We often talk about the problems of the criminal justice system, particularly as pertains to unfair treatment towards minorities and marginalized groups. I sympathize with the plight of those for whom this is a daily reality, but I admit I cannot completely understand. Many times, violence against women goes unreported or is sloppily prosecuted. And it is for this reason that I share my own story, though one needs to reverse the gender in this circumstance. The system is designed to prosecute men who harass, physically injure, or otherwise harm women. When the reverse is true, the existing framework of laws and statutes is not easily able to respond. Men are supposed to be able to handle their own problems, but women are supposed to be sheltered from them. This doesn’t mean that women aren’t vulnerable in all sorts of ways, but that it’s just as condescending to imply that women don’t harm men.
Tag: Prosecution
Jan 30 2010
New arrivals to the holding stack.
So far, flight control refuses to land any planes, instead routing every new arrival into a holding pattern. Too much congestion? Bad weather? Runways unavailable? Who knows.
The planes have arrived, fraught with heavy cargoes and passengers, circling above. New arrivals are added to the top of the stack, and aircraft at the bottom should be taken out and allowed to make an approach first, letting each aircraft above move down one level. There are limits to both fuel and vertical airspace. Laden aircraft can’t just zoom off into some weightless outer orbital, or magically appear on the ground without some orderly intervening process. What goes up, must come down, and all that. That’s what gravity is all about.
Sep 08 2009
Spain to prosecute Gonzales and 5 other Bush lawyers over torture
According to RawStory this morning:
A Spanish judge has decided to go ahead with the prosecution of six Bush administration lawyers – including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales – who were the architects of the legal framework for President George W. Bush “enhanced interrogation” program, according to a report in the Spanish newspaper Publico. (Original article here; Google translation here.)
The six Bush administration alumni targeted in the prosecution are former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; John Yoo, author of the “torture memos”; Douglas Feith, then a deputy defense secretary; Pentagon lawyer William Haynes II; former assistant attorney general Jay Bybee; and David Addington, a former chief of staff to then-Vice President Dick Cheney.
According to Andy Worthington at AfterDowningStreet.org, Judge Baltasar Garzon has rejected prosecutors’ request, made last April, to throw the case out. Prosecutors had argued the case was politically motivated.
Jul 16 2009
Build your own Bush/Cheney War Crimes Accountability and Action essay
If you want to host a War Crimes Accountability series diary let me know. I will be posting these myself until someone wants me to pass the baton to them or share the load with me. E-mail me at [email protected] if you are interested, or say so in the comments below.
Scroll down in order to contact the White House, The Attorney General’s Office, and Congressional Leadership in order to demand accountability today.
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NO EXCUSES!
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED.
YELL LOUDER!
ADD CONTENT HERE!
What ever aspect of the war crimes, cover up and other matters pertaining to the criminality of the Bush/Cheney Administration you feel is appropriate is suitable for this series of diaries, within certain guidelines as will be determined by the
Important points
When calling The White House and AG Holder
– Support a Strong, independent Special Prosecutor
When calling Congressional Leadership and your Congressional Representatives
– Support H.Res 383 to investigate Bush/Cheney and their policies
When calling members of the House Rules Committee Chairwoman Lousise Slaughter and House Rules Committee members
– Support a closed rule with no amendments allowed and public hearings in a select House committee to investigate Bush/Cheney and review their national security policies
Do NOT YELL LOUDER while speaking to Congressional staff and Representatives. They do not appreciate being woken up.
Please, call and E-mail yourself if you can too. What else do you have to do? It’s not like you aren’t staring right at the page with the phone numbers and links on it in front of your computer.
NO EXCUSES
May 22 2009
The DRC, Sudan, and Looking Forward.
Dave Waldman writes on Obama’s reluctance to prosecute for torture:
That poses an extraordinarily broad array of difficulties, not the least of which is that it’s an open an ongoing threat to the greater Obama agenda, which is itself often invoked as a reason for not dabbling in the “distraction” of “looking backward.” But unless we can demarcate Cheneyism — the “anything goes” philosophy as explicitly illegal, unconstitutional and illegitimate, its continued existence (and threatened practice by future administrations) calls into question the value and durability of the whatever parts of the Obama agenda are ultimately implemented, on detainee policy or anything else.
Last week, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations had a hearing entitled Confronting Rape and Other Forms of Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones: DRC and Sudan. The US Senate wishes to tackle rape as a weapon of war. Barbara Boxer feels we are in good position to affect the atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan.
Sep 21 2008
The VA and Soda on a Counter…..Prosecution!!
Don’t really have the time, nor the inclination to write this up better, but I just paid a visit over to Harpers magazine site, and this is what I first saw:
Unexpected Consequences from a Mug of Soda
Written by one Scott Horton
The Bush Justice Department continuously tells us it is beleaguered, under-resourced, and having a hard time battling crime.