Jury Rejects Charges, but He Still Has to Register As a Sex Offender for Life
"Fear and loathing of sex offenders lead to results that would be recognized as unjust and illogical in any other context."
California man is exonerated after 25 years on death row
"If Prop 66 had been in place when Mr. Benavides was convicted, he’d almost certainly be dead. He’d never have lived to see his exoneration."
NY governor sends ICE cease-and-desist letter, calls arrests ‘illegal’
"Cuomo described multiple incidents in which he said ICE agents stormed private property without warning, without identifying themselves and without a warrant to arrest undocumented immigrants."
Social Media Now Being Used by Police, Intelligence to Collect Biometrics
"Police admitted to using a photo sent through WhatsApp to cull fingerprints for evidence that successfully led to the conviction of 11 individuals for drug crimes. The story further revealed that this was not just a special-use case."
ICE officers storm farm without a warrant, handcuff farmer for filming
"John Collins was standing outside the milk house at his dairy farm this morning when he heard yelling coming from inside. He ran in, he says, and saw his worker, Marcial de Leon Aguilar, pinned up against the window by armed men."
Chicago Is Trying to Pay Down Its Debt by Impounding Innocent People’s Cars
"It's a story of how bureaucracy is used to grind down people by distributing their misery among as many public offices as possible."
Mass. Drug Testing Fraud Leaves Tens Of Thousands Imprisoned
"Dookhan was paroled after three years and released from prison before the sentences of those she helped convict were vacated. Despite the clear wrongdoing, the state still fought against dismissing the tainted cases."
CIA’s legacy of torture lives on in Thailand’s ‘black site’
"There has never been an investigation into the Thai officials or agencies involved in the CIA’s covert detentions, which continued until at least 2004 and probably violated national laws."
Don’t Make a Federal Case Out of It!
Did you know the location of tattoo parlors in Long Beach, California is a federal matter? Yup. It sure is. The city was forced to alter its zoning laws for tattoo shops after a guy named James Real sued the city asserting that restrictions on tattoo businesses violated his First Amendment right to free speech.…
FDA Regulations Force Natural Milk Farmers To Lie To Their Customers
"FDA has shockingly defined 'skim milk' as having artificial vitamin additives that are not naturally found in skim milk. Business owners who insist on selling additive-free skim milk as 'skim milk' face fines and even possible incarceration."
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