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Judge James Burke told the jury of seven men and five women to keep working toward a unanimous verdict on all charges. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 5, 2016
In two court decisions in less than three months, Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay out $127 million. And it faces 1,200 similar lawsuits. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 23, 2011
Ten Muslim students from UC Irvine who heckled Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren during an on-campus appearance last year were found guilty Friday of two misdemeanors to conspire and to disrupt the speech, despite their arguments citing free speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 14, 2009
All but one of the five judges who picked President Barack Obama as the recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize sounded off on Tuesday about their decision, noting Obama's less-than-jubilant initial reaction to the announcement and shedding more light on the reasons behind their choice, which one judge reported was unanimous. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 16, 2008
Actor Sean Penn has already made waves at the Cannes Film Festival, where he's leading this year's jury, by weighing in about the presidential race back home -- and by pointedly bucking the local smoking ban. Suffice it to say that Penn won't be joining Oprah on one of her pep rallies for Barack Obama anytime soon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigMar 8, 2008
The Palestinian activist Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian, imprisoned for five years despite a jury's failure to return a single guilty verdict against him, has gone on a hunger strike in a Virginia jail. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 27, 2006
Truthdig salutes the 12 jurors who sacrificed four months of their lives to sift through the lies of former Enron chiefs Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, convicting them on 25 counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. Interviewed after the case, jurors were incredulous that the two former titans were unaware of the crimes at their company. "Skilling was supposed to be a hands-on individual," one juror told a newspaper. "It's hard to believe a hands-on individual wouldn't know what was going on." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2006
That's what the N Times calls the conviction of Enron honchos Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling But Truthdig contributing cartoonist Mr Fish has a different perspective (click here to see the full cartoon)
Truthdig editor Robert Scheer has written about the crooks from Texas in his new book, "Playing President" Click here to read some of those classic columns. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 22, 2006
Sgt. Michael Smith (pictured above threatening an Abu Ghraib detainee with a dog) becomes the ninth soldier to be convicted for detainee abuse. He faces over eight years in prison.
To date, no high-ranking officials have been charged with crimes stemming from the abuses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 10, 2006
Vice President Cheney's indicted former top aide, Scooter Libby, has told a grand jury that his "superiors" granted him permission to give secret information to reporters to help bolster the White House's case for war on Iraq. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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