This Attorney Took On Chevron (and WON). Then Chevron-Linked Judges and Private Prosecutors Had Him Locked Up.
Steven Donziger’s legal saga has demonstrated deep-rooted conflicts of interest in the judicial system when it comes to climate justice.
Criminal Justice
Key Witness in Assange Case Admits to Lies in Indictment
A major witness in the United States’ Department of Justice case against Julian Assange has admitted to fabricating key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder.
Prosecutors And Media Smear 13-Year-Old Killed By Chicago Police Ahead of Body Cam Footage Release
Chicago police and prosecutors emphasize “gangs” and “gun violence” are to blame for police shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, attempting to distort the media narrative in advance of the upcoming public release of likely disturbing body cam footage of the shooting after weeks of stonewalling.
Anti-War Activist Visited By CHP Officers At Home After Posting Viral Video of Embarrassing AOC Interview
An anti-war activist was visited by California Highway Patrol officers after posting video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bumbling comments on Israel-Palestine. The action, which AOC denies triggering, was initiated by a call to US Capitol Police.
NYC Becomes 1st US City to End Qualified Immunity for Police
A year after nationwide protests against police brutality, the New York City Council passed a bill limiting qualified immunity, a longstanding legal protection officers had against lawsuits.
Jeffrey Epstein Had Tapes of Trump and Clintons, Ghislaine Maxwell Told Reporter
Former financier’s partner allegedly revealed existence of secret recordings of former presidents, CBS producer claims.
Ex-Michigan governor indicted for “willful neglect” in Flint water crisis
Public officials “evaded accountability for far too long,” prosecutor says.
UK Judge Justifies CIA Spying On Assange Citing Debunked CNN Report Based On… CIA Spying
UK judge Vanessa Baraitser justified CIA spying on Julian Assange by citing a falsehood-filled CNN report. Her judgment highlighted corporate media’s enthusiastic role in a state-sponsored assault on press freedom.
Zoom Executive Allegedly Doctored Child Porn to Smear Tiananmen Square Memorial Activists
American prosecutors have charged a Zoom executive in an elaborate scheme to disrupt video meetings of activists who planned to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Read More…
Hackers Are Selling More Than 85,000 MySQL Databases On a Dark Web Portal
Hackers break into databases, steal their content, hold it for ransom for 9 days, and then sell to the highest bidder if the DB owner doesn’t want to pay the ransom demand.
The Selective Prosecution of Julian Assange
As the extradition hearing for Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange unfolds, it is increasingly clear that the prosecution of Assange fits into a pattern of governments selectively enforcing laws in order to punish those who provoke their ire.
Spanish Judge Seeks Sheldon Adelson Security Chief In Assange Spying Case
A Spanish judge’s request to probe a Las Vegas Sands staffer’s apparent role in a criminal spying operation against Julian Assange indicates the investigation is homing in on US intelligence. Tellingly, the Department of Justice is stonewalling the application.
Assange’s Extradition Trial: Court Hears About History Of Political Prosecutions Under Espionage Act
By Kevin Gosztola September 17, 2020 “There has never, in the century-long history of the Espionage Act, been an indictment of a U.S. publisher under the law for the publication Read More…
Ashton Kutcher’s NGO Supplies Police with ‘Free’ CIA-linked Surveillance Tool to ‘Protect Kids’
A suspect NGO claiming to combat child trafficking by providing surveillance tech to US police has allowed Amazon to continue supplying U.S. law enforcement with facial recognition software despite the tech giant’s moratorium on its sale to police.
California Bill Would Mandate ‘Crime Prediction’ Algorithms Instead of Cash Bail
The bill would require judges to use discriminatory “risk assessment” tools to predict future criminality, with no possibility for appeal.