A Positive Step in Turkey
Turkey could rethink insult law: Turkish President Abdullah Gul has called for changes to a law that has allowed writers to face trial for insulting Turkish identity. I know one…
Victims of Rights Violations
Siloviki Statism
A very useful introduction to the political economy of the new Siloviki State: “The making of a neo-KGB state.”
Updates on DC Gun Case
For those who are interested in the ongoing litigation in which I’ve been involved to vindicate the right to “keep and bear arms” (see the Second Amendment to the U.S….
Interesting News from Russia
10 held in killing of Russian journalist
What a Victory in the War on Terror That Was
Convicting this guy on a charge quite different from the occasion for his original detention was well worth violating the U.S. Constitution and subverting the rule of law. The Bush…
A Harrowing and Terrible Story
The story of Alex Kurzem, aka Ilya Galperin. That that terrible period could have produced more than one case like that of Solomon Perel is remarkable.
A Travesty of Justice
The Jose Padilla case is a good example of why legal procedures and procedural rights are so important. My colleagues Tim Lynch and Bob Levy on this deeply disturbing case.
Mises, Call Your Office!
The stories keep repeating themselves, so they should come as no surprise. The world, it seems, is still governed by “cause and effect.” These New York Times articles tell the…
False Confessions
I was just introduced to a new website, The Truth About False Confessions, that contains warnings about the powers of prosecutors. (Some years ago I read a book, on which…
Please Watch This Video
On the occasion of Abdelkareem’s 23rd birthday and 223rd day in prison.