On Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced it would not press federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for shooting and killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said the investigation determined that there was not enough evidence to prosecute Zimmerman for a federal hate crime. The investigation is now closed. …
Private fundraisers to process rape kits? Shame on us
A deaf woman waited at a Detroit bus stop one day in 2006. Eugene Wilkes drove up, pretending to be an undercover police officer. He offered her a ride, then raped her. The woman did what we want all rape victims to do. She promptly went to the police and the hospital and endured the …
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Lisa Bloom on How the Legal System Failed in Ferguson
Presented at the UCLA Hammer Museum on February 3, 2015
The ‘American Sniper’ murder trial: Was Chris Kyle’s killer legally insane?
Former Marine and Iraq War veteran Eddie Ray Routh shot and killed former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the subject of the popular movie ‘American Sniper.” Routh also killed a second man, Chad Littlefield, 35. The two victims were attempting to help troubled vets by taking them on outings, including to the shooting range in Erath …
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Lisa Bloom delivers the keynote speech at Super Stars Literacy event
I was honored to deliver the keynote speech in Oakland, California the night of February 7, 2015 for a wonderful organization that helps at risk kids boost their reading skills, Super Stars Literacy.
