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Goldstein: One law for the rich

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Jack

The more you study the 2008 global economic meltdown, the more you realize there really is one law for the rich and one law for the rest of us. If you or I are caught committing fraud, there’s a good … Continue reading →

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Sentencing Shift Gives New Leverage to Prosecutors

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After decades of new laws to toughen sentencing for criminals, prosecutors have gained greater leverage to extract guilty pleas from defendants and reduce the number of cases that go to trial, often by using the threat of … Continue reading →

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Fulford: The dangerous spread of the Nancy Grace virus (1)

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jack

Until you look into the shifty eyes of Nancy Grace, until you hear the poisonous accusations rolling smoothly off her tongue, you cannot understand what cable TV has done to American criminal justice. On 24-hour U.S. television “news,” the law … Continue reading →

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US Seems 'Helpless' in the Fight against Assange

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Jack

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in London earlier this month, is free on bail in a case stemming from sexual misconduct charges in Sweden. The US, for its part, would like to try him for making 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables … Continue reading →

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Hill wrestles with response to WikiLeaks

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Jack

On the day a London judge released WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on bail in his extradition battle, a top U.S. lawmaker warned against hasty moves to prosecute those who leak and publish classified documents in the wake of the group's … Continue reading →

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DeAngelis: The untimely and unnecessary death of Agent Terry

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Jack

Taking a page from the drug cartels that fearlessly take on Mexican Marines in gun battles, bandits north of the border between Arizona and Mexico felt invincible enough to challenge and kill a US border agent. Agent Brian A. Terry … Continue reading →

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The Collapse of the Guantanamo Myth

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Jack

When announcing in 2002 that the U.S. would detain al Qaeda fighters at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously described the base as "the best, least worst place." Mr. Rumsfeld's quip distilled a truth: The U.S. would capture … Continue reading →

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Panel finds Justice reluctant to take cases of white victims

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jack

The Justice Department stonewalled efforts by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate the dismissal of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party, leaving open the question of whether the department is willing to pursue civil rights … Continue reading →

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Editorial: After terror trial fiasco, Holder should go (1)

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Jack

In justifying his decision last year to try Ahmed Ghailani in a civilian court rather than by a military commission, Attorney General Eric Holder reassured Americans that he and President Obama knew that “failure is not an option. These are … Continue reading →

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