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Whistleblowers Left In The Lurch By O.S.H.A.

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A federal agency charged with protecting whistleblowers in the workplace has been remarkably dismissive of retaliation complaints, according to an analysis of government data. NBC Bay Area News reported Monday that over the last decade the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) found merit in fewer than two percent of retribution charges. The agency dismissed 59 percent of cases, and facilitated a settlement in another 22 percent of complaints, the records showed. The allegations surrounded illegal workplace practices and safety procedures. The NBC affiliate also found…

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Prosecution Of Corporate Crime Down By Nearly A Third Over Last Ten Years

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The Department of Justice has steadily reduced the number of corporate criminals it prosecutes every year, despite there being no signs of improved behavior by the business community. Syracuse University released a report Tuesday showing that the DOJ took legal action against only 237 corporate defendants in 2014—a 29% drop from 2004. The number of referrals sent to US Attorneys to prosecute businesses, meanwhile, actually increased slightly over the decade. The university found 2,171 referrals in 2014–up from 2,116 in 2004–and more than nine times the number of…

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S.E.C. Gets UBS to Pay $19 Million for Lying to Investors — Surprise! No Admission of Wrongdoing

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Swiss bank UBS has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $19.5 million to settle charges it lied to investors about an index linked to its products. The regulator called the case “the agency’s first involving misstatements and missions by an issuer of structured notes,” remarking that roughly $45 billion worth of the financial instrument are registered annually with its offices. Structured notes are typically made up of debt securities and derivatives linked to the value of other financial products and indicators, the commission…

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Life Sentences For Convicted Youths Challenged At Supreme Court

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The highest court in the land heard opening arguments Tuesday in a case that could lead to the early release of thousands of inmates dealt mandatory life sentences as minors. While the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that sentencing minors to life without parole is a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment, the ruling didn’t apply retroactively. In Montgomery v. Louisiana, the court will determine whether or not it should. The case was brought by Henry Montgomery, a 69-year-old who…

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U.S. missiles, Russian Bombs Reduce Syria Peace Hope

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A fresh injection of arms into the Syrian Civil War is fueling a proxy conflict that will make any possible imminent peace negotiations less likely, according to a Monday report in The New York Times. The US has responded to recent Russian military operations in support of the routinely brutal Syrian government by ratcheting up the provision of anti-tank weapons to a rebel coalition that includes an al-Qaida affiliate. The effort has largely taken place in the Idlib and Hama provinces, where the Nusra Front…

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Senate Torture Report Prompts Lawsuit Against CIA Psychologists

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Two psychologists contracted by the Central Intelligence Agency to help construct its post-9/11 torture program are being sued by former detainees. The suit was filed in a Washington state federal court on Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the three men–two living and one dead. Suleiman Abdullah Salim, Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud, and the estate of Gul Rahman are all claiming that the three men were harmed at CIA “black sites” by methods developed by Drs. James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen.…

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Second Congressional Progressive Leader Endorses Bernie

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For the second time in a week, a progressive leader on Capitol Hill threw his support behind Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) presidential campaign. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) announced in a statement released on Monday that he would be endorsing the democratic socialist candidate. Ellison’s backing means that Sanders has now earned the endorsement from both co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still leads Sanders by a wide margin, in terms of political endorsements. According to FiveThirtyEight, Clinton has garnered…

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