Count 1

Deprivation of James Brissette's civil rights

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

If guilty, jury must answer this question:

Did the offense result in the death of James Brissette?

Count 2

Use of a firearm in the Brissette shooting (only to be considered if at least one defendant is found guilty in Count 1)

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

For any defendant found guilty of Count 2, jury must answer this question: Did the defendant's use of a firearm cause the death of James Brissette?

Kenneth Bowen: No

Robert Gisevius: No

Robert Faulcon: No

Anthony Villavaso: No

If the answer for any of those defendants was yes, the jury must also answer this question:

Did the death of James Brissette involve circumstances constituting murder?No

Count 3

Deprivation of Susan Bartholomew's civil rights

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Count 4

Deprivation of Leonard Bartholomew III's civil rights

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Count 5

Deprivation of Lesha Bartholomew's civil rights

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Count 6

Deprivation of Jose Holmes' civil rights

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Count 7

Use of a firearm in the shootings of Holmes and the Bartholomews

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Count 8

Deprivation of Ronald Madison's civil rights by shooting

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

If guilty, jury must also answer this question:

Did the offense result in the death of Ronald Madison?

Count 9

Use of a firearm in the Madison shooting

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

If guilty, jury must also answer this question:

Did the defendant cause the death of Ronald Madison? Yes

If the answer is yes, the jury must also answer this question:

Did the death of Ronald Madison involve circumstances constituting murder? No.

Count 10

Deprivation of Ronald Madison's civil rights by beating

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Count 11

Conspiracy to obstruct justice and make false statements

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 12

Conspiracy to violate Jose Holmes' civil rights by false prosecution

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 13

Conspiracy to violate Lance Madison's civil rights by false prosecution

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 14

Falsification of evidence to obstruct justice

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 15

Obstruction of justice by planting a firearm

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 16

Making false statements to the FBI regarding a firearm

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 17

Falsification of victim statements

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 18

False statements to the FBI regarding victim statements

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 19

September 2005 false statement to Arthur Kaufman in NOPD report

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Count 20

January 2006 taped false statement about shooting

Kenneth Bowen: Guilty

Count 21

January 2006 taped false statement about shooting

Robert Gisevius: Guilty

Count 22

June 2006 taped false statement about shooting

Robert Faulcon: Guilty

Count 23

January 2006 taped false statement about shooting

Anthony Villavaso: Guilty

Count 24

Fabrication of witnesses

Arthur "Archie" Kaufman: Guilty

Count 25

False statements to the FBI regarding fabrication of witnesses

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/0...

(cartoon from http://www.correntewire.com/american_extre... )

Glenn Greenwald explains:


http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_gr...

In a highly damaging broadside, two former News of the World senior executives claimed the evidence Murdoch gave to the committee on Tuesday in relation to an out-of-court settlement to Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association, was "mistaken".

The statement came as something of a bombshell to the culture, sport and media select committee, which immediately announced it would be asking Murdoch to explain the contradiction.

Colin Myler, editor of the paper until it was shut down two weeks ago, and Tom Crone, the paper's former head of legal affairs, said they had expressly told Murdoch of an email that would have blown a hole in its defence that only one "rogue reporter" was involved in the phone-hacking scandal.

This contradicts what Murdoch told the committee when questioned on Tuesday.

James Murdoch is standing by his version of events.
....

The email is believed to have been critical in News International's decision to pay Taylor such a large sum of money.

If it had got out in a full-blown court case brought by the Profession Footballers' Association chief executive it would have blown a hole in News International's claim that only one reporter was involved in hacking.

James Murdoch claimed to the MPs that this email had been concealed from him by two company executives, Crone and Myler, when he was persuaded to sign off the secret deal with Taylor.
Earlier this month James Murdoch acknowledged he was wrong to settle the suit, saying he did not "have a complete picture of the case" at the time.


http://m.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/21/...


The Murdoch's try to throw their minions under the bus and the minions reciprocate the favor.

The US movie, theme park and entertainment giant is ready to pounce with a takeover if Rupert Murdoch has to give up his 39 per cent stake in the network.

Murdoch was forced to dump his €9billion bid for the 61 per cent of BSkyB shares he does not own in the wake of the hacking scandal.

Regulator Ofcom could force him to shed the rest if it declares his News Corporation is not a “fit and proper” organisation.

A City insider said: “Disney is the arch rival of Murdoch’s News Corp. It would like nothing more than to pull off the deal he couldn’t.”

Sources say Disney is preparing the bid so it can swiftly step in if Murdoch is forced out of Sky or sells up his British interests.

A TV finance analyst said: “It would be a good move for Disney. If it could get its hands on Murdoch’s 39 per cent stake that would automatically trigger a bid for the rest of the company.”

http://www.people.co.uk/news/politics/2011...

Is this true? I know they lie but would they really take a chance at lying to this magnitude considering how damaged the republican brand has become?

I'd like to know where she got that cuz this is the 2nd time I've heard this.

Anyone watching the hearing on CSPAN?

Instead of trying to nail down the real issues to fix our catastrophic financial problems, the republicans use this hearing as an opportunity to sling mud at the dems.

John Mica asked Greenspan and 2 others being questioned if they knew who recieved the most money from Fannie Freddie in the last 20 years...of course they did not. John, feigning outrage says, "Senator Obama".

Uh oh.

I know we've been talking about this but now it seems the corporate media has picked up on it also.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...

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He's been right about this so far even when he was being laughed at for predicting what's happening.



http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/artic... ^DJI,^GSPC,^IXIC,SPX,DIA

This place is usually very republican. I was surprised to see Obama up. Not sure how long that will last, however.

http://www.marketwatch.com/?cbsReferrer=

courtesy of http://mrmortgage.ml-implode.com/

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...

...read the rest here http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/st...

"As Senators McCain and Obama fine-tune their plans for Social Security in preparation for the 2008 presidential election, a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows that, due to the collapse of the housing bubble, the vast majority of Americans have accumulated little or no wealth. This means that they will be almost completely reliant on Social Security and Medicare to support them in their retirement years."

.....

"The report projects that if house prices stay the same through 2009, the median household headed by a person between the ages of 45 and 54, those in their prime earning years, will have 24.7 percent less wealth than did the median household in this age group in 2004. These households will have accumulated just $113,268 in net worth in 2009, barely $15,000 more than their counterparts in 1989, whose net worth totaled $97,600.

If real house prices fall 10 percent, the median household in the 45 to 54 cohort will see a 34.6 percent loss in wealth compared with the median in 2004 while families in the 18 to 34 cohort will lose of 67.6 percent. If prices fall by 20 percent, the most pessimistic scenario, families in the 55-64 cohort will experience a loss of 49.6 percent of their wealth compared to the same cohort in 2004."

...
This analysis should also prompt serious re-examination of policy proposals to cut Social Security and Medicare for near retirees. Baker commented, “policies that perhaps could have been justified at the peak of the housing bubble make much less sense now that tens of millions of near-retirees have just seen most of their wealth disappear.”

In analyzing wealth holdings for these families, the authors used data from the Federal Reserve Board’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finance. The authors also used the S&P 500 and the Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Index to adjust for equity values and home price changes between 2004 and 2009.

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releas...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/washingt...

I'm actually quite surprised he's managed to hang on this long. I hope it's worth it to the republicans come election time.