The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

The shameful case of Sean Lanigan and the presumption-of-guilt culture

| Lanny Davis

Too often, innocent people are convicted in the court of public opinion.

Cops arrest alleged cannibal after finding human stew - MSNBC

| Steven Nelson (admin)
Stew

The suspect was arrested after police found a stew made from a human liver in a fridge at his Moscow apartment

Houston man charged with decapitating friend with chainsaw - NYDN

| Steven Nelson (admin)
Chainsaw Butcher

Bag of body parts, saw found near body

British woman beheaded in Spanish supermarket - The Guardian

| Steven Nelson (admin)
Jennifer Mills Westley

Man reportedly approaches stranger in store, decapitates her and then rushes out carrying her head

Cross-dresser kills goat while high on bath salts - The Register

| interns

The man had been high for three days on the bath salts before he murdered his neighbor’s goat

Former Miss Russia Anna Malova arrested for shoplifting in Manhattan - NYDN

| interns

The winner from 1998 has already been busted for prescription forging and now for trying to steal sandals and a hat

Will jurors' economic troubles work in Rod Blagojevich's favor?

| Tamara Holder

Jury selection for Blago’s second trial began last week.

Three men charged in 1969 murder case - FOX 25

| Steven Nelson (admin)

Confession breaks forty-year silence by perpetrators of the Massachusetts murder

Barry Bonds is now a convicted felon - LAT

| interns

Bonds is convicted of one count of obstruction of justice for lying about steroids use, but judge declares a mistrial on the three remaining counts

Man steals judge's gavel from courtroom - The Smoking Gun

| Steven Nelson (admin)

Magistrate Daniel Cook, who handles small claims cases in Lorain, Ohio, was on the bench when he reached for his gavel and discovered it was missing

'Long Island Ripper' may be linked to old murders - The Independent

| Steven Nelson (admin)

Connections between Atlantic City and Long Island cases emerge

Prosecutors say lawyer stole secrets, made millions - WSJ

| interns

Alleged 17-year insider trading scheme netted around $32 million in profits

Florida woman stole from in-laws to support multimillion-dollar gambling habit - St. Petersburg Times

| interns

In the course of two years Jennifer Dennison won $13 million, but ended up losing around $14 million in a Tampa Bay casino

The 'honest services' fraud statute threatens the rule of law

| David Rittgers

Why the statute led a jury to convict an innocent man.

Tips lead Lincoln police to suspected vacuuming bandit - Journal Star

| Steven Nelson (admin)

The vacuum remains at large, but police ticketed a man who they believe used one to suck quarters out of several apartment laundry machines

New evidence in Bonds' steroids case - LAT

| interns

Recording of Barry Bonds’ surgeon discovered; he had denied discussing player’s alleged steroid use

Father says boy, 12, who is charged with hate crime is Muslim too - NY Post

| interns

Frank Davies, 32, wants to know how his son, a Muslim, can be charged with committing anti-Muslim ‘hate crime’

Hustler fined for lack of porn protection - AP

| admin

Larry Flynt’s Hustler Video, as well as another porn producer, was fined $14K for not having actors use condoms on their sets

Google to toughen privacy policy, undergo regular audits - LAT

| interns

FTC settlement comes after charges that Google used deceptive tactics that violated promises to customers with ill-fated Buzz social network

Republicans target AARP's tax-exempt status - AP

| admin

GOP lawmakers question AARP’s support for health care reform law after report shows that the organization could make $1 billion in profit from new insurance plans