http://lawanddisorder.org/2006/12/03/law-and-disorder-december-4-2006/ Four of the top progressive lawyers and activists in the growing fight for civil liberties, civil rights and human rights host a weekly/one hour talk radio show, Law & Disorder. Every Monday at 10AM on WBAI 99.5 FM Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://lawanddisorder.org/2006/12/03/law-and-disorder-december-4-2006/#comment-12274 Law and Disorder Radio » Blog Archive » US Attorney Nominee Mukasey - DIRECT ACTION PAGE Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:19:27 +0000 http://lawanddisorder.org/2006/12/03/law-and-disorder-december-4-2006/#comment-12274 [...] For more about the powerful torture technique of waterboarding. Listen to our past show with author Henri Alleg. [...] […] For more about the powerful torture technique of waterboarding. Listen to our past show with author Henri Alleg. […]

]]> http://lawanddisorder.org/2006/12/03/law-and-disorder-december-4-2006/#comment-550 Law and Disorder Radio » Blog Archive » Law and Disorder February 12, 2007 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:34:05 +0000 http://lawanddisorder.org/2006/12/03/law-and-disorder-december-4-2006/#comment-550 [...] Coerced confessions based on torture are at the center of many cases discussed on this program. From French revolutionary Henri Alleg to the recent victory in the Muhammad Salah case in Chicago. Black Panthers were no exception, in the early seventies eight former Black Panthers were arrested in California, New York and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Two men charged have been held as political prisoners for over 30 years ? Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim are both in New York State prisons. But a judge tossed out the charges, finding that Taylor and his two co-defendants made confessions after police in New Orleans tortured them for several days employing electric shock, cattle prods, beatings, sensory deprivation, plastic bags and hot, wet blankets for asphyxiation. [...] […] Coerced confessions based on torture are at the center of many cases discussed on this program. From French revolutionary Henri Alleg to the recent victory in the Muhammad Salah case in Chicago. Black Panthers were no exception, in the early seventies eight former Black Panthers were arrested in California, New York and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Two men charged have been held as political prisoners for over 30 years ? Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim are both in New York State prisons. But a judge tossed out the charges, finding that Taylor and his two co-defendants made confessions after police in New Orleans tortured them for several days employing electric shock, cattle prods, beatings, sensory deprivation, plastic bags and hot, wet blankets for asphyxiation. […]

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