WES
@wesskillings.bsky.social
Award winning journalist with 30+ years of experience in investigative reporting, human-interest stories, and commentary. Author of A Matter of Recovery and Mosaic Pieces, and co-author of Visit to a Queen.
Why Was the Supreme Court’s Ruling Important in Gitlow v. New York With Respect to Due Process?
A landmark decision that helped shape American rights. This post breaks down...
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#ConstitutionalLaw #SupremeCourt #DueProcess #CivilRights
A landmark decision that helped shape American rights. This post breaks down...
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#ConstitutionalLaw #SupremeCourt #DueProcess #CivilRights
Why Was the Supreme Court’s Ruling Important in Gitlow v. New York With Respect to Due Process?
Why was the Supreme Court’s ruling important in Gitlow v. New York with respect to due process? A clear explanation of its meaning and impact.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Why Was the Supreme Court’s Ruling Important in Gitlow v. New York With Respect to Due Process?
A landmark decision that helped shape American rights. This post breaks down...
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#ConstitutionalLaw #SupremeCourt #DueProcess #CivilRights
A landmark decision that helped shape American rights. This post breaks down...
Read more about it here: www.wyalusing-wes.com/why-was-the-...
#ConstitutionalLaw #SupremeCourt #DueProcess #CivilRights
How Pressure to Solve a Case Leads to Wrongful Charges
When authorities rush to close a case, mistakes can happen. This article examines how pressure to secure arrests can cloud...
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#CriminalJustice #WrongfulCharges #JusticeSystem #PoliceReform
When authorities rush to close a case, mistakes can happen. This article examines how pressure to secure arrests can cloud...
Browse it here: www.wyalusing-wes.com/how-pressure...
#CriminalJustice #WrongfulCharges #JusticeSystem #PoliceReform
How Pressure to Solve a Case Leads to Wrongful Charges: Learn the Warning Signs
Learn how pressure to solve a case leads to wrongful charges, from tunnel vision to rushed decisions that put innocent people at risk.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
How Pressure to Solve a Case Leads to Wrongful Charges
When authorities rush to close a case, mistakes can happen. This article examines how pressure to secure arrests can cloud...
Browse it here: www.wyalusing-wes.com/how-pressure...
#CriminalJustice #WrongfulCharges #JusticeSystem #PoliceReform
When authorities rush to close a case, mistakes can happen. This article examines how pressure to secure arrests can cloud...
Browse it here: www.wyalusing-wes.com/how-pressure...
#CriminalJustice #WrongfulCharges #JusticeSystem #PoliceReform
Can You Be Charged With a Crime Without Knowing?
Ignorance isn’t always innocence, but can you really face criminal charges without even knowing you broke the law? This post breaks down...
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#LegalRights #CriminalLaw #KnowYourRights #JusticeSystem
Ignorance isn’t always innocence, but can you really face criminal charges without even knowing you broke the law? This post breaks down...
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#LegalRights #CriminalLaw #KnowYourRights #JusticeSystem
Can You Be Charged With a Crime Without Knowing? - Wes Skillings
Can you be charged with a crime without knowing? Learn how charges work, what the law requires, and what to do if you think you might be at risk.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Can You Be Charged With a Crime Without Knowing?
Ignorance isn’t always innocence, but can you really face criminal charges without even knowing you broke the law? This post breaks down...
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#LegalRights #CriminalLaw #KnowYourRights #JusticeSystem
Ignorance isn’t always innocence, but can you really face criminal charges without even knowing you broke the law? This post breaks down...
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#LegalRights #CriminalLaw #KnowYourRights #JusticeSystem
Why Do People Make False Accusations?
What motivates someone to point the finger without truth behind it? This article explains the psychology, emotions, and circumstances that can lead people to...
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#FalseAccusations #Psychology #Truth #Justice
What motivates someone to point the finger without truth behind it? This article explains the psychology, emotions, and circumstances that can lead people to...
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#FalseAccusations #Psychology #Truth #Justice
Why Do People Make False Accusations? Unpacking the Human Reasons Behind a Damaging Act
Why do people make false accusations? Explore the 4 key motivations, from revenge to psychological projection. Learn the devastating impact and the crucial steps to take if you are falsely accused.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Why Do People Make False Accusations?
What motivates someone to point the finger without truth behind it? This article explains the psychology, emotions, and circumstances that can lead people to...
