Justice Department Tackles Wrongful Convictions by Demanding More Investigative Scrutiny

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Justice Department officials are combating wrongful convictions by demanding that law enforcement agencies to a better job scrutinizing eyewitness accounts and police interviews, Medill News Service reports. It’s impossible to know for sure how many people are wrongfully convicted, but more than 1,100 have been exonerated from 1989 to 2012, according to…

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Ex-Prosecutor Convertino Fails Again to Get Detroit Reporter to Disclose Sources

By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– Ex-federal prosecutor Richard Convertino has once again failed in his bid to get ex-Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter to disclose his sources. U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland ruled Monday that Ashenfelter, who recently retired from the Free Press, had the right to invoke his Fifth Amendment privileges,…

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Justice Department: California Prisons’ Handling of Riots Often Violate Federal Constitution

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com California prisons are violating the federal constitution by isolating people based on race after a riot, the Associated Press reports. When a riot breaks out, officers often lock up entire races of people to prevent further violence. But the Justice Department said in a recent court filing that the practice violates the…

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FBI, Justice Department Urged to Re-Open 1985 Pipe Bombing of Arab American Group

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Civil rights supporters are calling for the FBI and Justice Department to reopen the investigation into the 1985 killing of a prominent Palestinian American leader, Democracy Now reports. Alex Odeh was killed by a powerful pipe bomb placed at the offices of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination in Santa Ana, Calif., where he served…

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