Author: Mike Papantonio

The U.S. Bail System Has Become A Huge Money Making Racket – America’s Lawyer

The U.S. Bail System Has Become A Huge Money Making Racket – America’s Lawyer

Posted by | Jul 22, 2017 | , , |

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, nearly 70% of Americans in local jails are being held pretrial. That means that they haven’t been convicted of a crime and they’re presumed innocent. Unconvicted prisoners spend time locked up simply because they can’t afford bail and are being forced to remain behind bars until they go to trial or plead guilty. The broken bail system is the topic of a new film series called The Bail Trap, produced by Brave New Films. Mike Papantonio discusses this with Robert Greenwald, founder and creator of Brave New Films. Transcript: Papantonio: According to the...

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Perp Walk Needed for Corporate Opioid Pill Pushers – America’s Lawyer

Perp Walk Needed for Corporate Opioid Pill Pushers – America’s Lawyer

Posted by | Jul 21, 2017 | , |

The pharmaceutical companies that make and distribute opioids are facing a growing wave of lawsuits for the destruction their pills has brought on to the public. At least 25 U.S. states, cities and counties filed civil cases in the last year. Two notable recent cases come from the attorney generals of Missouri and Ohio. This is following years of the government and pharmaceutical firms failing to control the opioid epidemic. America’s Lawyer host Mike Papantonio speaks to the Executive Director of Truth Pharm, Alexis Pleus, about the opioid crisis and the multiple lawsuits now weighing in on Big Pharma...

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Private Prisons Are Using ICE Detainees In Violation Of Anti-Slavery Laws – America’s Lawyer

Private Prisons Are Using ICE Detainees In Violation Of Anti-Slavery Laws – America’s Lawyer

Posted by | Jul 19, 2017 | , , , , |

A lawsuit that has been in the works since 2014 has just been granted class-action status by a federal judge. That means the suit now covers up to sixty thousand immigrants who have been detained by immigration and customs enforcement. The suit specifically targets GEO group, one of the largest private prison companies in the country — and claims that detained immigrants were forced to work for a dollar a day or less — a violation of anti-slavery laws. Mike Papantonio is joined by Nina Disalvo, Executive Director of Towards Justice, to discuss this suit. Transcript of the above...

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Congress’ New Legislation: Corporations Kill You & Your Family And No One Pays – America’s Lawyer

Congress’ New Legislation: Corporations Kill You & Your Family And No One Pays – America’s Lawyer

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | , , , , , |

To learn more about this topic, visit AL.Law Via America’s Lawyer: Mike Papantonio discusses how Tort reform was sold to the American public with two big lies that made healthcare expensive and speaks with attorney, Virginia Buchanon, about medical malpractice caps congress wants to impose on people. Transcript of the above video: Papantonio: In 1971, future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell drafted a memo to the US Chamber of Commerce laying out a path for businesses to follow that would allow corporations to gain massive influence over the U.S. government. He told them that they needed to focus their...

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West Virginia Federal Judge Stands Up To Corporate Opioid Thugs – America’s Lawyer

West Virginia Federal Judge Stands Up To Corporate Opioid Thugs – America’s Lawyer

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | , , , , |

To learn more about this topic, visit AL.Law Via America’s Lawyer: Mike Papantonio highlights a Judge’s denial to allow a plea bargain in an opioid distribution case. Transcript of the above video: Finally tonight some good news from West Virginia as a judge fights to reveal the dark details of opioid distribution. U.S District Judge Joseph Goodwin refused to accept a plea bargain in a drug case saying that the deal “was made in the context of a clear, present, and deadly heroin and opioid crisis in this community.” Adding that, “The secrecy surrounding plea bargains in heroin and...

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