- Lawyers ripped him off, now a house is his payback
- Court: Disgraced Ex-Journalist Stephen Glass Can't Practice Law
- The man who sues too much: After 50 cases in 10 years, Mohammed Tabibar Rahman has been banned from taking anyone else to court
- Supreme Court secretly recorded on camera
- Justices Rule on Home Searches and Defendants' Frozen Assets—"The Supreme Court ruled that the police may search homes over the objections of one of the residents and that defendants are not entitled to hearings to gain access to frozen assets to pay lawyers." NYT
- Man blows 0.00 on breathalyzer, gets arrested for DWI—"The Austin Police Department stands by the arrest, saying they believed Davis showed signs of impairment, that while standing on one leg, he 'swayed,' and 'needed his arms for balance.'"
- Army Gives Out $500,000 Armored Trucks for Free—"U.S. law enforcement agencies have received the lion’s share of this high-powered military surplus."
- California officers arrested in car impound scheme
- 6 S.F. officers indicted over residential hotel searches
- Mayor Freezes SPD Misconduct Settlements, City Can't Find Paperwork to Back Up Claims of Mayor and Chief
- DA Invalidates More Convictions Tied To Corrupt Philly Cop
- NJ Police Complaint System Broken—"A New Jersey Public Radio investigation has found that the citizen complaint process at local police departments is riddled with problems, including retaliation and a lack of oversight from the state. "
- Video: Officer "Failed To Render Aid" For Dying Crash Victims
- Video: Jerk CHP Officer Handcuffs Firefighter Helping Car Crash Victims
- ATF agents lost track of dozens of their own guns, reports show
- SC officer shoots man reaching for cane—'A police officer in South Carolina shot a 70-year-old motorist who was reaching for a cane during a traffic stop because he thought the man was grabbing a rifle from the bed of his pickup truck, investigators said. The man was expected to survive." WaPo
- Saginaw officers who shot and killed Milton Hall won't face federal charges—"Six officers shot at Hall 47 times; 11 bullets struck him. Several civilians witnessed the incident and recorded portions of it on their cellular phones."
- The Private Prison Racket—"Companies that manage prisons on our behalf have abysmal records. So why do we keep giving them business?"
- Despite Receiving Millions in Public Money, Private Prisons are Impenetrable "Bastions of Secrecy"—"A new study shows that federal law still allows private prisons to shroud much of their activity in mystery, despite receiving public money."
- The Prison-Industrial Complex: Politicians need to stand up to the prosecutocracy — and embrace reform
- Private prison firm to fight staffing audit result
- Higher Profits Explain Why There Are More People Of Color In Private Prisons—Study done across nine states.
- Nebraska Lawmaker Wants Her State To Stop Paying Private Prisons For Empty Cells
- Sentenced young: The story of life without parole for juvenile offenders
- Corrupt 'Kids for Cash' judge ruined more than 2,000 lives
- Name mix-up in sexual battery case sends wrong Clay County teen to jail for 35 days
- Lawsuit: 'Sadistic Violence' at Cook County Jail—"Guards at one of the nation's largest jails systematically engage in "sadistic violence and brutality" against inmates, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed on Thursday." NYT
- Colorado's Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike
- Prison Labor: Hundreds Of American Companies Pay Employees As Little As 23 Cents An Hour
- US prison to charge inmates for food and medical care
- Virginia makes $3 million+ a year on inmate phone calls
- With no 'defense,' HP Israel faces a PR nightmare—"The Knesset is demanding answers over an IT project gone awry, but there's no one to defend the firm, which employs 6,000 here."
- CO Prison Chief Ready For Reform After A Night In Solitary Confinement
- Federal report condemns use of solitary confinement for mentally ill prisoners in Pa.
- Solitary Confinement and Its Costs—"Our correctional institutions have made ever-increasing use of solitary confinement, a policy that is damaging and potentially catastrophic."
- The Science of Solitary Confinement—"Research tells us that isolation is an ineffective rehabilitation strategy and leaves lasting psychological damage."
