Smith & Wesson Commemorates D.C. Gun Case: Free Guns

Recently the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.  The case involved a challenge to Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns, brought by policeman who was denied a permit to keep a handgun in his home.  The Court held,
The Second Amendment protects an [...]

Fake DEA Or FBI Agent Cleans Up Meth Problem In Small Town

This title of this post does seem a bit confounding.  Either the agent is with the

Federal Bureau of Investigation or a member of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, one would think.  As it turns out, this “agent” is neither.  In reality he is the owner of a failed trucking company, former wedding minister, and former [...]

Haditha Update: Wuterich To Appeal Ruling On CBS Tape

Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich is one of the Marines charged with a crime relating to the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq.  Previously, the government attempted to subpoena unaired portions of an interview he did with CBS, for the program 60 Minutes.  The military judge denied the request for the tapes.  The government appealed [...]

Haditha Update: LtCol Jeffrey Chessani Charges Dismissed

In a hearing on 17JUN08, a military judge, Col Stephen Folsom, USMC, dismissed all charges against LtCol Jeffrey Chessani. Col Folsom ruled that the decision to charge LtCol Chessani was a product of unlawful command influence (UCI). Col Folsom ruled,
the participation of Col. John Ewers as an investigator and report writer in the [...]

President Bush To Be Prosecuted For War Crimes: Possible Death Penalty

From Legal Blog Watch comes this story,

The Massachusetts School of Law at Andover will convene a conference in September to lay plans to prosecute President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes. “This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred,” says MSL’s dean Lawrence Velvel [...]

Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski: Website Contains Transsexuals, Farm Animals, And Masturbation

Website of Judge Alex Kozinski.

Haitha Update: Court-Martial Of Lt Grayson, Days 2 & 3

During the first day of trial, Lt Grayson’s defense counsel, Maj William Santmyer, told the jury

“Lieutenant Grayson is nothing more than a fall guy in a botched investigation under intense media pressure,”

The prosecution maintains that Lt Grayson lied to investigators to help cover up the killing of civilians in [...]

Civilian Contractor: First To Be Tried By Court-Martial

Alaa “Alex” Mohammad Ali is a civilian contractor charged with stabbing another civilian contractor. Alex will be the first civilian tried under the 2006 amendment to the UCMJ.
Alex is a citizen of both Iraq and Canada. He was hired as a interpreter by the U.S. Military. Alex will be provided with a [...]

Haditha Update: Court-Martial Of Lt Andrew Grayson, Day 1

The court-martial of Marine intelligence officer 1stLt Andrew Grayson began on 28MAY08. Lt Grayson is
accused of ordering a subordinate to delete photographs of the scene at Haditha, and making false official statements relating to the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Lt Grayson is also charged with attempting to fraudulently leave the [...]

Haditha Update: Trial Set For Lt Andrew Grayson

The court martial of Lt Andrew Grayson is set to begin on 28MAY08. Lt Grayson charges for dereliction of duty, false official statement, and obstructing justice. All of the charges relate to his failure to investigate the events surrounding the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq.
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Haditha Update: Chessani Judge Finds Unlawful Command Influence

In a hearing aboard Camp Pendleton, a military judge, Col Folsom found that “top Marine Corps officers were unlawfully influenced by a general’s legal adviser when they decided to file criminal charges against a colonel whose troops killed two dozen civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha in 2005″
This ruling came in the court-martial of [...]

Waterboarding Used On Utah Telemarketer

Chad Hudgens is a telemarketer for Prosper, Inc. His supervisor had an idea for building morale and improving sales: subject one of the telemarketers to waterboarding. Yes, the supervisor decided it was a good idea to use the technique that has been the center of controversy in the War on Terrorism and the Military [...]