After 23 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment, Not One Dime

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Mar 4, 2018 Lamonte McIntyre got a raw deal twice: once when he was convicted, once when he was given no money to rebuild his life. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Longtime Court Employee Fired After Helping Prove Man’s Innocence

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 31, 2013 A 70-year-old Missouri court clerk who was just nine months short of retirement thought she was doing the right thing by helping to secure a DNA test that exonerated a man who had served years in prison for a rape he insisted he did not commit. Instead, she was terminated by the court she had worked at for 34 years because it said she had violated rules about assisting a party in a case. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Case for Troy Davis and Against Gov. Rick Perry

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2011 On Aug. 18, 1989, Mark MacPhail, a young police officer, was shot to death in a parking lot in Savannah, Ga. Soon afterward Troy Davis (above) was convicted of the killing. Although a majority of testifying witnesses have recanted their statements, a U.S. district court has ordered Davis to be executed Sept. 21. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wall Street CEOs Off the Hook

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2011 Most of those Wall Street executives whose firms took ridiculous risks and brought the global financial system to its knees are far from a jail cell, or even from being prosecuted by the Justice Department. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Hot Water for Blackwater

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2010 Once-esteemed (by the government, at least) mercenary corporation Blackwater is in some hot legal water after the company's former president and four other former employees were slapped with federal charges over the alleged stockpiling of automatic weapons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Human Costs of War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2009 Last Friday, a NATO airstrike on two hijacked fuel trucks killed at least 90 people in Afghanistan. The Guardian, determined not to let the story pass into the ether of forgotten wartime reporting, managed to interview the families of some of the strike's victims in a moving exposé of the incredible pain of war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Afghanistan Strike Kills 90

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2009 The war in Afghanistan should weigh heavy on the public's mind, given the recent increase in troop levels and grumblings from high military officials about the manner in which the war is being fought. Now there's news that a NATO airstrike has killed 90 people, 40 of them believed to be civilians, in the northern part of the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Inquiry Finds U.S. Strike Killed Wedding Party

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Imagine this happening in the US: Forty-seven people, including the bride, are killed on their way to a wedding after an airstrike on "militants" goes off course Of course, this happened not in the U but in Afghanistan, and, of course, the attack's civilian toll was initially denied by the U military. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

655,000 Iraq War Deaths

Curren Warf / Truthdig Oct 18, 2006 A doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility reports on the attempts of ideological critics to slander the good science behind a shocking new report on the death tally of the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Over 3,400 Iraqi Civilians Killed in July

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2006 It's the highest monthly death tally since the war started in March 2003. That's an average of 110 per day, and in Baghdad, the numbers are up 18% over last month. Also, a respected veteran Baghdad reporter writes of Iraqis' fears that Bush & Co.'s "rosy views are preventing the creation of effective strategies against the escalating violence." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Human Rights Watch: Israel Has Committed War Crimes

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2006 The watchdog group released a 50-page report detailing Israel's failure to distinguish between combatants and civilians in Lebanon, in one case wiping out an entire 12-person family because one member was merely suspected of being sympathetic to Hezbollah. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Photos That Damn Hezbollah

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2006 An Australian newspaper published this picture of Hezbollah members manning an antiaircraft gun in a Lebanese suburb -- proof that Hezbollah is using the cover of residential areas to wage its attacks on Israel and in effect using innocent civilians as human shields. Story and more photos (h/t: BuzzFlash) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )