Supreme Court Rejects Argument About Drugs Used In Lethal Injection
Since a botched execution in Oklahoma earlier this year, controversy has surrounded the composition and source of drugs used in lethal injections. As a federal appeals attorney explains, the U.S. Supreme Court has just rejected a Texas inmate’s bid to halt his execution. The Basis for the Appeal Convicted murder Robert James Campbell sits on death row […]
New Advocacy Group Fights for Lesser Punishments for Financial Crimes
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) is an advocacy group that fights for smart sentencing laws that protect public safety. Although they typically represent the interests of prisoners who have been subject to strict prison sentences for drug related crimes, they have recently launched a campaign to promote lighter punishments for financial crimes. In the aftermath […]
Brevard Judge Accused of Punching Public Defender
When Assistant Public Defender Andrew Weinstock entered the courtroom yesterday, he may have been prepared to exchange some verbal blows if needed with Judge John Murphy, but probably not the physical kind. In a showdown not exactly sanctioned by the State of Florida, and one that both had probably dreamed of at some point in […]
Post-Conviction Relief – Why a Guilty Verdict Doesnt Mean the Fight is Over
Step one: Find someone who will fight for you. A guilty verdict at trial seems like the end of what has likely been a long, and difficult process. The period awaiting trial may feel interminable; what happens after is sometimes a longer road with even more unknowns. But there is sometimes post-conviction relief. The American […]
John McAfee: Brilliant Anti-Virus Software Creator or Murderer?
In the late 1980s and into the early 1990s, when the computer industry started booming, and Silicon Valley became what it is today a technology Mecca there was Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, and the rest of the internet tycoons including the anti-virus software, McAfee. The company was bought by Intel in 2010 for almost $8 […]
Cattle Battle on Federal Land Likely Avoided
An anticipated showdown between a Nevada cattle rancher and the federal government will likely pass without the violence and fanfare many anti-government groups had been hoping. The background of this fight stemmed from the alleged right of a landowner and cowboy to use his land as he pleases against the interests of the federal government in […]
Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Released on Bail
Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Released on Bail The night before Halloween in 1975 in Greenwich, Connecticut was just like any other for local teenagers who liked to prank houses in their neighborhood by ringing the doorbell and running away or toilet papering houses. Those types of harmless activities were just what 15-year-old Martha Moxley was […]
Woman Stabs Boyfriend 25 Times With Heel of Stiletto
If you search for the phrase odd murder weapons online, you will find stories of homicides that have been committed with many different, and yes, odd objects. From spatulas to icicles, to an Xbox360 and a bowling ball, people seem to use whatever is at their disposal when the time comes to end another persons […]
New Sentencing Hearings for Close to 100 Illinois Convicts
New Sentencing Hearings for Close to 100 Illinois Convicts The Illinois Supreme Court decided on March 20, 2014 that inmates that are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for homicides they committed as minors will now be granted new sentencing hearings. There are currently about 100 convicts that will receive a chance […]
Massachusetts Court Ruling on Upskirt Photos
Massachusetts Court Ruling on Upskirt Photos The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has overruled a lower court’s decision to arrest and prosecute a man for taking photos up women’s skirts and dresses. In 2010, Michael Robertson was arrested in a sting after transit police had received reports that while riding the subway in Boston, he […]