treatment, and the steps taken to subdue/restrain him, are documented in these records, and speak to why our client had to use the force necessary to restrain him on the date of incident," said defense attorney Thomas Kennif, who has argued Penny was justified in seeking to subdue Neely...
The jury could begin their deliberations as soon as Tuesday. The courtroom was packed on Monday for the closing arguments. CBS News New York's Alice Gainer reports.
"Mr. Penny thanked the thousands of people who continue to donate to his legal defense fund, raising more than $2.8 million in just a few weeks. 'Americans are generous and the willingness of so many kind people to come to my defense amazes and comforts me,' Mr. Penny continued. 'Even...
That’s why Bragg opted to make an example of Penny, signaling to the public that self-defense against the very criminals unleashed by Bragg will come at a high legal cost. Consider the implications: If capable, well-intentioned individuals like Penny refrain from intervening, who w...
In a brief and readable policy paper, David Kendall and Jim Kessler propose “providing each taxpayer with a receipt that shows them exactly how their money is spent to the penny.” That’s it. Here’s what the receipt would look like: The goal is to keep Americans informed about where ...
The JCT has estimated that the rich would pay more revenue with a 100 percent tax rate even though there would be no incentive to earn and report taxable income if the government confiscated every penny. This means the JCT is more left wing than the very statist economists who think the re...
…The agents had no evidence of other wrongdoing, but thanks to a controversial law enforcement tool known as civil asset forfeiture, they didn’t need any to seize every penny in the Vocaturas’ bank account… The IRS has…[been] subjecting David, 53, and his brother Larry, 69, to a...
If Merz had proposed to reduce domestic spending by 2 percent of GDP and then boosted both infrastructure and defense spending by 1 percent of GDP, that would be a mediocre start. But since Merz simply proposed more spending – in a country where government already consumes nearly 50 percent ...
And, amazingly, even the International Monetary Fundagrees that spending caps are the most effective strategyfor good fiscal policy. Since I’mnot a fan of the IMF, this is definitely a case of strange bedfellows! Let’s look at some case studies of what happens when there are limits on ...
Dale won the Norman Webster Award for International Reporting at Canada’s 2019 National Newspaper Awards, the National Newspaper Award for Short Features in 2012, and the Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize for Canada’s best young journalist in both 2010 and 2011. He was named to Rolling Stone...