Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: More Than 200 Killed in Tunisian Unrest, U.N. Reports In other news Tuesday, U.N. officials reported that more than 200 people have been killed and 500 injured during unrest in Tunisia that ousted the president. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported that the safety of U.S. government employees in… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Khodorkovsky Conviction Renews ‘Selective Justice’ Concerns in Russia After the latest conviction of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Jeffrey Brown examines political dissent, the rule of law and the legal system in Russia with Anna Vassilieva of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Dimitri Simes of the Nixon… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Oil Tycoon Khodorkovsky’s Conviction Draws Global Rebuke for Russia The latest conviction of imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- this time on embezzling charges -- has garnered international attention and renewed concerns over political repression and the rule of law in Russia. Jeffrey Brown reports on the latest chapter… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch The Rise and Fall of Tom DeLay On Wednesday a Texas jury found former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) guilty of laundering corporate money into political donations. Texas reporter Laylan Copelin discusses DeLay's fall from leading the U.S. House to being convicted of money laundering. Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch With New Session of Congress Underway, Veteran Rangel Found Guilty As the 111th Congress reconvened on Capitol Hill, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., was found guilty of ethics violations while GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell reversed his stance on earmarks. Gwen Ifill has more details. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Blagojevich Trial Puts Dynamics of a Jury Back in View Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on one of 24 charges Tuesday, but the jury was just one vote shy of convicting him on some of the more serious charges. Jim Lehrer talks to law professor Valerie Hans,… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Blagojevich Guilty on 1 Count, Judge Sets Hearing for Retrial Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Tuesday on one charge of lying to federal agents, but prosecutors have pledged a speedy retrial on 23 other counts. Political Editor David Chalian discusses the verdict and pending retrial with Jim… Continue watching
Oct 27 Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens Found Guilty of Corruption By PBS News Hour After less than a week of deliberation, the jurors in the corruption trial of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens returned a verdict Monday of guilty on all seven counts. Continue reading
Mar 23 Former Interior Department Official Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Case By Admin, PBS News Hour Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice Friday for trying to conceal the nature of his relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Skilling Sentence Marks Latest Crackdown on Corporate Crimes Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced Monday to more than 24 years in prison for his part in accounting practices that led to the company's collapse. His is the latest in a series of cases of corporate corruption that… Continue watching