The U.S Justice Department has outlined back breaking guidelines on the prosecution of corporate executives in criminal matters. Long condemned for their lackluster lenience in going after Wall Street executives, the department is now launching […]
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Canadian Airline Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Cheap Tickets It Claims Were A Mistake
A first of its kind class action lawsuit has been filed against Canadian airline Air Canada over claims that customers from all over the world, including the United States, purchased tickets from the company at […]
These Beautiful Images Show The Prison Of The Future And Why It Works
At the recently redesigned Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in San Diego, a new approach to the prison system is being implemented. Iron bars have been replaced with large windows, and the overall appearance […]
China Announces Mass Prison Pardons To Those Who Fought In World War Two
Chinese inmates who fought during the Second World War will be released from prison as the country prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. Through the amnesty, China seeks to […]
Study Reveals Harsh Sentences Do Nothing To Stop Illegal Online Drug Marketplaces
Following the shutdown of the Silk Road, an online illicit drug marketplace, the judge responsible for sentencing the site’s founder to life in prison, Katherine Forrest, issued a threat to those who pursue illegal activity […]
Researchers Grow Frustrated With Lack Of Science Guiding Our Nation’s Police Departments
With the recent incidents involving alleged police brutality and unjustified shooting of African-Americans happening across the nation, both law enforcement and scientists believe that the time for change in policing needs to happen now. With […]
Pennsylvania Will Sentence People Based On Crimes They Have Yet To Commit
Pennsylvania is on the precipice of becoming one of the first states to base criminal sentences not only on the crimes people have been convicted (at the present and in the past), but also on […]
Israel Will Now Treat Rock Throwing Children As Terrorists
Palestinian activists and officials are calling a new law passed by the Israeli Parliament that enables courts to jail people caught throwing rocks at moving vehicles a “repressive” and “racist’ attempt at stamping out protests […]
Afghan Female Supreme Court Nominee Rejected By Conservative Lawmakers
Afghanistan almost took a giant leap in the area of women’s rights, as Anisa Rasouli was nominated by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to be a member of the Supreme Court. If voted in, Rasouli would […]
Australian Police Latest To Want Warrantless Access To Personal Financial Data
In the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), police are pushing for new powers that circumvent the checks and balances of the legal system, highlighting a worldwide trend in lazy policing that seeks to […]
U.S. Government Hindering Poland’s Investigation Of Illegal CIA Prisons
The U.S. is hindering Poland’s investigation into a secret CIA prison there, a Polish prosecutor charged Saturday. Piotr Kosmaty, spokesman for the Appeals Prosecutor’s Office in Krakow, said that the U.S. has deliberately ignored requests […]
Court Rules Google Is, In Fact, Subject To Canadian Law
Google has long had a belief that because it is ‘From The Internet’ regular laws, rules and regulations don’t apply to it. This week we reported that in France, Google tried, and failed, to use […]
Two Days After Launch Apple Music Is Under Investigation For Antitrust Violations
Apple’s splashy launch of its Apple Music service wasn’t just being watched by loyal fans and iPhone users looking for great tunes – attorney generals from around the country were also watching. Closely. Just two […]
United Arab Emirates Sentences Four Men To Life In Prison For Tweeting
Middle Eastern legal insanity knows no bounds, with mass public executions, chopping of limbs and lengthy jail terms for minor offenses the norm. The area proved just how insane it is, after four men were […]
Six Chinese Nationals Charged With Economic Espionage
In a sign the U.S government is losing patience with Chinese industrial espionage, it charged six Chinese nationals with economic espionage, saying they stole secrets from two military contractors, the Department of Justice said on […]
Google Leaves Backdoor In Hangouts For Easy Warantless Wiretapping
Google, a known NSA collaborator, has done its very best to muddy the waters about its cooperation with the unconstitutional spy programs. While on one hand allowing NSA wiretapping of its servers on the other […]
Justice Department Announces Probe Of Entire Baltimore Police Department
In news that will surely have Chicago’s corrupt police force on edge, the Justice Department announced a wide-ranging federal civil rights probe of the entire police department of Baltimore Newly appointed Attorney General Loretta Lynch […]
Mayweather Sued For Lying About Girlfriend He Beat
On Tuesday, the mother of three of Floyd Mayweather’s children filed a defamation lawsuit against the boxer, for telling lies in a recent interview about her being on drugs the morning of a 2010 domestic […]
Confusion As New Evidence Emerges That Freddie Gray May Have Hurt Himself
Two new accounts of what happened to Freddie Gray question the narrative of police brutality that has fueled protests in Baltimore, it emerged Thursday morning. The first new evidence comes from a relative of one […]
Justice Department Investigating Town That Preys On Its Poor
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that it was investigating the rural Louisiana town of Ville Platte, specifically the police department and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office. It is looking into allegations that […]
Drug Market Kingpin Denied Retrial, Will Spend Life In Jail
A U.S. federal judge has rejected convicted Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht’s request for a new trial, despite his attorneys’ claims of inappropriate conduct on the part of government agents and prosecutors. “The evidence of […]
Indonesia Defies World Anger And Executes 8 Drug Smugglers
Eight convicted drug smugglers were executed by firing squad in Indonesia Wednesday morning. The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan. A ninth execution, a woman from the Philippines, was postponed […]
Farmers Not Allowed To Repair Tractors Because Of Copyright Law
Over the last week stories have starting to appear about farmers unable to repair tractors and working Americans unable to repair their cars because of copyright legislation. It’s not a side effect. It was the […]
Why Kleiner Perkins Should Sue Ellen Pao
News broke that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the prestigious venture capital firm, is offering serial liar and opportunist Ellen Pao a deal to pay its one million dollar court costs and not tarnish its […]
Rogue Sheriff To Face Contempt Charges, Possible Jail Time
America’s lease law abiding sheriff begins a four-day hearing Tuesday that could bring fines, damage his credibility and make him politically vulnerable for repeated violations of a judge’s orders in a racial profiling case Sheriff […]
Judge Grants Research Animal Legal Rights
A New York judge today granted a pair of lab animals from Stony Brook University the right to have their day in court. It is a decision that seems to recognize chimpanzees as legal persons […]
Supreme Court Rules Sniffer Dog Traffic Stops Illegal
The Supreme Court delivered a rare win for civil liberties in a landmark ruling handed down today. The court ruled that police officers violate the Constitution when they extend an otherwise completed traffic stop to […]
Police Let Robbers Go To Avoid Revealing ‘Investigative Technique’
Prosecutors in St. Louis, Missouri, have let four robbery suspects go free instead of explaining law enforcement’s use of a ‘stingray’ device in court proceedings. The stingray devices, also known as cell-site simulators, pretend to […]