Prosecutors don’t get promoted by offering shorter sentences Like many Americans, I follow criminal justice developments closely. The arrest and coming prosecution of Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, among other things, will likely remain in the headlines for months, and perhaps years, and promises to be fascinating. Prosecutions...
Donald Trump has a lot of faults. God knows that we have discussed them at length here at CovertAction Magazine and in other venues. But if there is one thing that Trump is right on, it is prison reform. It was Trump, after all, who issued a flurry of pardons...
Fits into dubious history of medical coercion and experimentation on vulnerable populations in the U.S. Two Democratic members of the Massachusetts state legislature have proposed a bill that would give state prisoners between 60 and 365 days off their sentences if they donate a kidney, bone marrow, skin, or “other...
Listen to the latest episode of Randy Credico’s acclaimed radio show “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom,” an ongoing exploration of the prosecution and persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
Welcome to this special series of "Live On The Fly" with Randy Credico, Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom. Interviews on the approaching extradition trial of Julian Assange in London Interviews Nathan Fuller is director of the Courage Foundation which runs Julian Assange's public defense campaign at defend.wikileaks.org. Courage supports whistle blowers and...
Listen to the eighth installment of political satirist and civil rights activist Randy Credico’s show “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom,” an ongoing series in support of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This episode features special co-host, Aaron Maté, journalist and host of The Grayzone’s media show, Pushback. This podcast is...
The United States today has by far the world’s largest incarceration rate, with nearly two million people living in prisons and jails. The conditions in those facilities are often substandard, with Amnesty International criticizing the dehumanizing practice of holding prisoners in prolonged solitary confinement. Benjamin Weber’s book, American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism...
Listen to the latest episode of Randy Credico’s acclaimed radio show “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom,” an ongoing exploration of the prosecution and persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. Part One: Alicia Castro and Martin Stolar Alicia Castro, currently Argentina’s ambassador to the Russian Federation, first met Julian Assange in London,...
Listen to the latest episode of Randy Credico’s radio show “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom,” an ongoing exploration of the prosecution and persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder, hosted by CovertAction Magazine and featuring regular updates from the Courage Foundation’s Nathan Fuller. In this episode, Credico speaks with legendary civil...
In this fourth installment of "Live on the Fly - Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom," Randy Credico speaks with Stefania Maurizi, a trailblazing investigative journalist who has worked on all WikiLeaks releases of secret documents and partnered with Glenn Greenwald to reveal the Snowden files about Italy. Nathan Fuller...