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Sgt. Edward Howard Jr. was charged by Cook County prosecutors with aggravated battery and official misconduct for allegedly slapping Gregory Jeffries, 19, while his hands were cuffed behind his back.
Sgt. Howard claimed the boy tried to spit at him.
The teenager denies that.
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Statement: I think you, the collective media, have made it all about elected officials, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis told us in an interview about the focus of her Public Integrity Unit.
Determination: Huckster Propaganda.
Analysis: In 2007, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis set up a Public Integrity Unit with much fanfare. Four years later, it had seemingly gone quiet. I decided to take a look back at the unit’s work and found that it had prosecuted just three elected officials, only one of which resulted in punitive action — a $1,000 fine.
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An attorney for Derrick Todd Lee, convicted in the slaying of an LSU graduate student, says Lee should be retried.
Gary Clements with the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana said Tuesday that Lee’s 2004 murder conviction and death sentence should be overturned because his court-appointed trial lawyers were underfunded and ineffective.
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Former prison officer Luis Roman, 47, of Avenel, New Jersey pleaded guilty Monday in state Superior Court here to racketeering and official misconduct.
The state Attorney General’s Office will recommend Roman be sentenced to 14 years in state prison.
Continue reading New Jersey Prison Officer Luis Roman pleads Guilty to aiding Drug Smugglers
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San Francisco California Public Defender Jeff Adachi participated in a community forum on April 20, 2011 on the recent police misconduct scandal involving residential hotels in the city.
The forum, hosted by San Francisco-based POOR Magazine, included people living in the city’s residential hotels, as well as Tal Klement, a deputy public defender who worked on one of the cases that was dropped because of surveillance video showing the alleged misconduct.
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As Florida’s judicial branch is learning, hell hath no fury like a House speaker scorned.
After the Supreme Court tossed a trio of his proposed constitutional amendments off the ballot last year, Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon struck back this session, leading the introduction of proposals to rein in the judiciary.
Read all about it ….
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In 2008, the FBI had more than 2,500 open public corruption cases, an increase of more than 50 percent since 2003.
During 2007 and 2008 alone, more than 18,000 government officials in the U.S. were convicted. That means over 9,000 government officials are convicted every year — likely over 100,000 this decade.
Continue reading 9,000 Government Officials in the U.S. are found Guilty of Corruption EACH YEAR!
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The Executive Office for Immigration Review announces Latest Disciplinary Actions Under Rules of Professional Conduct. 401 attorneys have been suspended or disbarred.
Four Attorneys Immediately Suspended; Eleven Receive Final Orders; Two are reinstated.
Continue reading Department of Justice takes action to Suspend or Disbar 401 Immigration Attorneys
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Attorney dishonesty, misconduct, and corruption are in the news daily across America.
You will be amazed at the volume of activity with these so-called “officers of the court.”
To make it easy to see the widespread problem, LawlessAmerica.com will update this article with daily abuse reports.
Sadly, I believe this report could include hundreds of thousands of daily reports as attorney abuse is hidden or concealed by judges….
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Police abuse, corruption, and crimes are in the news daily across America.
You will be amazed at the volume of crimes with so-called law enforcement officials.
To make it easy to see the widespread corruption, LawlessAmerica.com will update this article with daily corruption reports ….