A Canadian doctor who sexually assaulted 21 sedated patients while they helplessly watched has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Anaesthesiologist George Doodnaught, 65, abused the women, aged 25 to 75, while they were in his care. The victims… Read More ›
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Engineers Claim They Were Fired for Refusing to Sign off on Defense Fraud
By MATT REYNOLDS LOS ANGELES (CN) – A defense contractor fired two engineers for refusing to lie about flawed missiles that could endanger Navy pilots, the men claim in court. Tom Donnelly and Paul Braatz sued Alliant Techsystems… Read More ›
Forced Decryption Fought as Self-Incrimination
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – Forcing a criminal defendant to decrypt personal electronic data compels him to testify against himself in violation of the Fifth Amendment, two nonprofits said in a joint amicus brief. The American Civil Liberties… Read More ›
The California Commission on Professional Competence ordered a school to rehire, with back pay, a P.E. teacher it suspended for biting a special education student and punching him in the face,
Just a Darn Minute, School Tells Commission By REBEKAH KEARN ShareThis SACRAMENTO (CN) – The California Commission on Professional Competence ordered a school to rehire, with back pay, a P.E. teacher it suspended for biting a special education student and… Read More ›
N.J. Superior Court Judge Suspended After and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend,
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (CN) – A recently appointed Superior Court judge was suspended without pay after being arrested and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend, the Newark Star-Ledger… Read More ›
Bizarre Complaint Against L.A.-Area School
By MATT REYNOLDS SAN BERNARDINO (CN) – A Los Angeles-area school district refused to discipline an elementary teacher who stuck a “long object” up a boy’s rectum while telling him “good boys don’t cry,” the mother… Read More ›
California Declares War on Freedom of the Press
ย Press Groups Attack Public Access Shell Game by Court Bureaucrats By BILL GIRDNER California court administrators are trying to create a new definition for public documents that appears aimed at limiting press access. News and First… Read More ›
Press Groups Attack Public Access Shell Game by Court Bureaucrats ” No more freedom of the press? “
By BILL GIRDNER California court administrators are trying to create a new definition for public documents that appears aimed at limiting press access. News groups submitted comments Friday calling the change a “semantic sleight of hand” that undermines fundamental press… Read More ›
Bodyguard Claims Justin Bieber Assaulted Him & Owes Him Money
EEV: Priceless ๐ LOS ANGELES (CN) – Justin Bieber, egged on by a claque, assaulted one of his bodyguards during an abusive backstage tirade, then fired him owing him money, the man claims in court. Moshe Benabou, a licensed… Read More ›