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Nov 19 2022
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Pennsylvania House Votes to Impeach Philadelphia District Attorney
The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 107-85 in favor of passing a resolution to impeach the Philadelphia District Attorney, Larry Krasner (D), this past Wednesday. Proponents of impeachment are citing an uptick in crime in the city as evidence of Krasner’s failings.
Key Quotes: The resolution states that policies enacted under Krasner “have led to
Wall Street Journal (News) The Daily Caller Associated PressFeb 03 2020
Opinion
The False Hope of “Bipartisan” Criminal Justice Reform
Alice Marie Johnson is free and starring in her first Super Bowl ad. Already, the campaign for her release had made international headlines: a black woman in her sixties, a casualty of America’s drug war who was imprisoned in 1996 for participating in a cocaine distribution operation, a grandmother essentially sentenced to die in jail. Now Johnson will also be known for having her voice and
New RepublicOct 31 2014
News
GOP lawmakers urge administration to suspend Gitmo transfers over ISIS concerns
Republican lawmakers called Thursday for the Obama administration to suspend detainee transfers from Guantanamo Bay following a Fox News report that as many as 20 to 30 former prisoners are suspected by intelligence and Defense officials of having joined forces with the Islamic State and other militant groups inside Syria.
Fox News DigitalJun 04 2013
News
Former Rep. 'Duke' Cunningham Freed After Bribery Sentence
The bribery scheme that former Rep. "Duke" Cunningham was convicted for was an elaborate one, with perks that famously included a yacht named the Duke-Stir. He served more than seven years in prison, after spending eight terms in Congress.
NPR (Online News)Jan 24 2020
News
The Racist ICE Detention Center Captain Was Just Fired. We Found 132 More Posts by Him on a Neo-Nazi Site.
The captain of a privately-run ICE detention center in Nevada has been fired after VICE News exposed his ties to white nationalism earlier this month.
Private prison company CoreCivic, which runs the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, said Friday that Travis Frey, 31, is no longer employed by them.
“We take allegations like these very seriously and have thoroughly
ViceMay 23 2013
News
Obama To Address Drones, Gitmo In Security Speech
President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the dire threats Americans continue to face – even from fellow citizens.
HuffPostNov 22 2019
News
U.S. Navy Presses On With Board Review Of SEAL Eddie Gallagher Despite Trump's Tweet
The U.S. Navy said Thursday that it will proceed with a hearing to consider the expulsion of Special Operations Chief Eddie Gallagher from the Navy SEALs, despite his support from President Trump.
Gallagher and three supervising officers were informed of the administrative review board hearing, set for Dec. 2, on Wednesday.
"The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy
NPR (Online News)Nov 21 2019
News
It’s 2019, And States Are Still Making Exceptions for Spousal Rape
Almost immediately after former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick entered the presidential race last week, he started facing questions about his 2014 decision to push out two officials who had tried to put his brother-in-law on the state’s sex offender registry.
The backstory: According to a complaint filed by one of the officials, in 1993, Bernard Sigh pleaded guilty under California’s
Mother JonesMay 30 2012
News
Liberia's Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years For War Crimes
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes that the presiding judge on an international war crimes court says were of the "utmost gravity in terms of scale and brutality."
NPR (Online News)Dec 11 2013
News
Donald Trump Blasts Obama for Failing to Secure Christian Pastor's Freedom in Iran
Donald Trump says the Obama administration has failed miserably in not securing the release of American Pastor Saeed Abedini from the Iranian prison system in which hes been held for the past 15 months after being arrested because of his Christian faith.
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