Human Trafficking and Slavery in DC Beltway

" The Washington Examiner’s Freeman Klopott is reporting that dozens of wealthy Beltway families have employed illegal immigrants as domestic employees in what Federal prosecutors have said amounts to slave labor. Sentencing was scheduled to be held for naturalized citizen...

American teenager pleads guilty to Scientology web attack

A 19-year-old American man has admitted knocking the Church of Scientology's websites offline in a series of electronic attacks in 2008. Dmitri Guzner of Verona, New Jersey pleaded guilty to charges of cybercrime against the religious organisation and related websites, which...

Guy Lafleur Hockey Hall of Famer could spend time in jail

Montreal Canadiens great, Guy Lafleur has been convicted of giving contradictory evidence at his son's bail hearing and the hockey hall of famer could be spending up to 14 years in prison. Lafleur will be sentenced...

Charles Lynch and the Significances of the Postponement

Two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder announced for the second time that federal agents would only target medical marijuana distributors who violate state and federal law. Last Monday, Federal Judge George...

Illegals in Tennessee To Serve Only 6 Months In Sex Slave, Kidnapping, Tortur...

This sentence is unconscionable.  Who was the prosecutor in charge of this case that agreed to this disgusting plea deal?  These men KIDNAPPED, RAPED and FORCED INTERSTATE PROSTITUTION on this young...

B.C. judges afraid of imposing "undue hardship" on criminals

OPINION What happens to lawyers/ptosecutors when they become judges in British Columbia?  Fines, the proceeds of which are supposed to be used to fund victims services, are waived because they...

Sanjeev Nanda Gets for BMW Hit and Run Crime

New Delhi(ABC Live): Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Friday pronounced the quantum of punishment for Sanjeev Nanda, the prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, sentencing him to five years in jail

Inmates 'sleeping in toilet area'

Prisoners are having to sleep in the toilet area of their cells to ease overcrowding at a jail in northern England, a watchdog said in a report on Tuesday. " HM Inspectorate of Prisons found Doncaster jail held almost 200 more inmates than it had been intended for. ...

Maryland Jail Officials Release Man Just Convicted of Attempted Murder

We've all heard of the slips of paper given in school to go to the principal's office or to detention--but slips of paper to route prisoners to jail? Seems like that could be an open invitation to some fiddling around--and sure enough, one convict is now on the lam."State...

National Victims Week: Make Criminals Pay

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWith National Victims Awareness Week underway, those advocates for Victims Rights want to ensure serious time for serious crimes complete with restitution for victims,...

Justice Trapped in the Legal System

This man, Alton Logan, has been in prison for 26 years. Attorneys for the man who committed the crime have come forward. Mr. Logan was sentenced in 1982. He is now 54 years old.When the attorneys...

Ex-Skating star Christopher Bowman found dead

Oh my.  From flaunting your goods in skin-tight leotards before tens of thousands of skating fans...to this, a Soprano stand-in. (I refer to the recent photos of Bowman)Oh, the tragedy of has-been skating...

Pinups of Bikini-Clad Women Hid Jailbreak Route

Inmate #1: "So here's the plan: we're going to break out of this prison by hiding dummies under our bed blankets and covering our exit route with pin-up pics of hot chicks in bikinis. What do you think?" Inmate #2: "I think it just might work."It doesn't seem possible. But...

Polygamist sect leader convicted

Justice."Polygamist sect leader convicted Reuters News Agency September 25, 2007 at 5:13 PM EDT St. George, Utah — U.S. polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted on Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for arranging a marriage between an unwilling 14-year-old girl...

Michael Vick Faces Viriginia Felony Charges on Dogfighting Scandal

 UPDATE: Michael Vick is now facing Virgina charges of torturing and killing dogs, as well as dogfighting. Each count is a felony, and could send him to prison for several years. Michael Vick may find that...

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