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I Support The Death Penalty, Guys Like Rick Perry Don’t Help

6:17 pm EST August 17th, 2011 | Crime | 57 Comments

I believe that there are crimes that are so evil the only penalty that you can hand out that meets the crime is death. People like Timothy McVeigh, Osama Bin Laden, and Jeffrey Dahmer are perfect cases – in my eyes – for capital punishment.

Which leads me to the case of Rick Perry and Cameron Todd Willingham. The background to the case can be found here or on Frontline (where I first heard about it).

The evidence seems to indicate that Rick Perry had someone killed under murky evidence at best, and in all likelihood he had an innocent man executed while also bigfooting the investigation.

I still support the death penalty, but guys like Perry make it difficult. It should be hard for the state to execute someone. The evidence should be ironclad and airtight (if you remember, there was a delay in McVeigh’s execution in order to deliver documents to McVeigh’s lawyers).

When someone like myself supports the harshest penalty the state can hand down, you have to trust your elected leaders to take that power seriously. Rick Perry doesn’t seem to have done that.

London Needs Order

2:05 pm EST August 9th, 2011 | Crime, World | 123 Comments

I don’t like what I’m seeing across the pond. The rioters are running wild. And even worse, the authorities are acting with far too much restraint.

The Home Secretary appeared to rule out sending water cannon or the Army onto the streets of the capital, despite a third night of violence.

Speaking on Sky News, she said that police intelligence and the support of local communities would help quell the disturbances.

“The way we police in Britain is not through use of water cannon,” she said. “The way we police in Britain is through consent of communities.”

That seems… insane. I am not arguing that London needs to unleash its police force to do something like cracking skulls, but the response to this level of civil disobedience can’t be the usual business.

It’s unacceptable that a major, modern, capital city like London isn’t doing more to reign this in. In order to have a functioning society, some level of order has to be maintained. You can’t let thugs and fear of thugs run your city like this.

3 Sheriffs In Joe Arpaio Office Arrested For Human Smuggling, Drugs

5:52 pm EST May 24th, 2011 | Crime | 6 Comments

The anti-immigrant Arpaio is a Fox News favorite.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies served search warrants throughout the county Tuesday morning and made a series of arrests as part of an investigation involving at least three Maricopa County Sheriff’s employees suspected of being involved in human and drug smuggling operations.

An officer at the scene where one of the warrants was served confirmed to a 12 News reporter that the operation involved a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy suspected of smuggling drugs or humans.

The targets of the investigation, conducted by a task force of state and local agencies, include a Sheriff’s deputy and a pair of detention officers.

President Obama Punts On FBI Director Mueller

12:57 pm EST May 12th, 2011 | Crime | Comments Off

I’m not sure if President Obama just thinks he can’t get an FBI director through the Senate, or what, but I’m disappointed with this decision to try and add 2 years to Mueller’s term. He’s no giant basket of fail like Louis Freeh, but we should have some new blood in there, I think.

Dan Snyder Free Agent Albert Haynesworth Indicted

5:18 pm EST April 26th, 2011 | Crime, Sports | Comments Off

The Danny’s judgement on display.

A District of Columbia grand jury on Tuesday indicted Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth on a charge of misdemeanor sexual abuse in connection with an alleged assault on a waitress at a downtown hotel in February.

The indictment stems from an incident in which the embattled football player allegedly caressed the breasts of a waitress at the W hotel as she was clearing the table.

Topic: Albert Haynesworth, Dan Snyder, Redskins

Judge Amanda Williams: Georgia’s Drug Court Tyrant

9:46 am EST April 8th, 2011 | Crime | 4 Comments

As someone who tends to fall on the “law” side of law and order, I’m sickened by the activities of Judge Amanda Williams as heard in this episode of This American Life. This woman is out of control. You need to listen to this show.

Woman Who Attacked Painting In National Gallery Sounds Like A Wingnut

6:57 am EST April 5th, 2011 | Crime | 22 Comments

Susan Burns, attacked Paul Gauguin’s painting “Two Tahitian Women” (seen here) in the National Gallery:

Ms Burns, 53, from Virginia, told police she thought the painting should be burned, according to court records viewed by the Associated Press news agency.

‘I feel that Gauguin is evil,’ she was quoted as telling police.

‘He has nudity and is bad for the children. He has two women in the painting and it’s very homosexual.’

2 More Priests In Philadelphia Put On “Administrative Leave”

7:04 am EST March 31st, 2011 | Crime | 21 Comments

Gee, golly, guess why?

Two more priests have been placed on administrative leave by the Philadelphia Archdiocese as part of an ongoing investigation into the sexual abuse of children by clergy.

Cardinal Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia, announced that the two unnamed priests, who are currently retired, have been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, pending a more thorough independent investigation.

Again – multiple crimes in multiple states, an internetworked effort to hide those crimes. Why has the federal government not looked into this?

Jesuit Church Seems To Have An Abuse Problem Too

8:33 pm EST March 28th, 2011 | Crime | 6 Comments

I’ll never understand how people supposedly acting as emissaries of God can act like this.

Jesuit leaders in Chicago largely ignored or kept secret numerous reports, spanning four decades, that a prominent priest was sexually abusing teenage boys, lawyers for victims charged on Monday in a motion for punitive damages in a Chicago court.

Included in the motion were more than 65 recently obtained church documents and depositions that, the lawyers said, demonstrated ‘a reckless disregard for the safety of others in the face of repeated reports of sexual misconduct’ on the part of Chicago Jesuit leaders.

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari: Saudi Arabian Resident Arrested In Texas On WMD Suspicion

10:56 am EST February 24th, 2011 | Crime | 2 Comments

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari mugshot picture

UPDATE: Saudi Arrested On WMD Charge May Have Targeted Bush

In e-mails Aldawsari apparently sent himself, he listed the names of 12 reservoir dams in Colorado and California. He also wrote an e-mail that mentioned “Tyrant’s House” with the address of President Bush’s home.

From the Department Of Justice:

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with his alleged purchase of chemicals and equipment necessary to make an improvised explosive device (IED) and his research of potential U.S. targets.

The arrest and the criminal complaint, which was unsealed in the Northern District of Texas, were announced by David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; James T. Jacks, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas; and Robert E. Casey Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Dallas Field Division.

Aldawsari is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court in Lubbock at 9:00 a.m. on Friday morning. Aldawsari, who was lawfully admitted into the United States in 2008 on a student visa and is enrolled at South Plains College near Lubbock, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

According to the affidavit filed in support of the complaint, Aldawsari has been researching online how to construct an IED using several chemicals as ingredients. He has also acquired or taken a substantial step toward acquiring most of the ingredients and equipment necessary to construct an IED and he has conducted online research of several potential U.S. targets, the affidavit alleges. In addition, he has allegedly described his desire for violent jihad and martyrdom in blog postings and a personal journal.

Topic: Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari