I watched Dateline last night and saw a program about Jon-Adrian Velazquez. His story is in the papers today. Like so many other stories of wrongful convictions I have watched, I am amazed at the strength these people have to keep fighting their uphill battle. As one D.A. commented on last night’s program, once you are […]
Wrongfully Convicted Man Awarded $25 Million
Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez spent 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon occurrence. There are many people behind bars for crimes they did not commit. I just watched a program where a man could not get help through the regular channels. He hired a private investigator who eventually […]
Missing Cruise Ship Passenger Turns Up Safe in Germany
A German woman listed as missing from the Costa Concordia was located alive in Germany. According to the Associated Press, Gertrud Goergens alerted police in Germany that she was alive and well. Goergens was removed from the official list of missing late Wednesday. There are still twenty-three passengers and three crew members missing. Eleven bodies have […]
Piers Morgan Accused of Knowledge of Phone Hacking at Daily Mirror
It appears that Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World paper is not the only publication being accused of phone hacking. Now, Piers Morgan, former Editor of the Daily Mirror, is in the hot seat for the same offense. Phone hacking was widespread at the Daily Mirror newspaper when Piers Morgan was editor of the paper, […]
Police Mull Charges in Walmart Pepper Spray Case
It seems that every year for about the past eight years or so we hear about some form of shopping violence taking place on Black Friday. Remember the time a man was trampled to death? What has happened to our society when an Xbox 360, or any commodity, causes people to physically harm others in hopes […]