Trials and Terror
Countdown : Terrorism Targeting the US
Four Republicans continue to misrepresent the rights of the accused "underwear" bomber--despite having been briefed on those rights on Christmas Day.
Law & Justice
Subsections:
2010
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Do Terrorists Deserve Due Process?
MSNBC : Terrorism Targeting the US
Hayes debates Scarborough over the constitutional rights of terrorists.
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Alex Sanchez Wins Bail
Tom Hayden
In a closed legal proceeding, Judge Manual Real grants bail to the Homies Unidos founder.
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The Judge Gets Real, But Why?
Tom Hayden
The federal judge's order means that LA's top gang reduction officials will be subpoenaed to state what they know of Alex Sanchez.
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Victory for Alex Sanchez Appeal, But...
Tom Hayden
The court decision gives the Alex Sanchez case a "new credibility as a blatant injustice."
2009
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Audiocast: A Conversation with 'Humanity's Avenger'
Nation Conversations : Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Listen to an audiocast of remarks by "humanity's avenger," Luis Moreno-Ocampo, first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
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Federal Judge Removed from Sanchez Case After Protests
After weeks of protests alleging judicial bias, the gang conspiracy case against Alex Sanchez was transferred to the jurisdiction of a new federal judge.
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American Justice on Trial
To try alleged 9/11 perpetrators without handing Al Qaeda a propaganda victory, the trial must be fair beyond question.
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This Seeming Brow of Justice
In their discussions of justice, Michael Sandel and Amartya Sen endorse communal good but slight collective endeavor.
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Repairing Our Broken Justice System
We need to change the sorry frame of the debate over judges and the role the judicial system plays in our democracy.
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Vigilantes: Free to Roam?
Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice have rusted.
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My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered
The eerie confluence of the tales of two convicted mass murderers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and William Calley--and their fates.
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Katrina's Hidden Race War: Four Years Later
A segment on Anderson Cooper 360 investigates the white vigilante justice that tore through New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Aborn for Manhattan DA
Katrina vanden Heuvel : New York City
An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.
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Richard Aborn for Manhattan DA
Katrina vanden Heuvel : New York City
An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.
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Blackwater Seeks Gag Order
The private security company, facing charges in a US court for killing and injuring Iraqis, is attempting to silence its victims and their lawyers.
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Federal Judge Weakens Oversight of LAPD
Newly implemented reforms don't do enough to reverse a massive increase in the frisking of minority youths in the Los Angeles community.
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