murder he did not commit Earlier this month another victim of American...
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WHEN ANY KIND OF PIRATE WILL DO
Federal prosecutors are routinely on the hunt for high-profile prosecutions that can generate publicity and advance their careers up the judicial corporate ladder. In today’s environment perhaps...
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DON SIEGELMAN’S STRANGE JUSTICE
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman is headed back to prison after a lengthy legal odyssey. “I never expected to be in this kind of place. I never expected my career in public service to end in a...
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BLOCKS RELEASE OF THOUSANDS
Offering further evidence of its name’s Orwellian nature, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is actively blocking the release of thousands of federal prisoners it now concedes are innocent....
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WHEN A JUDGE GOES OFF THE RAILS
WHEN A JUDGE GOES OFF THE RAILS by Barry Scott Sussman In May of 2012, former Tennessee Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner, 64, was indicted on federal charges of misprision of a felony,...
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CHRIS CHRISTIE’S TRAIL OF CORRUPTION
On August 28, 2012, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey is scheduled to take the podium at the Republican National Convention and deliver the Republican Party’s keynote address. Christie, who was...
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DEATH OF A CAREGIVER
On April 18, 2012, 68 year old Richard Flor, his wife Sherry and his son Justin were sentenced in federal court for operating a licensed medical marijuana facility that was fully compliant with the...
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AMERICA’S WAR ON DRUGS TARGETS PHYSICIANS
As America’s War on Drugs enters its fifth decade of futility, the scope of its insidious assaults on unsuspecting citizens has broadened markedly. Originally launched by President Richard Nixon in...
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AMERICA’S WAR ON DRUGS TARGETS PHYSICIANS
As America’s War on Drugs enters its fifth decade of futility, the scope of its insidious assaults on unsuspecting citizens has broadened markedly. Originally launched by President Richard Nixon in...
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BLOCKS RELEASE OF THOUSANDS
Offering further evidence of its name’s Orwellian nature, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is actively blocking the release of thousands of federal prisoners it now concedes are innocent....
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CLAIM DISMISSED FOR 27 YEAR WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT
The United States criminal “justice” system is gaining a world-wide reputation for unethical prosecutions, draconian sentences and false convictions. There is a widespread belief among the public that...
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JUDGES CONSIDER PASS FOR DUKE LACROSSE PROSECUTOR
There is a saying that bad facts made bad law, but the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is going to extraordinary lengths to see that their idea of “bad law” does not result from the well-publicized...
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LENGTHY SENTENCES CONTINUE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
As President Barak Obama’s re-election campaign gears up for its final push, his Department of Justice (DOJ) is aggressively pursuing medical marijuana cases in direct contravenence of earlier...
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CRIMINALIZATION OF THE PRACTICE OF LAW
When attorney F. Lee Bailey was indicted for mail fraud in 1973, he quoted a popular aphorism referencing the difference between how England and the U.S. treat their criminal defense lawyers. “In...
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U.K REFUSES TO SUBJECT CITIZEN TO U.S. JUSTICE
In a stunning decision, U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May has blocked an extradition request from the U.S. for accused British hacker Gary McKinnon. The controversial decision was handed down on...
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AMERICA'S NEW SAFETY NET: PRISON
The U.S. prides itself as being “number one” in a general, meaningless sense, but routinely ranks towards the bottom of developed nations in social services provided. Indeed, the U.S. currently...
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DANA SIEGELMAN INTERVIEW: A GLIMPSE INTO AMERICAN INJUSTICE
Dana Siegelman, daughter of imprisoned former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, was recently interviewed by the author about her father’s political and highly suspect prosecution begun by George W....
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