Defending People

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Roeder, Padilla, Terry, Mohammed Part 1:Roeder

Mark Bennett | February 3, 2010

On April 16th, 1995 (three days before the highly-significant-to-militias April 19th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing and the burning of the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco), Scott Roeder was arrested with bomb-making materials.
Roeder claimed association with the “Freemen” movement, yet another batch of personal sovereignty kooks.
On May 31, 2009, Scott Roeder shot down [...]

Read This Today

Mark Bennett | February 3, 2010

In this morning’s Houston Chronicle, criminal defense lawyer (and HCCLA ex-president, and former U.S. Navy officer) Pat McCann asks, Since When are Americans Afraid of Trials?
Those who are caught in the act of a crime or afterward and can be prosecuted in our justice system, however, should be prosecuted. There is no simpler way to [...]