#Prosecutions

Tom Clarke

TomClarkeTweets

Before you listen to anything @AlexanderDowner says tonight on #QandA about the legality of pilfering Timor's oil & gas, just remember that as foreign minister he withdrew Australia's recognition of

Brad Haywood

BradleyRHaywood

What does Tim Hugo think happens to someone charged with a mandatory life offense for child sexual assault? That they just say "oh well, you've got me! I'll go serve

Raam Beart 🥭

raam_beart

(1) British QC David Perry, who has handled high-profile cases in HK over the past decade, steps down from the Hong Kong criminal case to prosecute Jimmy Lai & 8

Dr Captain Barf, PhD 😏

barf_captain

I still don't have a term for this...institutions that depend on the center-right for their legitimacy coming to be run by a class that despises those very same people, uses

Lawful Rebellion

LawfulRebelli0n

Fresh off the press... COVID-1984 NEWSFLASH | The prosecution in People's Union of Britain v Matt Hancock has just sent the executed form, applying for his arrest warrant, to the

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

I am sure Trump will be prosecuted for at least some of his crimes.However, this is not an instant solution.Consider:There is a higher standard of proof in a criminal trial.

Elliot Gold

EGoldLdn

Now this is something - all inquest findings are on the civil standard, including suicide and unlawful killing. Previously, unlawful killing had to be shown to the criminal standard. http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2020/46.html

Alexandra Erin

AlexandraErin

It's about dinner time here but I have a lot of thoughts about this, so I'm QTing this now to start a thread later.But the short version is: state prosecutions

Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Judge Rao's ruling in the Flynn case is astonishing in its dishonesty, or ignorance of precedent she cites. Having read it - the foundational precedent she uses - there is

Patricia Gossman

pagossman

New UNAMA report documents govt’s failure to implement most basic safeguards against torture. https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/treatment_of_conflict_related_detainees_feb_2021_english.pdf It’s been 5 years since Presiden

Ingrid M

iMusing

imperial white patriarchy stands by unspeakably cruel white male killers and tells you and your descendants to do the same. For imperial white patriarchy. And inherited wealth. filthy lies since

Mohamed Elmaazi

MElmaazi

Outside Westminster Magistrates' Court for Julian Assange's latest bail hearing. Craig Murray, ex-diplomat & whistleblower, says he's "very optimistic" Assange will be granted bail because no one who has had

Adam Wagner

AdamWagner1

This news is really worrying for a number of reasons:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54977290Police suspend fixed £10k fines for big gatherings (thread) Since July, police have had power to issue Covid 'mega fines' of

Hashtag Activism Elects Republicans #Biden2020

chrisdameanor19

Something Dems (and all Americans) need to reckon with: As deeply imbedded as racial violence is in our policing system, so too is Americans’ base instinct to punish as harshly

Kelsey D. Atherton

AthertonKD

There's probably an urgent piece to be written on this as insurrection vs terrorism, and especially the legal implications of both, but the terminology debate obscures the greater problem: police

felt words #BLM #MMIW

shawnfleek

Ignoring the reactionary politics of elected / campaigning people of color, and instead pointing to someone of their race being elected as a progressive victory is a form of racism.

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