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DOJ Dropping Criminal Charges Against Whistleblower
This weekend, The Detroit News reported that the remaining federal criminal charges against DOJ whistleblower Richard Convertino will be dropped. Mr. Convertino, a career federal prosecutor, was hit with conspiracy and obstruction charges after blowing the whistle on DOJ mismanagement of terror...
$670 Million False Claims Act Settlement from Merck Flying Under the Radar
I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the False Claims Act is supposed to be a Whistleblower law. Something is strange when there's a 670 Million Dollar settlement under this law and it’s actually pretty hard...
Man Convicted on Faulty FBI Bullet-Lead Evidence Heading Back to Court
Today's Washington Post has an update on the FBI Bullet-Lead debacle. Lee Wayne Hunt , a North Carolina man who has maintained his innocence since being convicted of murder in 1986, is appealing his case to the North Carolina Supreme Court....
Senate Committee Taking Action on Bullet-Lead Cases
Yesterday, John Solomon of the Washington Post reported that the Senate Judiciary Committee is requiring that the FBI turn over records related to all criminal cases in which bullet-lead analysis was presented as evidence. There are over 2,500 such cases nationwide. Dr....
Washington Post Bullet-Lead Story; Check Back Tonight for Updates.
The Washington Post-60 Minutes investigation, published in today's Washington Post, has confirmed that the convictions of hundreds of defendants have come into question because a bullet-lead analysis used for 40 years has been discredited and the FBI has failed for...
Bullet-Lead and The Forensic Justice Project
The entry below is a special contribution from Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, the Executive Director of the Forensic Justice Project (a special project of the National Whistleblower Center) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The justice system needs answers, and science never comes up with final...
Bullet-Lead Case Records and Stonewalling by the FBI
On November 18, 2007, the results of an investigation into the operations of the FBI crime lab were printed in the Washington Post and broadcast on CBS News 60 Minutes. The Forensic Justice Project (“FJP”), a project of the National...
Major FBI Whistleblower Story Breaking This Weekend
This Sunday, The Washington Post and 60 Minutes will be breaking a major story detailing appalling injustices committed by the FBI. This story has been over 10 years in the making, and is the direct product of work done...
Will Congress Pass Whistleblower Protections Before the Next Disaster?
I call it the two crash rule: It takes two disasters for Congress to protect whistleblowers.
Sarbanes-Oxley FAQ
What Federal laws protect whistleblowers who report corporate fraud? In 2002, Congress passed the historic Sarbanes-Oxley Act which protects employees of publicly traded companies who report violations of Securities and Exchange Commission regulations or any provision of federal law relating...
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