AltWeeklies Wire
Nancy Hollander Defends Guantanamo Prisoners ... and Our Justice Systemnew
The Albuquerque lawyer is one of the nation's leading criminal defense attorneys, but she now faces perhaps her greatest legal challenge yet: Representing two prisoners incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
08-11-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Big Brother is Watching You With RFID Microchipsnew
Consumer-privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht advises people to resist RFID. "There are certainly things you can do with RFID that might be cool, but the costs of introducing this technology into our society so vastly outweigh the benefits, the technology shouldn’t be deployed at all," she says.
The Georgia Straight |
Erin Millar |
07-27-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Smile! You're on the Denver Police Department's Candid Cameranew
The wireless, mobile cameras have remained frozen in the same downtown locations where they were placed for the Democratic National Convention. After nine months of wrangling with the city's bureaucratic process, Lieutenant Ernie Martinez is finally ready to move HALO into Denver neighborhoods.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
06-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
How a Minnesota Mental Health Patient Was Forced into Electro-Shock Therapynew
There were 41 cases of the controversial practice of forced, court-ordered electroconvulsive treatment in Hennepin County last year. Ray Sandford was one of them.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
05-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Tennessee's Religious Right Draws a Bead on Doctor-Patient Confidentiality for Teensnew
Conservative Christians have found a new cause celebre in the state legislature: Denying teens the right to doctor-patient confidentiality.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
05-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Banning Bill Ayers at Boston Collegenew
How the Boston College administration changed their minds and bent the rules to keep the former activist off campus -- at the expense of academic freedom.
Boston Phoenix |
Kyle Smeallie |
04-23-2009 |
Civil Liberties
From Torture to Bailouts, Change You Can Parse
From torture to bailout to presidential assassinations of U.S. citizens, Barack Obama is fighting to keep Bush-era policies in place.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-17-2009 |
Commentary
Liberty City Six Judge Refuses to Pay Private Investigator After He Speaks Outnew
P.I. Rory McMahon got screwed by a federal judge for speaking out against her.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
03-17-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Keeping Gays from Adopting Would Hurt Kentuckynew
Kentucky Senate Bill 68 would prohibit unmarried, cohabiting couples from adopting or fostering children in Kentucky. It passed the Senate judiciary committee last week and will likely pass the full Senate and reach the House soon.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
03-11-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Smartpark, Dumb Enforcement?new
Tom Dehen didn’t know he could be threatened with arrest for walking on Portland city property with a camera and a sketch pad.
Willamette Week |
Joshua Bolkan |
03-11-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, Portland
As Facebook Gives Away Personal Info, At Least One Data-Miner is Nervousnew
Jason Kaufman was "alarmed" last week when he read that Facebook had subtly altered the text of its Terms of Use. What's notable about Kaufman's alarm is that he's one of the people who actually has access to Facebook users' private data.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-26-2009 |
Media
How Useless Are the D.C. Police Department's Crime Cameras?new
The D.C. police department's network of more than 120 cameras has been shooting the moon since installation of the first units began more than eight years ago at no trivial cost to the taxpayer.
Washington City Paper |
Arthur Delaney |
02-12-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The RIAA vs. Free Speechnew
The US recording industry is attempting to block the free public Webcast of its courtroom proceedings against Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University grad student accused of illegally downloading music,
Boston Phoenix |
Kyle Smeallie and Harvey Silverglate |
02-05-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Judge Dismisses RNC Protest Casenew
After their arrests at 2008's Republican National Convention, a group of protestors known as the Wall 7, asked for a jury trial -- and got what they deserved.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
02-05-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Gitmo Status Quo: Business As Usual Inside the Campsnew
In Washington, the ink has barely dried on President Obama's order officially closing Guantanamo Bay's Camp Delta detention facility. But for a legion of Gitmo guards on the Cuban waterfront, nothing has changed.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
02-02-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, civil liberties
