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Apr 21 2020
News
The Supreme Court finally struck down Oregon and Louisiana’s constitutional gamble — here’s what happens next
Until recently, two US states did not require a unanimous jury verdict to convict defendants at felony criminal trials: Louisiana and Oregon. In both, a “supermajority” — meaning only 10 or more jurors out of 12 voting guilty — was sufficient to secure a conviction and a long sentence behind bars.
Voters in Louisiana, a highly conservative state with the second-most prisoners in the
AlterNetSep 27 2020
News
Trump Tells Black Voters That Democrats Take Them for Granted
President Donald Trump appealed to Black Americans to help re-elect him, telling them in a speech Friday that Democrats -- whom African Americans are poised to overwhelmingly support in November -- take their votes for granted.
“They want to take the Black voter for granted and they have taken the Black voter for granted,” Trump said in a speech in Atlanta on Friday where he announced a
Washington PostDec 08 2017
News
Ex-Cop Gets 20 Years For Killing Black Man
A judge convicted former police officer Michael Slager of second-degree murder and sentenced him to 20 years in prison Thursday for the 2015 killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist.
The Daily CallerJun 22 2020
News
Army soldier charged with giving classified info to neo-Nazi group
A U.S. Army soldier stationed overseas has been charged with passing along information about his unit's planned deployment overseas, intending it to get extremist groups to attack it.
Army Private Ethan Phelan Melzer, 22, of Louisville, Kentucky, faces a host of federal attempted murder charges, handed up Monday by a federal grand jury, that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
NBC News (Online)Aug 21 2020
News
Lori Loughlin sentenced to 2 months, husband to 5 months, in college admissions scandal
Actress Lori Loughlin was sentenced to two months in prison on Friday, and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, to five months for their roles in a far-reaching college admissions cheating scandal.
The "Full House" actress told U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel Gorton that she'll "redeem myself" and "use this experience as a catalyst to do good and give back for the rest
NBC News (Online)Jan 27 2021
Opinion
Biden's United States of Racial Quotas and Preferences
On Tuesday, six days into the Biden administration, it became clear why Susan Rice, hitherto a foreign policy specialist, was named director of the Domestic Policy Council. Rice, unconfirmable for a Cabinet post after her unembarrassed Sunday show lies about Benghazi, ventured into the White House press room to preview President Biden’s “equity” initiative.
With one possible exception,
Washington ExaminerDec 13 2018
News
Trump says ex-lawyer Cohen's crimes are 'unrelated to me'
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he never told his private lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law and denied any ties to his crimes, a day after Cohen was sentenced to prison for financial crimes that included hush money payments to women ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
ReutersAug 13 2020
Background
The State of Healthcare in the United States
This issue of Human Rights focuses on health and health rights, highlighting some of the extreme disparities that exist for millions of people living in the United States due to the lack of health care and health rights and making some recommendations for what we can do. As these articles point out, in contrast to many other countries, the United States does not recognize a constitutional or
American Bar AssociationJan 12 2015
News
Even in legacy mode, Obama's unlikely to close Gitmo
President Barack Obama is moving aggressively to shrink the prison population at Guantánamo, whittling the number of detainees nearly in half since he took office. But his drive to close the offshore prison before he leaves office in two years faces very long odds. Among the obstacles: existing law limits transfers, the new Congress seems even more hostile to loosening those restrictions than
PoliticoDec 23 2019
Analysis
Tiny Homes for Austin's Homeless
Charlie Click was homeless and living in his car in Austin, Texas, when a stranger in a white truck offered him a sandwich and a fresh pair of socks. When he was in his late 50s, Click had lost his home and most of his possessions after a yearslong spiral that included four prison terms and two cancer diagnoses. The ordeal had left Click alone and dependent on pills and alcohol to cope, but
Reason