BY DIANE DIMOND We often hear people associated with the criminal justice system complain about how it works — or fails to work. Prosecutors, defense attorneys, police and social workers all cite specifics that they believe tip the scales of fairness. Very rarely — if ever — do we hear from a judge. The ethics […]
By Anthony Melé, RCT Contributor Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now implicated in several independent news reports that contradict her Congressional testimony, specifically the one where she denied any knowledge of arms and jihadists being transferred from Libya to Syria. A New York Times report describes the role Secretary Clinton played as being […]
By Dr. Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, Jr. Severe weather swept the country this winter. New England was recently buried under one of the worst blizzards in recorded history, while crippling snow storms shut down large portions of the Midwest. Fortunately, officials and businesses in those regions knew the storms were coming and were able to […]
To the Editor, What construction corruption? A Rockland mayor steering $500,000 of transportation money to corrupt politicians in Rockland and New York City? To steal the people’s land, start phony companies, build/construct on that land and cash in/cash out? A Rockland former builder turns rat to avoid the possible up to 45 years he rightly […]
To the Editor, After yesterday’s news, it really hits home how bad our local government has become. I am not condemning all of our leaders, but enough have condemned themselves recently to cast our local government in a very dim light. All of the accused were voted into office by people who trusted them, believed […]
BY DIANE DIMOND I have sat in many courtrooms during my career and studiously watched the faces of jurors listening to evidence in cases ranging from murder and rape to assault and political corruption. I’ve strained to see if I could get a clue from them as to what their ultimate verdict might be. It […]