PBC News & Comment: Wave of Exonerations Expose Prosecutor Misconduct

Justice in Baltimore, as 3 men wrongfully convicted of 1983 murder are freed, and retrial exonerates man convicted in 2016….--Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart will have first Thanksgiving outside in 36 years
--Devon Little was freed November 22 after retrial on murder charges; lawyer says actual shooter is still at large
--Jamal Trulove, imprisoned for 7 years on faulty conviction for San Francisco murder, writes moving column on the Baltimore exoneration
--judge blocks Trump/Barr effort to resume federal executions
--PBC apologizes after new information demonstrates that he was lied to by San Quentin death row prisoner James Anderson
--at his latest mob rally, in Miami last night, Trump called impeachment “bullshit”
--Trump acts like he wants to appear at impeachment hearing, PBC calls “bullshit
--in NY Times, Charlie Savage notes that Trump is winning by losing….and running out the clock
--OMB official Mark Sandy says 2 colleagues resigned over Ukraine aid hold
--more dirt from Ukraine on Rudy Giuliani, who tried to score new business from officials he was squeezing for dirt on Bidens
--in lengthy report at ConsortiumNews, Scott Ritter raises important questions about the “CIA whistleblower”
--ConsortiumNews also features Pepe Escobar’s report on a powerful tirade against the US by Iran’s foreign minister
--in stunning display of tunnel vision, NY Times correspondent reports on the Bolivian blockade by Morales supporters, whitewashing the coup
--Alan McLeod at MintPress recaps the bloody history of NY Times approval of American coups
--from Bolivia, Grayzone Project’s Wyatt Reed reports on the crackdown on reporters and Morales supporters, with no whitewashing
--at The Guardian, Nick Estes sounds alarm about repression of indigenous people in Bolivia
--HuffPost reports Obama aides say that 44 is working to prevent Sanders from getting the nomination
--WashPost reports on American meddling in Warren campaign, just like the Russians did in 2016
--as corporate media ignored Dem-backed extension of domestic surveillance, AP reported on Cuba’s public disclosure of surveillance