Criminal Justice
Trump is still claiming he saves ‘25,000 American lives’ when he blows up a suspected drug boat
President Donald Trump was widely mocked for claiming "we save 25,000 American lives" every time the U.S. military blows up a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean or the eastern Pacific. Undeterred by the…
Prosecutors want to punish OneTaste leaders for crimes they weren’t charged with
Federal officials are recommending 15- to 20-year prison sentences for orgasmic meditation leaders Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, based on the idea that they should be punished for crimes they were never charged with nor…
Hegseth mulls releasing a video showing the brutality of Trump’s murderous anti-drug strategy
During a Cabinet meeting last Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked "the fog of war" while discussing the newly controversial September 2 attack that inaugurated President Donald Trump's deadly…
No Jury of Your Peers
British Justice Secretary David Lammy has proposed ending jury trials for most criminal cases, reserving them only for rape, murder, manslaughter, or other "public interest" offenses. Cases that currently go before…
The ‘threat’ that supposedly justified killing 2 boat attack survivors was speculative
On Thursday, Adm. Frank M. Bradley, commander of the newly controversial September 2 operation that inaugurated President Donald Trump's deadly military campaign against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and the…
Boat strike commander says he had to kill 2 survivors because they were smuggling cocaine
If we call a cocaine smuggler an "unlawful combatant" in an "armed struggle" against the United States, the Trump administration says, it is OK to kill him, even if he is unarmed and poses no immediate…
Sameule Jenkins is facing new legal trouble as he mourns son’s death
North Carolina dad Sameule Jenkins is due back in court this month on charges stemming from the downstream impact of his arrest after the tragic death of his son. Sameule Jenkins and his wife, Jessica Ivey Jenkins, let their…
Hegseth’s ‘fog of war’ is no excuse for summarily executing suspected drug smugglers
"I did not personally see survivors," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. "The thing was on fire. It exploded, there's fire, there's smoke….This is called the fog of…
The law of war was not designed for Trump’s bogus ‘armed conflict’ with drug smugglers
The Trump administration disputes The Washington Post's report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed U.S. forces to "kill everybody" on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean last September, which…
Hegseth’s alleged ‘kill everybody’ order complicates Trump’s anti-drug campaign
Eight days after the September 2 operation that inaugurated President Donald Trump's lethal military campaign against suspected drug boats, The Intercept reported that people who survived the initial missile strike were…
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