Crime

Jodi Arias Trial – Hung jury dismissed, new panel must be chosen

May 23, 2013
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Dismissed!

The jury in the penalty phase of the trial of convicted killer Jodi Arias was unable to reach a unanimous decision on sentencing, and was...

Did Obama Just Throw Holder Under the Bus? “I am troubled”

May 23, 2013
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An interesting juxtaposition here by Isikoff:

Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.

The...

Lois Lerner ‘put on leave’ immediately after Levin, McCain letter demanding suspension

May 23, 2013
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Lois Lerner, the head of the Internal Revenue Service’s division on exempt organizations, was put on administrative leave Thursday, a day after she invoked the...

Eric Holder signed off on search warrant for Fox News reporter James Rosen

May 23, 2013
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Hmm…

Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.

via Ace of Spades HQ.

Letters of Intimidation from IRS’ Lois Lerner, As Lerner Put ‘On Leave’

May 23, 2013
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This and more from the American Center for Law and Justice – at the same time NRO brings news that Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave.

Consider the timeline. We now know through her own testimony and from the Inspector General’s report that Lerner was briefed about this unlawful targeting scheme in June...

George Zimmerman Defense releases photos of defiant Trayvon Martin With Drugs and Gun

May 23, 2013
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Just your average straight-A student shot down in the prime of his altogether innocent life, I bet.

The photos released Thursday show Martin blowing smoke and extending his middle finger to the camera. The photos also show a gun and what appears to be a potted marijuana plant. In the text messages, Martin...

Hofstra Home Invader Dalton Smith “praised” by parole panel in early prison release

May 23, 2013
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This doesn’t do much for Hofstra student Andrea Rebello now does it?

What a shameful system that allows this crap in the name of rehabilitation.

The parolee...

Graphic Video: TX Deputy James Boyd Shot 3 Times By Evan Ebel But Survives

May 23, 2013
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The newly released police dashcam video of Deputy James Boyd being shot at point blank range by Evan Ebel comes with its own disclaimer. An earlier post on Evan Ebel here - pictured at right.

Video below the fold.

A Texas deputy who was shot by a wanted Colorado man says he only remembers...

Gabrielle Molina, 12 of Queens hangs herself over cyberbullying

May 23, 2013
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I’m wondering if the concept of ‘cyberbullying’ allows this type of activity to go on much more frequently and consistently than in a past without...

Does Obama Have a “Plumbers” Squad Headed By John Brennan at CIA?

May 22, 2013
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He may. He just may.

An obscure November 2012 Wikileaks email dump points to former White House counterterrorism adviser and now-CIA chief John Brennan as the person behind the “witch hunt” of journalists who reported unflattering Obama administration leaks. (more…)

Alleged Twit-and-Run Driver Emma Way Brags on Twitter, Joins Other ‘Crime-Braggers’

May 22, 2013
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No, really? But some of the other cases are even worse. I mean, all cute little Emma Way here did was knock down someone on a bike. She didn’t behead him, or anything.

The criminal mind can be cunningly brilliant—or stunningly foolish. You can safely put Emma Way of the U.K. into...

Ibragim Todashev, Florida Man Shot by FBI Was About to Sign Boston Murder Confession

May 22, 2013
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So there’s that:

The man shot dead by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida early today was “about to sign a statement” admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in an unsolved triple murder in Massachusetts in 2011, two people with direct knowledge of the case...

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