http://talkleft.com/ Liberal Coverage of Crime-Related Political and Injustice News en-us 2004-06-05T16:41:54-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006797.html Are you a budding filmmaker? Are you against the war on drugs? Then check this out. The 3rd Annual Drug War Vigil Film Festival will be held in Vancouver, B.C. in September. There's prize money, and your film can be... Media talkleft 2004-06-05T16:41:54-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006795.html Former President Ronald Reagan died today. May he rest in peace. To endure Alzheimers' for a decade is a cruel fate. Here's an open thread to discuss his life, his Presidency and his legacy Update: The Washington Post has a... Politics - Other talkleft 2004-06-05T15:57:10-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006796.html by TChris Andres Morales' family moved from Mexico to Hazlewood, Missouri when Andres was one year old. Andres never got around to acquiring citizenship, but Hazlewood is his home. When he returned from a recent visit to Mexico, he was... Law Related TChris 2004-06-05T15:12:22-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006794.html by TChris Thanks to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, for the next six weeks you can play Republican Survivor. In exchange for your email address, you have the weekly opportunity to watch the Republicans compete against each other before voting... Elections TChris 2004-06-05T14:46:44-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006793.html by TChris Vice President Cheney was reportedly interviewed by federal prosecutors investigating the disclosure of Valerie Plame's status as an undercover CIA officer. As anybody within sniffing distance of a federal investigation would be wise to do, Cheney is believed... Misconduct TChris 2004-06-05T14:26:28-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006792.html by TChris It's good to be a CEO, even if it occasionally means a little prison time. Fog Cutter Capital Group on Friday gave Andrew Wiederhorn, its prison-bound chief executive officer, a deal perhaps unprecedented in the post-Enron era of... Crimes in the News TChris 2004-06-05T11:46:27-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006790.html by TChris Kevin Cooper's effort to prove his innocence and avoid execution took a step forward as U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff ordered DNA testing on hairs found in the clenched hand of a murder victim. If the hairs don't... Innocence Cases TChris 2004-06-05T11:09:52-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006791.html Did our soldiers, intelligence officers or American contractors commit war crimes at Abu Ghraib? The High Commissioner for Human Rights, the U.N.'s top human rights watchdog, says it's at least a possibility: The United Nations' top human rights watchdog warned... War in Iraq talkleft 2004-06-05T10:40:53-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006789.html Law Prof Eric Muller of Is That Legal? calls it Total Information Management, and he's right: Early this week, the Justice Department shared with the nation and the world its account (naturally entirely one-sided) of the suspected activities of Jose... talkleft 2004-06-05T07:50:31-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006788.html Crimes in the News talkleft 2004-06-05T06:06:03-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006787.html Brandon Mayfield is the Oregon lawyer arrested and held in detention for two weeks due to an erroneous fingerprint match by the FBI. The FBI has apologized to Mayfield, but Spanish forensic experts are still blaming the FBI for their... Terror Trials talkleft 2004-06-05T00:38:47-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006786.html The Judge in the Kobe Bryant case today issued an order (pdf.) directing the prosecution to show cause why they haven't complied with his latest order regarding DNA testing--and to establish why sanctions shouldn't be imposed . Because the DNA... Kobe Case talkleft 2004-06-04T19:39:15-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006785.html The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a $959 million judgment in favor of Americans tortured while POW's in Iraq during the first Gulf War: An appeals court panel threw out a $959 million verdict Friday for U.S.... Court Decisions talkleft 2004-06-04T12:32:37-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006784.html Vice President Dick Cheney has also consulted outside counsel in the Valerie Plame grand jury leak investigation, says John Dean. Suffice it to say that whatever the meaning of Bush's decision to talk with private counsel about the Valerie Plame... Politics - Other talkleft 2004-06-04T12:08:59-07:00 http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006783.html by TChris There’s often a cozy relationship between prosecutors and the police -- so cozy that some prosecutors may be disinclined to investigate allegations that the police use excessive force when making arrests. That may be the case in El... Misconduct TChris 2004-06-04T10:50:23-07:00