Posts Tagged ‘Diane Dimond’
Horrible Harvey – No Way to Run a Justice System
How is it that someone accused of dozens of criminal acts can throw millions of dollars at a problem and pay his way out of trouble? That is what’s happening with Horrible Harvey Weinstein, except if all goes as planned he won’t be paying out anything. His insurance companies will handle the payoffs to the…
Read MoreThe Staggering Costs of Imprisonment in the U.S.
Guess how much our nation’s system of mass incarceration costs each year? I’m talking about the taxpayer funded budgets of prisons, jails, probation departments and the public employees who staff them. Add in the cost of running the criminal justice system; the amount spent on health care, food and incidentals for inmates and the financial…
Read MoreAllowing Prisoners to Vote – Let’s Think This Through
So democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders wants to give all prisoners the right to vote. He said so during a recent campaign speech, much to the surprise of many. I was among them. Sanders believes “the right to vote is inherent to our democracy” and even “terrible people” like the Boston Marathon bomber should…
Read MoreIt is Not a Crime to Win
This is not one of my typical crime and justice columns. This one comes from a personal place. I love the television show Jeopardy. I adore host Alex Trebek and I watch the program whenever I can. . So, when the contestant, James Holzhauer, recently started racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars, and then…
Read MoreAre Lawyers Immune From Defamation Laws?
If someone libels, slanders or defames your character you can sue them. Of course, you’ll have to be able to prove in court how they injured your reputation or business and you’ll have to show that what they said was more than just their ugly opinion. You’ll have to show the offender made a false…
Read MoreReducing Mass Shootings by Recognizing Red Flags
Want to reduce the number of mass shootings in the United States? Then let’s ramp up efforts to stop domestic abuse. Just as a red flag is raised when a child tortures animals, often a precursor to later criminal behavior, there is plenty of evidence that mass shooters display red flag behaviors, like aggression and…
Read MoreWho Polices the Prosecutors?
We in America have lost faith. Not only is there a decline of religious faith in the United States, there is also a lack of confidence in the institutions that made this country what it became – a worldwide superpower, respected by all. I’m most worried about the lack of faith in our justice system.
Read MoreMyths Surround Rape Victims
Former Pennsylvania Prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden has a message for defense attorneys who represent accused rapists: the days of victim-shaming are over. Her prosecution partner, Stewart Ryan, agrees saying, “The band aid has been ripped off now” and more than ever victims are feeling strong enough to press charges against their attacker and go to…
Read MoreEradicating Robocalls Once and For All
Say, here’s an idea for something Congress can do while they anxiously await release of the Mueller report. How about doing something to directly – and positively – help countless millions of Americans every single day? Stop all those %&*#@!* robocalls that plague us once and for all! No one on the planet welcomes a…
Read MoreThe Stark Lessons After Mueller
We are just emerging from a traumatic nearly two-year-long poltiical drama that will surely be written about in history books. It has created a national schism that’s left permanent scars including between disagreeing family members, political parties and the public’s trust of the media. While the so-called Russian collusion scandal has not yet played out entirely,…
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