Jonathan Turley
Law and order news-of-the-weird, news stories concerning criminal charges against police officers and members of the military, scandals in the U.S. Justice Department, and developments in the blogger's representation of Dr. Sami Al-Arian.
Author: Jonathan Turley is a professor at the George Washington University Law School and a member of USA Today's board of contributors.
Blawg Related Categories: Attorney General • Criminal Justice • Sentencing/Post Conviction • Executive Branch • Terrorism • George Washington University • Law Professor • Private Defense
Recent Posts from Jonathan Turley
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Castro Regime Arrests Outspoken Punk Rocker for “Social Dangerousness”
Cuban authorities have arrested and jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila for “social dangerousness,” a charge that could carry up to four years in prison. Aguila has been an outspoken critic of the Castro brothers and…
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Potty Patriotism: Atheist Thrown Out of Yankee Stadium for Trying to Go to Bathroom During the Singing of God Bless America
A rather fluid first amendment controversy is brewing over police conduct at the Yankee stadium. Fan Brad Campeau-Laurion says that when he tried to go to the bathroom during the singing of “God Bless America,”…
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ABC Reporter Arrested While Trying to Take Pictures of Lobbyists and Donors Partying at Democratic Convention
ABC News should earn accolades for engaging in serious journalism in Denver: detailing how the party elite has been feted by an array of high-priced lobbyists at expensive parties. One of its reporters, however, was…
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Body of Missing Iowa Professor Identified
The search of University of Iowa professor Arthur Miller is over. A body found in an Iowa City park has been identified as Miller, who was facing charges related to his alleged offer to exchange…
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Showdown: Judge Orders Harriet Myers to Testify and Congress Moves to Call Her to Hearing
U.S. District Judge John Bates has ruled that former White House Counsel Harriet Miers must testify in Congress — another ruling rejecting the arguments of Attorney General Michael Mukasey. Bates ruled that the House Judiciary…
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Pastor Fakes Terminal Cancer to Hide Pornography Addiction
Pastor Michael Guglielmucci has shocked his flock of faithful at the Edge Church International in Australia that he is not dying from cancer and that he used the fraud to hide a 16-year addiction to…
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Twenty Mile Cancer Belt Found in Pennsylvania
Federal epidemiologists have identified a twenty mile stretch in Pennsylvania between Hazleton and Tamaqua where citizens are 400 times more likely to develop a rare blood disorder called polycythemia vera, or PV — a form…
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Have You Heard the One About the “Bullman,” the Fattening Hog, and the Humorless Father? It’s No Joke
It appears that parents, police and prosecutors in Harlan, Kentucky have a poor sense of humor and an even worse sense of criminal justice. A recent controversy began with a bad joke by politician and…
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Mother Arrested for Encouraging Son to Fight
A mother in Indianapolis is criminally charged after a neighbor allegedly witnesses her encouraging her son to fight another boy with a stick. Amy Meehan is neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.…
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Police Arrest Three Allegedly Planning Assassination of Sen. Barack Obama In Denver
Three men have been arrested in an alleged plot to kill Senator Barack Obama by shooting him from a high sniper position. Various guns and equipment were seized by the police in the arrest of…