Homan Square warehouse site of torture & detention. Story via The Guardian Chicago PD has an “off-the-books interrogation compound.” The Homan Square warehouse is on Chicago’s west side. Police keep detainees there before being officially booked. People have disappeared there for up to 24-hours. Lawyers are routinely denied access to clients held there. People as young as 15 have been …
Boston Marathon Bombing Trial
Trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins this week Jury selection started Monday for the Boston Marathon bomber. The bomb killed 3 people & wounded over 260 in April, 2013. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will plead not guilty to 30 federal charges. Lawyers have been working on a plea deal for Tsarnaev . So far, it hasn’t worked out because of the death penalty. …
Death Row Inmates Freed
DNA test proves 2 brothers not guilty 2 mentally disabled teenagers were arrested in 1983. They were convicted of raping and killing a young girl. Both received 3 trials. Both confessed to the crime. Their lawyers said the confessions were coerced. Both were sentenced to death in North Carolina. 31 years later, DNA evidence implicates someone else. The guilty party …