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How Yawning Got One Court Spectator Six Months in the Slammer and Other Disturbing Acts of Judicial Tyranny

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. August 21, 2009.

When judges take on airs and lash out in fits of whimsical bullying, innocent people can end up paying the price with jail time -- or their lives.

Campaign For Special Torture Prosecutor Takes Change.gov Site By Storm

Ari Melber, TheNation.com. January 9, 2009.

The votes are in, and the top-ranked question -- out of 70,000 submitted to Obama's site -- asks for an investigation of torture and spying.

Demand That Obama Go After BushCo's 'Gravest Crimes'

Ari Melber, TheNation.com. December 30, 2008.

With few reporters asking the President-Elect about Bush's torture crimes, it's up to the rest of us to put accountability on the agenda.

Did Dick Cheney Just Confess to a War Crime on National TV?

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. December 17, 2008.

The VP and his hubris have finally gone too far.

The Persecution of Political Prisoner Sami Al-Arian

Ali Gharib, IPS News. July 3, 2008.

Years after he was found not guilty in a federal court, the Bush administration is keeping a Palestinian university professor jailed, in legal limbo.

The Injustice Continues: New Indictment Brought Against Political Prisoner Sami Al-Arian

Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and PeaceJune 28, 2008.

Months after completing a sentence he never should have had to serve in the first place, Sami Al-Arian faces new trumped up charges by the Bush DoJ.