The outgoing Governor of Oregon has commuted the sentences of all prisoners on death row. Kate Brown is a Democrat. Are you surprised? She was quoted by one news outlet as saying the death penalty “cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably.” Quite right, last year ten men but only one woman […]
If you live in the United States or have an interest in true crime, you have probably heard the name Casey Anthony. In 2011, she stood trial for the murder of her young daughter and was acquitted against the weight of the evidence. Because this was Florida and due to the nature of the crime, […]
I live in a relatively quiet street. True, I was mugged and nearly murdered while walking home in 1986, a resident was beaten to death not far from that spot in 2002, another man shot himself dead in a freak incident three years ago, oh and I was seriously assaulted on my own doorstep in […]
Those familiar with this subject will probably reply HMP Wakefield is Monster Mansion, but some of the unsavouries incarcerated in Full Sutton give Wakefield a run for its money. This Channel 5 documentary is currently live for those who can receive it. As well as a number of ex-cons and former prison staff its contributors […]
The very public death of George Floyd and the outrageous riots, looting and murder that followed brought about a number of legal changes in the United States, especially policing. Now, two years and more later, the results of these changes are showing up in the crime statistics. Anyone who has been following the relevant news […]
The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing last May of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer but important and worthy of reflection, nonetheless. Based on the long trajectory of US military and political support of Israel, and Washington’s constant shielding of Tel […]
Kim Kardashian is best known as the ex-wife of musician and businessman Kanye West. And as the daughter of a lawyer who helped secure the acquittal of acknowledged double murderer O.J. Simpson. She may not have the musical talents of her (third) ex-husband but as far as the law goes, the apple didn’t fall far […]
In November last year, Darrell Brooks drove his car into a parade at Waukesha, Wisconsin killing 6 people and injuring 62 others. Waukesha is in the same state as Kenosha, around a fifty mile drive. Because of that and for other reasons, many people believed this to have been a revenge attack by a black […]
The first International Men’s Day was held as recently as 1999. By contrast, the first International Women’s Day was held way back in 1911. While the latter receives plaudits, the former is generally scoffed at. Why should this be? Because the achievements of men don’t count. And neither do their pain or their suffering. To […]
Court TV (the company so-named) and others like the Law&Crime Network are immensely popular, but few criminal trials outside the US attract wall-to-wall coverage. In January 2015, the Scottish Government said it would allow cameras in courtrooms for sentencing and for the live transmission of appeals – civil as well as criminal. However, live broadcasts […]