- Video Shows Officer Confronting Man Filming Arrests In Towson—"You have no rights," the officer said. The police chief disagrees.
- King Co. Sheriff fires deputy who threatened to arrest journalist
- Bloomfield mayor alleges police 'cover up,' vows to 'purge' police department of 'bad officers—Here's the raw video of arrest released after man dies in Moore police custody.
- Cops sexually assault mother, break 10-year-old son's leg, claims lawsuit—"A Brooklyn cop kicked a 10-year-old boy in the shin, breaking his leg, as the child was recording him with his cell phone, according to court papers."
- Unprovoked: Courtroom Video Shows Denver Sheriff's Deputy Attacking Shackled Inmate—"If a deputy sheriff thinks he can get away with viciously attacking a middle-aged Black man and calling him 'a boy' appearing in court, you can only imagine what happens to men and women in custody in the confines of the Denver city and county jails."
- Dashcam video clears NJ man
- Cops hit my car, then arrested me: suit
- Cellphone video in fatal Warren Theatre incident made public
- Oklahoma father dies in police encounter after mother slaps daughter
- Recording Traffic Stop Lands Davie Woman In Jail—"As O’Brien approached her vehicle, Berning hit the record button on her phone. She recorded about 15 seconds of the conversation before telling O’Brien that he was being recorded. That’s when the deputy told her she had just committed a felony and demanded that she hand over her phone."
- Lubbock police deploying 70 new body cameras
- Toronto police to test out lapel cameras—"Pilot project stems from recommendation in a 2013 report on police and community engagement."
- Body cameras on police protect everybody
Innocence
Deaths- Man Framed by New York Detective to Get $6.4 Million Without Filing Suit—"A man who was framed by a rogue detective and served 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit will receive $6.4 million from the City of New York in a settlement that came before a civil rights lawsuit was even filed, lawyers involved in the case said on Thursday." NYT
- Evidence of Concealed Jailhouse Deal Raises Questions About a Texas Execution—"The battle to clear the name of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was convicted of murdering his three children by arson, has symbolic value because it may offer evidence that an innocent man was executed 10 years ago." NYT
- Record number of people exonerated of crimes in US in 2013—"Eighty-seven people cleared of conviction, including in many cases which investigation revealed no crime ever committed."
- In A Record Year For Exonerations, This Bar Owner Has One Of The Most Outrageous Stories Of All
- Man Speaks About Achieving Exoneration After 7 Years in Prison—"Minnesota is one of 21 states that does not..." have "compensation statutes for the wrongfully imprisoned."
- 21 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit
- North Carolina detective indicted for killing mentally ill teenager
- Movie theater shooter: 'You don't get do-overs'
- Attorney: Teen was shot for having Wii controller in hand
- Florida teen in loud music murder trial was unarmed, witnesses say—Parents want to put stand-your-ground on trial.
- Arkansas girl, 15, pulls prank, shot to death by homeowner—"Parents would like to know why the curfew isn't enforced." I would like to know why parents aren't parenting. Update: Willie Noble said he only shot to scare.
- 27 years for teen in 'knockout game' slaying of father of 12
- Teen confessed to killing Davis couple—"Daniel William Marsh confessed to the brutal murders of an elderly Davis couple, saying he'd had the urge to kill since he was about 10 years old...."
- Charges upgraded to capital murder against 3 suspects in violent Chickasaw home invasion
- Contact 13 uncovers new case of police killing pets
- Bull dog that visits dying patients shot in Pa. yard
- Kitten suffered 'horrendous' death after woman, 23, cooked it in microwave
- Teens arrested after Facebook dog abuse video goes viral
- Friend confesses to being Zodiac Killer
- Woman attempts to shoplift 330 Pizza Roll
- Chico mayor cited for driving over 100 MPH—"Gruendl did not tell the officer who pulled him over that he was the mayor and said he plans to accept responsibility for his actions."
