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Mar 23 2022
News
Blinken says U.S. assesses Russian forces committed "war crimes" in Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the U.S. assesses that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine and will work to hold them accountable.
"Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," he said in a statement Wednesday.
"We've
CBS News (Online)Feb 08 2023
News
Prosecutors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh continue to lay out evidence of his alleged financial crimes
Witnesses in the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday shored up earlier testimony of his former law group’s chief financial officer, who’d spoken about discovering what prosecutors allege were his financial crimes that could have helped lead to the killings of his wife and son. Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of
CNN (Online News)Jan 29 2024
Opinion
There was no good way for Alabama to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith
The outrage over Alabama using the previously untested method of nitrogen gas to execute 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday night isn’t misplaced. The use of any human being as a “guinea pig” for a method of execution, in the words of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, makes the blood boil. But there’s a chance that the focus on Smith, whom Alabama tried and failed to kill in
MSNBCMar 19 2023
News
Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh financial crimes victims now representing family of Stephen Smith as teen's body set for exhumation
Attorneys who represent financial crimes victims of convicted double murderer and disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh are now representing the family of Stephen Smith, a Hampton County teenager who is believed to have been murdered in the summer of 2015. Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, of the firm Bland Richter, teased an impending announcement on twitter Sunday morning regarding Stephen and his
Law & CrimeNov 10 2020
Headline Roundup
DOJ Election Crimes Official Resigns
Richard Pilger, director of the Election Crimes branch of the Department of Justice, has resigned from his post.
The move comes after Attorney General William Barr authorized Pilger to probe specific allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Pilger is claiming that Barr's directive goes against the 40-year-old Non-Interference Policy for ballot fraud investigations
Newsmax (News) The Hill CNN (Online News)Sep 12 2021
News
Why a Swedish city with a violent crime problem looked to US for solutions
Rebeca Persson remembers clearly the afternoon in October 2018 when she and other Malmö residents first met with 10 young men – many from rival street gangs, and all on parole – in the city’s soccer stadium.
The social worker sat onstage next to the other speakers as the gang members filed into the large hall. An audience of 40 people stood to greet them: neighbors, sports coaches,
Christian Science MonitorOct 20 2020
Analysis
Losing Could Expose Trump to Prosecution for Any Number of Crimes
EVEN IF President Donald Trump loses on November 3, it’s hard to imagine that he’ll ever be convicted of any crime, much less serve time in prison.
That’s because, first and foremost, no former U.S. president has ever seen the inside of a cell — and not because all presidents have faithfully followed the law. Presidents accumulate huge favors owed, favors that they cash in, figuratively
The InterceptJan 17 2024
Perspectives Blog
Is CNN Fake News?
This blog was originally published in 2018. It is regularly updated to reflect current events and bias updates.
Is CNN (Lean Left bias) fake news?
Former President Donald Trump famously told a CNN reporter, “You’re fake news” in January 2017. Fake news is now a term that has been used countless times by the media, political leaders, commentators and everyday people. In
Julie MastrineJan 10 2017
News
The Meryl Streep performance: Why Hollywood hates Trump playing the presidential role
I strongly disagree with Donald Trump: I think Meryl Streep is the finest actress of her generation.
I also wish she hadn’t used her Golden Globes platform to become the latest Hollywood type to bash Donald Trump.
Fox News (Online News)Feb 08 2024
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Special counsel: No charges for Biden in classified documents probe
Joe Biden carelessly handled classified materials found at his home and former office and shared government secrets with his ghostwriter, but prosecutors decided no chargeable crime was committed, according to a long-awaited special counsel report released Thursday. Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics. The 345-page Justice Department
Washington Post