In what was described as one of the largest single-day operations against the mafia in the FBI’s history, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday more than 100 individuals were charged in 16 indictments. “We are pleased to announce an important step forward in our nation’s ongoing fight against the organized crime families of [...]
One of the key defense attorneys in the double murder trial against Orenthal James Simpson says he is convinced the former football great – who was acquitted by a Los Angeles, California jury on October 3, 1995 — is in jail today as punishment by a Nevada jury that believed he “beat the rap” in the deaths of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman…
These are just some of the cases of physical abuse, neglect and exploitation of victims documented in a new government report to Congress. Based on interviews with seniors, advocates and attorneys, the report reviews the care provided by court-appointed guardians to mentally or physically incapacitated victims in 20 closed cases, from 45 states, from 1990-2010.
And while the report stops short of characterizing alleged abuses nationwide as “widespread”, it urgently highlights numerous failures…
Reports from Silver Springs, Maryland say that a gunman, James J. Lee, is in custody after a standoff on Wednesday at the Discovery Channel headquarters.
At an afternoon news conference, Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger confirmed that after four hours, the gunman was shot, wounded and in custody. It was later reported the gunman is now dead.
Police say the gunman was holding three hostages, and all three hostages are safe and out of the building.
“He came in with explosive devices strapped to his person…”
The family of an Indianapolis man killed by an on-duty cop, who was driving at nearly twice the posted speed limit and who tested at twice the legal blood alcohol content, is appealing to the Governor of Indiana to intervene in the matter after the county prosecutor dropped the DUI charge.
“I am pleading for your assistance to intervene in the investigation,” the victim’s widow, Luisa Montilla-Wells, said in a letter to Governor Mitch Daniels.
“My family, the families of the other two victims involved in the tragedy, and the constituents of Indianapolis have lost confidence and their faith in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD)…”
This is the story of 7th-grader Jessi Slaughter and what Florida law enforcement are investigating as a case of cyber-bulling.
While the actions taken against young Jessi cannot be condoned, some have speculated that the girl’s online use wasn’t being watched or monitored properly by her parents. In addition, Jessi may have been planning to use YouTube and other social sites to to create content that would take her “viral”, an online term used for material that becomes wildly popular almost overnight.
In a profanity-laced original video in which she spoke directly to the online haters…
Despite a backdrop of “rampant illegal immigration, escalating drug and human trafficking crimes, and serious public safety concerns,” a federal judge in Arizona on Wednesday blocked several provisions of a tough, new immigration law from taking effect.
Judge Susan Bolton, a Clinton-appointee, shared concerns expressed by the Obama Administration that the legislation could interfere with federal policy and create unnecessary burdens on legal resident aliens.
The response from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was swift…
Attorneys General from nine U.S. states, and one territory, filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief on Wednesday in the United States District Court of Arizona in support of Arizona Senate Bill 1070.
Michigan is the lead state backing Arizona before the court in the Federal lawsuit – The United States of America v. The State of Arizona and Janice K. Brewer, Governor – challenging the constitutionality of the state law scheduled to take effect July 29.
“My mother was a legal immigrant who faithfully carried her green card with her for years…”
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