Madoff had Dizziness, High Blood Pressure
A lawyer for the hospitalized Bernard Madoff says his client has experienced dizziness and high blood pressure. The Bureau of Prisons said Thursday that the 71-year-old disgraced financier remains under medical care for a seventh day. Prison officials have declined to reveal why he was transferred from a North Carolina federal prison to a hospital. [...]
Million Dollar Verdict Upheld For McDonald Employee who was Strip Searched
A Louisville Kentucky appellate court upheld a ruling that awarded a fast food employee $6 million dollars after she was wrongfully strip searched and sexually assaulted. Victim Louise Ogborn, then 18, was forced to strip naked when someoen called the McDonald’s she was working at pretending to be a police officer. Ogborn received the call [...]
Colorado Man to face Terror Charges
A federal judge recently ordered that a Colorado man be transferred to New York City pending charges of his having planned a massive terrorist attack. The attack plans allegedly involved planting hydrogen peroxide bombs on commuter trains. The United States Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer state that Najibullah Zazi would be held without bail during his [...]
Suspect in Terror Case Visited Beauty Stores for Bomb Components
Afghan-born Najibullah Zazi visited beauty supply stores in Denver, Colorado, in order to find chemical components needed to build bombs for Al-Qaida, authorities say. In one of the allegedly severe terror threats since 9-11, the report describing the conspiracy also contains information regarding other members of a terror cell, suggesting a planned attack using homemade [...]
Ohio Inmate Traumatized After Failed Execution
The lawyer of an Ohio inmate said that trying to put him to death a week after his failed execution could be a disaster. Romell Brown, whose execution was halted after an unprecendented two hours, is recovering from mental and physical trauma, said his attorney on Wednesday. His attorney, Adele Shank, said “It went so [...]