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George Zimmermann Inundated With Death Threats After George Zimmerman Verdict
A Florida preacher named George Zimmermann has been getting death threats from people who apparently aren't very good at spelling, KPLCTV reports.The 78-year-old's name closely resembles that of George...
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The Supreme Court's Approval Rating Just Keeps Getting Lower
For the first time in nearly three decades, the Supreme Court's public favorability rating has dropped below 50%, a new Pew Research Center survey shows. The views of blacks in particular have gotten a...
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The Criminal Justice World Is Brutal For Young Public Defenders
On July 15th, Slate columnist Matt Yglesias wrote a piece titled, “What If George Zimmerman Had A Public Defender?” His premise is that those unfortunate enough to be saddled with a public defender...
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Report: Charges Of Wire And Securities Fraud Against SAC Capital Expected On...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors are continuing to look for ways to build a criminal case against billionaire trader Steven A. Cohen at the same time as they prepare to announce criminal...
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Aimee Mann's Lawsuit Exposes The Shadowy Underbelly Of Streaming Music
Those familiar with Spotify and its discontents, as well as the Pink Floyd-led backlash against Pandora, may be baffled by the name MediaNet, the media distribution company at the center of a major...
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Former Marine Faces Capital Murder Charges In Death Of Legendary Navy SEAL...
DALLAS (AP) — The North Texas man accused of killing former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and another man has been indicted.Eddie Ray Routh, a former Marine and Iraqi war veteran charged with killing...
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The 'Amash Amendment' To Derail The NSA's Surveillance Powers Goes Down In...
The House of Representatives voted against an amendment that would have severely limited the National Security Agency's ability to collect data on telephone communications by a 205-217 vote.The...
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The Amash Amendment Could Have Ended The Era Of Free Phone Metadata
An amendment to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act proposed by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) that aimed to "end authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act" has been...
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Lawmakers Blast Guantanamo's $2.7 Million Per Prisoner Cost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers pushing to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay said on Wednesday its cost has skyrocketed to $2.7 million per inmate this year and argued it is too...
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Family That George Zimmerman Rescued After Car Accident Fear Connection To...
MIAMI (Reuters) - The family rescued from a car accident by George Zimmerman, days after he was cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, canceled plans to...
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SAC Capital Has Been Indicted By A Federal Grand Jury
Steve Cohen's $14 billion SAC Capital Advisors has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on criminal charges of insider trading. SAC has been charged with four counts of securities fraud...
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Eric Holder Is Going After Texas On Voting Rights, One Month After The...
Attorney General Eric Holder is messing with Texas.Holder announced Thursday that the Justice Department would ask a court to require that Texas get clearance from the Justice Department before making...
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NYPD Detective Who Inspired A 'Law & Order' Character Is Still Haunted By A...
MANHATTAN — Jerry Giorgio remembers the day “Baby Hope” was found 22 years ago as though it were yesterday.Giorgio was one of the NYPD detectives who caught the gruesome case, where an unidentified...
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Suspected Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Offered Plea Deal
Ariel Castro, the man suspected of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade, has been offered a plea deal and might accept it in court tomorrow, WKYC reports.The plea deal...
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Nebraska Police Owe A Stripper $1 Million
A federal judge had ordered Nebraska police to return $1 million to an exotic dancer after state troopers confiscated it during a traffic stop, ABC News reports.Nebraska state troopers got the cash in...
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One Paragraph Sums Up What Edward Snowden Can Expect From His Life In Russia
Julia Ioffe, senior editor at The New Republic, wrote a post about Edward Snowden's circumstances — reportedly sitting in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport while he prepares to live and...
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US ATTORNEY ON BUSTING HEDGE FUNDS: 'Sometimes A Small Fish Is Very Delicious'
The Southern District of New York, led by U.S. attorney Preet Bharara, just wrapped up its press conference announcing charges against SAC Capital.There weren't too many new revelations in Bharara's...
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JUROR: George Zimmerman 'Got Away With Murder' And Trial Was 'A Publicity Stunt'
Another juror from the George Zimmerman trial is coming forward with her story, and she told ABC News that Zimmerman "got away with murder" and that she wants to apologize to Trayvon Martin's...
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Prosecutors Charge Six In Major Credit Card And NASDAQ Hacking Cases
NEWARK, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors charged six foreign nationals with hacking crimes, including credit and debit card thefts that authorities say cost U.S. and European companies more...
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Hip-Hop Star 'The Game' Sued Over Alleged Instagram Rant
Rapper The Game's former babysitter has sued him for allegedly defaming her on Instragram, The Hollywood Reporter reported.The Game's ex-babysitter Karen Monroe says the rapper publicly complained...
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