Congressman Murtha might find himself in a bit of legal jeopardy if this suit holds up and moves forward:
A slander lawsuit against Congressman John Murtha is expected to be formally filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh Thursday afternoon.
The litigation stems from a 2005 incident in Iraq and Murtha’s reaction to it.
At that time, a [...]

This video offers the most comprehensive information seen to date on the theft of Classified Documents from the National Archives by President Clinton’s former National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger.
Not only does it detail the various visits by Mr. Berger to the Archives, but also provides information on the obvious mishandling by the Department of Justice [...]

How nice of the Saudi King to pardon the young woman who had been repeatedly raped by 7 men. Her crime? Being in a car with a man not a member of her family.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been sentenced to [...]

For those who followed the case of the Border Crossing Guards, Ramos and Compean, there is news today from the 5t Circuit Court of Appeals:
Federal prosecutors may have overreacted in their case against two Border Patrol agents who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms after jurors convicted them of shooting a fleeing drug suspect and [...]

A few days ago I wrote about a dead Marine’s father who had taken the Westboro Baptist Church gang led by Fred Phelps to court for disrupting his son’s funeral.
It is my pleasure to report the verdict is in and it is not in favor of the Phelps cult. (I refuse to call them Baptists)
A [...]

If you were this man, what would be your choice?
Further, if you were the judge, would you have given him any options?

As part of Sandy Berger’s slap on the wrist plea deal over his taking of National Archives documents he was ordered to take a polygraph in an effort to find out exactly what exactly he took that we didn’t know about.
As of this date he has still not taken the test and now 23 Republican [...]

I must say I was surprised when reading this today, not because I had decided that these indivduals were innocent or guilty but simply, I thought with all the negative coverage Katrina did and now receives, there was no chance of an acquittal.
The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died [...]

Mike Nifong will serve his twenty four hours in jail beginning this morning.
Mike Nifong, the former Durham County District Attorney who led the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case, reported to jail Friday to begin serving a 24-hour sentence for contempt of court.
Nifong was disbarred for his handling of the highly publicized case, and [...]

I didn’t know that there was a Civil Rights Division in this justice department.
The head of the Justice Department’s embattled Civil Rights Division is to resign at the end of August, officials said yesterday, making him the latest in a series of senior political appointees to leave the agency amid continued controversy over Attorney General [...]

Why would a man resign if he did nothing wrong?
Facing multiple investigations, a senior Justice Department appointee has resigned his post.
Bradley Schlozman stepped down from his position as a counsel in the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, a branch of the Department of Justice, last week, a Justice spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
Schlozman, a key figure in [...]

While I admit that I am conflicted when it come to the death penalty, there are times when I feel it is completely appropriate.
When three college students were gunned down in cold blood in Newark, New Jersey, my hope was that their killers would be apprehended and brought to justice. It seems [...]

In very short order the verdict in the Jose Padilla case has been rendered.
MIAMI (AP) - Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration’s zeal to stop homegrown terror.
The Chicago native was [...]

I would have taken him for everything he owns.
The dry cleaners aren’t pressing their case against the Pants Judge.
In a surprise turn yesterday, the small-business owners sued by D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson withdrew their demand that he pay nearly $83,000 for their legal bills, saying that enough money had been raised from [...]

In this case justice prevails.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed his first death warrant, ending a seven-month moratorium adopted by the US state after a botched execution.
His predecessor, Jeb Bush, suspended lethal injections in late 2006 after a convicted murderer took 34 minutes to die and had to be given a second dose.
Mr Crist [...]

According to this piece at Patterico’s Pontifications
Johnny Sutton may be answering some tough questions today.
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing to examine the prosecution of Agents Ramos and Compean. Johnny Sutton, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas whose office prosecuted the Ramos/Compean case, is scheduled to testify at the [...]

This sums it up. It might please a few but it angers many.
President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff 2 1/2 years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused to let Libby remain free while he appeals his conviction for lying [...]

Here is one By Janet Hook, Times Staff Writer
Eddie Mahe is a happy man.
With his decision to keep I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby from going to prison, President Bush has provoked a firestorm of controversy but avoided what might have been even more damaging to his presidency: defections of Republican loyalists who are among [...]

Here is an interesting point of view by David Corn of the Nation.
Now comes the fall out.
It’s appropriate.
The president who led the nation into a disastrous war in Iraq by peddling false statements and misrepresentations has come to the rescue of a White House aide convicted of lying.
Before the ink was dry on today’s [...]

I am often conflicted on the issue of the death penalty, however, this is one time I would gladly stand with the Kurds and witness the final moments in the lives of these truly evil men.
‘Chemical Ali’ to be hanged in Kurdistan
Saddam Hussein’s cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as “Chemical Ali,” and two other regime [...]

For those following or who choose to find information on the Mike Nifong hearing there is comprehensive information here.

Many might think that those who wear the black robes and preside over a trial or hearing are some of the most intimidating figures in society. After all, they hold more power in their hands in regards to the lives of others than just about anyone else here on earth.
Yet, every once in a [...]

Source of this shortened version.
JUAREZ, Mexico — The man shot in the buttocks by two U.S. Border Patrol agents now in prison for the shooting and the coverup is breaking his silence, saying he is well aware that ‘everybody hates me there (in America).’
Osvaldo Aldrete Davila was shot in February 2005 by Border [...]

It was refreshing to see the British got this right and I wish our Justice department would do the same.
A civil servant and an MP’s researcher have been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets Act.
They leaked an “extremely sensitive” memo about talks on Iraq between Tony Blair and President Bush.
What is even more [...]