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Joe D’Ambrosio: System is too flawed to allow executions

Texas: San Antonio lovers' lane killer gets 4th execution date in less than a year

Colorado Independent fighting to unseal secret records in death penalty case

Recordings Capture Brutal FBI Tactics to Recruit a Potential Informant

For two years, the FBI has followed and harassed Refaie as part of an apparent effort to recruit him to become an informant or cooperate in some way with counterterrorism investigations. The FBI has …

After 78 Killings, a Honduran Drug Lord Partners With the U.S.

Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga led a brutal drug gang that ferried tons of cocaine north. Then he approached the Drug Enforcement Administration for a deal. TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — The number of murde…

Mass Killer Scott Dekraai Gets Life In Prison In Case Tainted By Government Misconduct

Tennessee: Man guilty of raping, murdering Tennessee nursing student avoids death penalty

Three men still on Colorado's death row after judge denies capital appeal

Is "American Made" CIA Propaganda?

Is American Made CIA Propaganda? from Tom Secker on Vimeo .

Essay: The problem of innocence in death penalty cases

Sean O’Callaghan, Provisional IRA defector-in-place, dies at 63

O’Callaghan operated as a spy for the Irish government within the Provisional IRA from 1979 until 1988. During that time, he continued to participate in Provisional IRA operations, including an attem…

Missouri governor stays execution of Marcellus Williams after attorneys say DNA evidence exonerates him

Midwest Innocence Project asks Missouri governor to halt Tuesday's execution

Stakeknife could face perjury charges, says senior police officer

An alleged British secret agent in the IRA who is accused of being linked to at least 20 murders while working for military intelligence could be charged with perjury for denying in court he was a sp…

California mass killer spared death penalty over prosecutor misconduct

Texas Cracks Down on the Market for Jailhouse Snitches

DEA Allowed Criminal Cops to Build Their Own Drug Empires for Over a Decade

For over a decade, agents with a New Orleans-based DEA task force sold drugs, intimidated informants and stole cash on the job with total impunity. According to the Advocate , Chad Scott, the former …

Paid FBI Informant Leading Counterterror Case Ran Wire Fraud Scams on the Side

A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT who helped ensnare three Florida men as ISIS supporters in an FBI sting was simultaneously running wire fraud scams on the side. Gregory Hubbard, Dayne Antani Christian, and …

EFF sues DOJ for information about alleged FBI-Geek Squad program

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice Wednesday after a months-long quest to obtain records regarding the FBI’s alleged use o…

Rules governing confidential informants remain shrouded in secrecy

Daniel Franey’s case is part of a larger trend of law enforcement agencies using confidential informants to manufacture crimes which otherwise may not have taken place. The FBI is typically at the fo…
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