Courthouse News Service – by Nick Rummell

TRENTON, N.J. (CN) – Two jurors who pleaded for a judge to be lenient with a man found guilty of murdering his father have no say in the matter, New Jersey’s appeals court ruled Monday.

The two jurors, among the 12 who found John Mahoney guilty in 2015 of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his father, had suggested to the judge that Mahoney receive “significant therapy” and probation for the crime.   Continue reading “N.J. Court Reverses Sentencing Role of Jurors”

CNS News – by Tim Fitton

This is an important story about Judicial Watch’s complicated and complex investigation into the Obama administration’s deadly Operation Fast and Furious scandal.  And this is one story that should be shared far and wide.

Earlier this week Judicial Watch was pleased to announce that we scored a victory in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit regarding a September 5, 2013, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for all records of communications between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on settlement discussions in the Committee’s 2012 contempt of Congress lawsuit against former Attorney General Eric Holder. The contempt citation stemmed from Holder’s refusal to turn over documents to Congress related to the Operation Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal.  The appeals court decision was issued last week, on February 12.   Continue reading “Fast and Furious Court Victory for Judicial Watch”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Seattle, WA — Che Taylor, 46, was no stranger to the police. He’s been in and out of jail on numerous occasions. However, none of his crimes ever warranted a death sentence — but on Sunday afternoon, that’s exactly what he got.

Around 3:30 Sunday afternoon, according to the Seattle police department, officers were conducting surveillance in an attempt to bust people for selling illicit substances to willing customers, when they saw Taylor and called for backup.   Continue reading “Shocking Dashcam: Cops Walk Up to a Man for “Looking Suspicious” and Kill Him on the Ground”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

In December of 2014, the parents of several Sandy Hook victims filed a lawsuit against Bushmaster and other related corporate entities like Remington. This wasn’t the first time that the victims of gun violence tried to shift blame onto firearm manufacturers, but to date, no one has ever succeeded. The gun companies are protected by federal laws like the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which prevents these kinds of frivolous lawsuits.   Continue reading “Remington Moves To Dismiss Ridiculous Sandy Hook Lawsuit”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes

It’s all over the news that Bill Gates is coming out publicly admonishing Apple for not bending over backwards to build a skeleton key that unlocks everyone’s cell phones for the FBI in the wake of the San Bernardino shooting. He’s twisting the narrative to make it seem like this skeleton key, once in existence, wouldn’t be used again and again on other people’s phones (and will be forever).   Continue reading “Bill Gates Says Apple Is Wrong For Not “Helping” The Fbi, Built Back Doors Into All Windows Software Since 1999”

Reuters

A 26-year-old man shot his parents and two sisters to death at a house in Phoenix early on Tuesday before he was killed by police who entered the residence as it was on fire, law enforcement officials said.

Alex Buckner was shot and killed after he raised a weapon at a special assignment unit officer in the split-level home, said Sergeant Trent Crump, a spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department.   Continue reading “Arizona man kills parents, siblings, shot dead by police”

RT

Canada has passed a motion to condemn “any and all attempts” to promote the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel both at home and abroad.

The motion passed on Monday by a 229-51 vote, CIJ News reports. The bill was introduced by members of the Conservative Party and won support from Liberal Party members. The motion calls on the government to condemn attempts by Canadian organizations, groups, and individuals to promote the BDS movement, claiming it “promotes the demonization and delegitimization” of Israel.   Continue reading “‘Don’t demonize Israel’: Canada passes anti-boycott motion”

Press TV

The Saudi Foreign Ministry in a statement on Tuesday called on “all citizens not to travel to Lebanon, for their safety, and asking citizens residing in Lebanon or visiting not to stay unless extremely necessary.”

The United Arab Emirates has also said it would pull most of its diplomats out of Lebanon and warned its own citizens not to travel there.
Continue reading “Saudi Arabia asks citizens to leave Lebanon”

BATR – by James Hall

No matter what you think about political campaigns, most would certainly agree that they are very expensive. The networks and cable broadcasters have reaped huge profits from the carnival cycle of campaigning entertainment. Civility is simply not good for business. Enlightened discourse is boring and the high moral plane is only good for losers. Much like watching the carnage from a war zone or street riots in the hood, the TV cameras focus on the most controversial confrontations and ignore calls of cooperation. Politics is just too good of a blood sport to allow a modifying influence to temper down the mudslinging.    Continue reading “Media Moguls Cash in on another Election”

Washington Post – by Spencer S. Hsu

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that State Department officials and top aides to Hillary Clinton should be questioned under oath about whether they intentionally thwarted federal open records laws by using or allowing the use of a private email server throughout Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington came in a lawsuit over public records brought by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal watchdog group, regarding its May 2013 request for information about the employment arrangement of Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide.   Continue reading “U.S. judge orders discovery to go forward over Clinton’s private email system”

Computer World – by Gregg Keizer

Apple faces at least a dozen other demands by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assist in accessing iPhones, according to a recent filing with a New York federal court.

Those 12 cases are in addition to the one involving an iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife Tafsheen Malik, killed 14 in San Bernardino, Calif., on Dec. 2 before they died in a shootout with police. Apple is fighting a court order that compels it to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conduct a brute-force passcode attack on Farook’s iPhone by creating a modified version of iOS.   Continue reading “Apple faces at least 12 other All Writs Act orders to force it to unlock more iPhones”

Yahoo News

The Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have officially declared they will not hold a hearing on anyone President Obama nominates for the Supreme Court.

In a letter today, signed by all 11 Republicans on the 20-member committee, the members tell their Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, they will “not hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee until after our next president is sworn in on January 20, 2017.”   Continue reading “Senate Judiciary Republicans Vow No Hearing for Supreme Court Nominee”

Think Progress – by MATT LEE-ASHLEY

Less than two weeks after the arrest of Cliven Bundy and the armed militants who were occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider three bills that would dispose of vast stretches of national forests and other public lands across the country.   Continue reading “House Moves On Bills That Would Allow States To Seize Millions Of Acres Of Public Lands”

Reuters

The Michigan Uber driver charged with murdering six people changed vehicles after sideswiping a car at the start of the shooting spree, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that they hoped his phone would help establish a motive for the killings.

Jason Dalton, 45, was denied bail on Monday after a court in which a detective testified that Dalton admitted to the five-hour shooting rampage over the weekend in Kalamazoo, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Detroit.   Continue reading “Michigan Uber driver switched cars during deadly shooting rampage”