McNamee's lawyer says president Bush will let Rocket off hook

This whole Clemens / Congress thing is a farce.  Why not cap it off by a Presidential pardon for the Texas alumni?"One of Brian McNamee's lawyers predicted that if Roger Clemens is convicted in connection with the baseball steroids scandal, he'd be pardoned by President...

Justice on the Cheap: $5,000 Plus Legal Fees For Wrongful Conviction

Five grand seems a bit stingy for such a miscarriage of justice: loss of a year's wages would be more than $5000, and that does not take into account lost opportunity from being portrayed as a child molester. Social repercussions: immeasurable."A man who served almost a year...

Whose Internet is it anyway?

"This week we've seen two Internet events that are more alike than dissimilar. On Wednesday, an Estonian court convicted a 20-year Russian for his part in last spring's distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on that nation. On Thursday, word of mounting DDoS attacks on...

Huckabee's dirty little secret...scandal?

Back in 1985 in Arkansas, a man by the name of Wayne Dumond was convicted of raping a 17 year old girl named Ashley Stephens (ironically a distant cousin of Bill Clinton- who was Govenor at the time). While he was awaiting trial in his home, masked men broke into his house,...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Couple forced to take in criminal lodger after he tells court their house is ...

"A convicted criminal has moved in with a married couple against their wishes after giving their address in court as his home."

China sex ring teachers convicted

"Two school teachers have been sentenced to death in China for forcing more than 20 young girls - including some of their own pupils - into prostitution. Zhao Qingmei and her husband, Chi Yao, were convicted of running a child-sex ring in the southern Guizhou province. The...