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Coal, Corruption, and a Cooperating Witness: The Real Story Behind Oakland’s Bribery Case”

OAKLAND, Calif. — On the final full day of the Biden administration, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and recycling executives David and Andy Duong with bribery and conspiracy. A former Democratic donor, David Duong, supported President Barack…

November 22, 2025

Criminal Justice·Department of Justice·Legal Issues·Wrongful Convictions

Weinstein, Alexander Brothers, OneTaste: When Legal Reality Diverges from Media Narrative

by Juda Engelmayer

November 12, 2025

By Juda Englemayer HARVEY WEINSTEIN Manhattan prosecutors today urged the court to reject Harvey Weinstein’s motion to vacate his conviction, dismissing juror-misconduct claims that two jurors themselves have now sworn under oath. The same office that once argued for his retrial now…

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The Oakland Bribery Case and the Case for Abolishing the DOJ’s Name

by Frank Parlato

September 21, 2025

Editor’s Note: I propose that the United States rename the Department of Justice to the Department of Prosecution. Everyone knows that justice is supposed to be the outcome of an adversarial but fair trial (prosecution vs. defense), not the characteristic of one side.…

Criminal Justice·Department of Justice·Law enforcement·Legal Issues·Wrongful Convictions

Where is the Fingerprint Card? Richard Luthmann says missing records void his 2020 plea. Now he’s demanding answers—and calling in the feds.

Staten Island DA McMahon Accused of Justice Cover-Up in Vanished Docket Case

by Frank Parlato

August 7, 2025

Former Staten Island attorney Richard Luthmann says the missing fingerprint card from his 2020 Supplemental Criminal Information (SCI) proves his plea deal was never legal. Luthmann was never booked or fingerprinted—he was in federal prison at the time. Now he’s asking a…

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BREAKING: NYPD Detective Wilkinson Caught on Tape Admitting to Obstruction of Justice: “I Get Whatever I Want” From Judges Because of DA McMahon

by Frank Parlato

July 30, 2025

On July 21, 2025, NYPD Detective John Wilkinson revealed on a recorded call that he gets “whatever [he] want[s]” when Staten Island DA Michael McMahon is the victim. The tape, obtained by journalist Richard Luthmann, exposes a rigged warrant scheme: Wilkinson confirms…

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What If Everything You’ve Been Told About the Alexander Brothers Case Is Wrong? And Other Matters

by Juda Engelmayer

July 26, 2025

Frank Parlato’s latest exposé may be the most important read of the summer for anyone alarmed by the way media narratives are driving criminal prosecutions. His new piece – “The Lawsuit That Sparked a Federal Sex Trafficking Case Against the Alexander Brothers”—offers a critical…

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How Federal Courtrooms Quietly Favor Prosecutors

by Frank Parlato

July 21, 2025

In Federal Trials, Certain Advantages Favor the Prosecution Two Bites at the Apple Prosecutors deliver both the opening and the final closing arguments, thereby securing the benefit of primacy and recency—psychological effects where people tend to remember best what they hear first…