prisons

3:21 pm May 22, 2009

Just in time for Video Friday comes the RNC’s latest Guantanamo Bay video, outlining the very serious position that all but six members of the United States Senate have taken with regard to prisoner detention. [Balloon Juice]

OUR FLOURISHING LEGAL SYSTEM

Senate Democrats Succumb To Lamest, Most Comical GOP Fantasy Since Forever

by Jim Newell

3:51 pm May 20, 2009

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Hmm, don’t recall many Democratic Leaders complaining during the 2008 campaign about Barack Obama’s explicit plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay, the obvious implication being that those with viable charges would be transferred to American (and a few European) prisons to face trial, while others with no charges would be released (and tracked!) in order [...]

CRIMINALS

Dick Cheney And Alberto Gonzales Indicted For ‘Prison Profiteering’

by Sara K. Smith

9:25 am November 19, 2008

42 comments 6549 Views

Well, it would be nice if these guys ever went to jail for anything, but it seems unlikely that they will go to jail for this. A grand jury in South Texas handed down indictments against various current and former public officials connected with wrongdoing in private prisons — including, most notably, Dick Cheney and [...]

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