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Right-Wing Supreme Court Tacitly Approved the Execution of Innocent People
Now people who had incompetent lawyers aren’t entitled to present evidence of their innocence in federal court.
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Copyright Is Indispensable For Artists, They Say; But For All Artists, Or Just Certain Kinds?
One of the central “justifications” for copyright is that it is indispensable if creativity is to be viable. Without it, we are assured, artists would starve. This ignores the fact that artists cre…
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An Unplanned, Ad-Hoc Collaboration Reveals The On-The-Ground Truth About China's Internment Camps For Uyghurs
The US, UK and Australia have all announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The reason given for the move is because of human rights abuses in China, particularly in the turkic-speaking region of Xinjiang. Techdirt has been...
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More than half of US police killings are mislabelled or not reported, study finds
Review of 40 years of data shows many fatal police encounters are misclassified, most often when the victim is Black or Hispanic
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Google Report Shows 'Reverse Warrants' Are Swiftly Becoming Law Enforcement's Go-To Investigative Tool
Thanks to its never-ending collection of location data, Google has become a prime target for law enforcement investigators. Using so-called "reverse warrants," investigators ask Google to turn over information for all devices in a geofenced...
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Silent Killer: Hydrogen Sulfide Release in Odessa, Texas
A CSB safety video on the October 26, 2019, hydrogen sulfide release at the Aghorn Operating waterflood station in Odessa, Texas. The release fatally injured an Aghorn employee who was working at the facility that evening, as well as his spouse who attempted to locate him at the facility after he did not return home.
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Mexico sues US gunmakers in unprecedented bid to stop weapons crossing border
The Mexican government has launched legal action against US gunmakers in an unprecedented attempt to halt the flow of guns across the border, where US-made weapons are routinely used in cartel gun-battles, terror attacks on civilians – and increasingly to challenge the state itself.
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Lawsuits That Actually Weren't Ridiculous
Sometimes lawsuits sound ridiculous, but when you dig in, you learn that they actually might have something to them.
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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster not a legal entity but a 'sham religion', tribunal rules
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will remain in the realms of satire, after an attempt to secure formal recognition as an incorporated entity was knocked by a South Australian legal authority on the grounds that the purported religion is nothing more than a "hoax".
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The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case & Media Bias | Andrew Urich
OSU professor Andrew Urich explains preconceived media bias (aka how McDonalds manipulated reporting on the "Hot Coffee" case).
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Australia is becoming a surveillance state
Government continues to give more powers to law enforcement.
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Redditors Launch A 'Rescue Mission' For Embattled Sci-Hub, With The Ultimate Aim Of Building A Decentralized Version
You might think somebody helping scholars spread their work to a wider audience would be rewarded with prizes and grants, not pursued by the FBI and DOJ. But of course not, because, well, copyright.
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How not to agree to clean public toilets when you accept any online terms and conditions
Thousands of people were caught in an online prank where they unknowingly agreed to clean public loos, because they didn't read the small-print. But then again, who does?
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Big pharma executives mocked ‘pillbillies’ in emails, West Virginia opioid trial hears
Executives circulated rhymes and emails mocking “hillbillies” who became addicted to opioid painkillers even as the company poured hundreds of millions of pills into parts of Appalachia at the heart of America’s opioid epidemic.
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New York Police Union Tells NYPD End Of Qualified Immunity Will Force Officers To... Act Lawfully
One of the NYPD's unions -- the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) -- is feeling ways about stuff again. Last month, the New York City Council passed a number of police reforms which included taking away qualified immunity as a defense in...
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Family of man injured in trucking accident criticizes Texas House bill that would make it harder to sue trucking companies
A Texas House bill is drawing criticism from families of loved ones injured in trucking accidents, but supporters say it would cut down on frivolous lawsuits.
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Florida Family Indicted for Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Other Serious Diseases, and for Violating Court Orders
The Grenons were manufacturing MMS in a shed. Officers seized dozens of blue chemical drums containing nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder, thousands of bottles of MMS, and other items used in the manufacture and distribution of MMS.
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Peloton refuses to recall its Tread+ treadmill after 39 accidents. Its stock is tumbling
Peloton shares fell nearly 9% in afternoon trading following an "urgent warning" from the United States government telling owners of the company's Tread+ to stop using the machine.
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Nike to Lil Nas X: Go to Hell
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Xinuos—owners of what used to be SCO—file suit against Red Hat and IBM
Suit alleges stolen intellectual property in IBM AIX, and collusion with RHEL.
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