In my recent article “Ward Churchill: The Lie Lives On” (Pravda.Ru, 11/29/2010), I discussed the following realities about America’s legal “system”: it is duplicitous and corrupt; it will go to any extremes to insulate from prosecution, and in many cases civil liability, persons whose crimes facilitate this duplicity and corruption; it has abdicated its responsibility to serve as a “check-and-balance” against the other two branches of government, and has instead been transformed into a (…)
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Valerie Plame, YES! Wikileaks, NO!
3 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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U.S. soldier pleads guilty to firing on unarmed Afghans
2 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The first U.S. soldier court-martialed in the prosecution of 12 infantrymen accused of terrorizing unarmed Afghan civilians pleaded guilty on Wednesday to assault and other charges and agreed to testify against his co-defendants.
Staff Sergeant Robert Stevens, 25, an Army medic from Portland, Oregon, admitted to opening fire on two Afghan farmers for no apparent reason. He and other troops were acting on orders from a squad leader during a patrol in March.
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WARD CHURCHILL: THE LIE LIVES ON
26 November 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentMake no mistake about it: America’s so-called legal “system” is hopelessly and intransigently corrupt.
In fact, if this “system” were beholden to its own laws, it would undoubtedly be guilty of fraud, extortion, obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
Of course, this reality should be self-evident, considering that men like Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy preside at its summit—the United States Supreme Court.
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The Ad Hoc War Crimes Tribunals
31 October 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
by Christopher Black
"The creation of the ad hoc war crimes tribunals by the United States and Britain using their power in the Security Council, was the first step in creating a fascist legal order..."
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WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE
25 October 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
2 comments“Where am I?”
“In The Village.”
“What do you want?”
“Information.”
“Whose side are you on?”
“That would be telling. We want information, information, information.”
“You won’t get it.”
“By hook or by crook, we will.”
“Who are you?”
“The new Number Two.”
“Who is Number One?”
“You are Number Six.”
“I am not a number. I am a free man!”
This brief exchange opened each episode of the 1960s science fiction drama THE PRISONER, starring the late Patrick McGoohan.
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Canadian Colonel to Plead Guilty to 88 Charges Including Murders
18 October 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010...
Col. Russel Williams, the former commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, has arrived at an Ontario courtroom, where he is expected to plead guilty to 88 sex-crime charges, including two counts of first-degree murder..
See also his essay: Asymmetric World - A Case for Preventitive War
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Va. woman executed for slayings in 2002
24 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentJARRATT, VA. - Teresa Lewis, who plotted with her young lover to kill her husband and stepson for insurance money, became the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly 100 years Thursday night when she was killed by lethal injection.
Lewis, 41, was a mother who became a grandmother behind bars. Wearing a light blue prison-issued shirt and dark blue pants, Lewis looked anxious as she was led by officers into the death chamber at 8:55 p.m. She was placed on a white gurney, with leather (…) -
Video: Jessamy vs. Bernstein, Debate, Re: Office of State’s Attorney for Baltimore City
20 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Jessamy vs. Bernstein, Debate, Re: Office of State’s Attorney for Baltimore City from William Hughes on Vimeo.
On Thursday evening, August 19, 2010, a debate was held between the incumbent Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, and her opponent, Gregg Bernstein. The event was sponsored by the Vanguard Justice Society. It was held at the Mt. Washington Conference Center, in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Tyrone Powers served as the moderator for the event. Please note the closing (…) -
British Judge: "Israel is Nazi regime"
3 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBritish Judge: "Israel is Nazi regime"
Judge faces anti-Semitism probe after speech attacking Israel helps free arms factory protesters
By STEVE DOUGHTY, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT
Remarks: Judge Bathurst-Norman is being investigated after summing up in a trial which led to protesters being acquitted
A senior judge was under investigation yesterday after being accused of making anti-Semitic remarks in court that may have swayed his jury into acquitting a group of protesters. (…) -
letter of july to Obama
1 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Mister President Obama July 1st 2010 The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington DC 20500
Mister President,
I had just sent you the letter for June when we found out that an important new element had been discovered that shows that the Cuban Five (René González, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González and Antonio Guerrero), who (…)