This is huge news.
"(Reuters) - A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of...
SCOTUS recently decided that a person can be locked up for 7+ years without it being a violation of the 6th Amendment guarantee of speedy public trials. All a state has to do is claim it doesn't have the money to give you a trial and they can apparently get away with this indefinitely.
All...
Here's a paragraph from a abc news story:
"A senior Justice Department official told ABC News that federal law enforcement officials are invoking the public safety exception to the Miranda rights, so that Tsarnaev will be questioned immediately without having Miranda rights issued to him."...
A man spent 13 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Cleveland police detectives set him up by coercing false testimonies and by withholding evidence that would exonerate him.
It takes a real monster to frame an innocent man. Those detectives are as dangerous to society as any...
NDAA detention provision blocked by NY Judge
Looks like NY US District Judge Katherine Forrest has weighed in on the controversial NDAA law and put a temporary block on any enforcement of the military detention clause on the basis that it could potentially conflict with 1A rights...
This is my greatest unease with the state killing people:
Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says - Yahoo! News
A terrible travesty of justice that should give everyone pause.
Your rights are subordinate to those of your persecutors...um I mean prosecutors, police, witnesses, etc.
Articles: The Supreme Court Again Upholds Your Right to Be Framed
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/go-to-trial-crash-the-justice-system.html?_r=1
I heard this opinion piece being discussed on a radio program this evening and thought I would share. It is an example of just how fragile a lot of the systems the state relies upon to generate...
I don't often visit this section of the forum but,
I'm interested to here opinions from Law enforcement, Military, and civilians here at INGO.
About
The National Defense Authorization Act of "2012
:popcorn:
John McCain and Carl Levin have drafted a new defense bill in secret, and it has already passed committee under closed-door conditions, without even a single hearing.
S. 1867 takes us one step closer toward a military dictatorship, all under the auspices of safety and security. It contains...
The Federal (and local) Government can seize property from owners if it was suspected to be related to a crime, then sell it and reap the profits for themselves. The owners don't have to be convicted or even CHARGED with a crime.
The Institute for Justice Challenges "Policing for...
I dont care if this woman was innocent or guilty and just found not guilty, I dont care, that is not the reason for this post.
The reason for this post is how the government now wants to be reimbursed for attempting to prosecute someone. What the hell is that all about? I mean come on now...
Here's a terrible story. A woman is tied up, tortured and supposedly raped. She says the assailant is her ex, who she's had issues with before, (primarily custody of their son). She tells the cops where they can find him and they go and arrest him. He's thrown in jail and charged with an array...
Stealing your money cause its good for you, them and the war on drugs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJd4Q4u5cqU
Policing for profit
http://www.ij.org/about/3114
Good for Daniels! He saw, (and rightly so) that the bill, as well as the current prosecutors and police procedures, were unConstitutional. It's quite clear in the Indiana Constitution that ALL proceeds are to go to the schools and not be stolen by the prosecutors and police, to beef up their...
Who didn't see this coming? Oh, that's right. The people who support indefinite detention without trial. Now they want to be able to deny citizens their rights under the Constitution. As the article points out, just speaking your mind can get you put on their list, as it has other people...
The latest death of Osama Bin Laden has renewed the argument that the U.S. Government should not be constrained by the 8th Amendment when it comes to dealing with scary terror suspects.
Darth Cheney has been banging on his well-used war drums about torture, and the public is lapping it up...
Should the president be able to assassinate any "terrorist" he wants to?
In an age when tens of thousands of American citizens are on "terror watch lists," do we really support giving the president the power to assassinate people at will, intentionally denying them a trial?
Judge Napolitano...
Obama is not only embracing the transgressions of his predecessor, he is expanding them. He signed an order that allows prisoners to be held indefinitely, even after they have been *acquitted* (if they are afforded the luxury of a trial.)
Modern day Gulags.
Obama creates indefinite...