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The author holds a Bsc (hons) Criminal Justice and Social Policy, and has worked extensively within the Criminal Justice System. She now takes a keen interest in investigative journalism with particular emphasis placed on social injustice, the rule of law, and the role of the media in forming public consensus in modern society.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 15, 2015 Beheadings, firing squads and gas chambers: It's not ISIS it's Oklahoma
A report on the Senate Judiciary committee's recent decision to vote in favour of "nitrogen hypoxia" as Oklahoma's back up method of executing death row prisoners, including the views of Republican Mike Christian, a staunch supporter of the bill.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 6, 2015 Tsarnaev trial set to begin as potential jurors openly admit they are prejudiced
The trial of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is set to go ahead Monday, despite potential jurors in the case openly admitting to bias towards the defendant, some calling for him to face 'the electric chair'.
SHARE Sunday, November 23, 2014 Friend of alleged marathon bomber gets new lawyer
A friend of alleged Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has appeared in court and asked a judge to fire his lawyer. Khairullozhon Matanov is charged with obstructing the marathon bombing investigation and recently alleged he was subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of his prison guards.
SHARE Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Officer Dennis Simmonds: Boston Police Department can't get its facts straight
Report into the circumstances surrounding Officer Dennis Simmonds' experience during the Watertown shootout with the suspected Boston marathon bombers - an internal police report has been released raising questions about how/when Officer Simmonds was actually injured.
SHARE Saturday, June 14, 2014 Suspected Boston bomber: Attorney's seek Todashev interrogation recordings
Short report on a recent court filing in the Boston marathon bombing case. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers are seeking video and audio footage of Ibragim Todashev's alleged confession to the Waltham murders, which he purportedly gave prior to being shot dead by an FBI agent in May 2013
SHARE Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Khairullozhon Matanov: Mehanna, harrassment, and the reasons why
This covers the arrest of Khairullozhon Matanov, a friend of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. It compares his case to that of Tarek Mehanna's, examining 'thought crimes', the harassment of Muslims in America, FBI coercion and why Matanov may have been charged in this case.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 18, 2014 ACLU, Todashev, and Drone Surveillance Concerns
Describes the use of the FBI's use of surveillance drones in US domestic airspace, and reveals that a drone was also used to monitor Ibragim Todashev, friend of alleged Boston maraton bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in the weeks before he was shot in his Florida home.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Todashev: Agent involved in shooting had a questionable history
Ibragim Todashev, a friend of alleged Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was shot dead in his Florida home by an FBI Agent in May 2013. The FBI have always refused to name the agent concerned. Here, the agent's identity is finally revealed and his questionable professional history examined in detail.