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#FalseAccusations #Psychology #Truth #Justice
What motivates someone to point the finger without truth behind it? This article explains the psychology, emotions, and circumstances that can lead people to...
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#FalseAccusations #Psychology #Truth #Justice
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Fact — In 2024, 147 people were exonerated of criminal charges across the United States. Of that number, 87 were Black, accounting for nearly 60% of all wrongful conviction reversals that year……...
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fact — In 2024, 147 people were exonerated of criminal charges across the United States. Of that number, 87 were Black, accounting for nearly 60% of all wrongful conviction reversals that year……...
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It’s a follow-up to our earlier investigation, which found that poor defendants in California are routinely sent to prison without anyone investigating the charges against them, significantly increasing the likelihood of wrongful convictions. calmatters.org/investigatio...
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‘This was all sitting there’: How California fails to prevent wrongful convictions
The lack of investigators affects counties throughout the state, from poor, rural areas to the state’s largest and most well-funded public defense offices.
calmatters.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It’s a follow-up to our earlier investigation, which found that poor defendants in California are routinely sent to prison without anyone investigating the charges against them, significantly increasing the likelihood of wrongful convictions. calmatters.org/investigatio...
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The parallels keep writing themselves. Hitler routinely called for the arrest of political opponents and relied heavily on false accusations, treason, conspiracies, corruption, to justify it. Using lies and emergency powers was a core tactic of his rise to power.
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The parallels keep writing themselves. Hitler routinely called for the arrest of political opponents and relied heavily on false accusations, treason, conspiracies, corruption, to justify it. Using lies and emergency powers was a core tactic of his rise to power.
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The problem with more folks becoming half aware of social strategies is ...well..
DARVO "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender" for example pretty good explanation of how manipulators abuse folks..
But also it's the exact thing defending yourself from false accusations require.
DARVO "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender" for example pretty good explanation of how manipulators abuse folks..
But also it's the exact thing defending yourself from false accusations require.
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The problem with more folks becoming half aware of social strategies is ...well..
DARVO "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender" for example pretty good explanation of how manipulators abuse folks..
But also it's the exact thing defending yourself from false accusations require.
DARVO "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender" for example pretty good explanation of how manipulators abuse folks..
But also it's the exact thing defending yourself from false accusations require.
When the system fails, stories speak. This powerful book list explores wrongful convictions—true accounts and fiction that reveal injustice, resilience, and the long road...
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#WrongfulConvictions #JusticeSystem #BookRecommendations #TrueCrime
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#WrongfulConvictions #JusticeSystem #BookRecommendations #TrueCrime
12 Eye-Opening Books About Wrongful Convictions - Wes Skillings
Discover 12 powerful books about wrongful convictions that reveal real stories, justice flaws, and the human fight for truth. Read more...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When the system fails, stories speak. This powerful book list explores wrongful convictions—true accounts and fiction that reveal injustice, resilience, and the long road...
Read it here: www.wyalusing-wes.com/books-about-...
#WrongfulConvictions #JusticeSystem #BookRecommendations #TrueCrime
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#WrongfulConvictions #JusticeSystem #BookRecommendations #TrueCrime
Deferred prosecution sounds like relief—but what does it really mean for your record? This article explains how deferred prosecution works, what information appears in...
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#LegalKnowledge #DeferredProsecution #KnowYourRights #Justice
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#LegalKnowledge #DeferredProsecution #KnowYourRights #Justice
Does a Deferred Prosecution Go On Your Record? A Clear and Simple Guide - Wes Skillings
Does a deferred prosecution go on your record? Learn what shows up, what doesn’t, and how to clear it with simple steps.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Deferred prosecution sounds like relief—but what does it really mean for your record? This article explains how deferred prosecution works, what information appears in...
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#LegalKnowledge #DeferredProsecution #KnowYourRights #Justice
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#LegalKnowledge #DeferredProsecution #KnowYourRights #Justice
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NEW: A man is set to testify about the torture he says he suffered at the hands of a ex-CPD detective while being held at Guantánamo Bay as a judge weighs whether to overturn the conviction in one of Chicago's most notorious murders, @jaredrutecki.bsky.social & I report for @wttw.bsky.social
Man Who Said He Was Tortured by Ex-CPD Detective at Guantanamo Bay Set to Testify
Circuit Court Judge Adrienne Davis is weighing whether to overturn the conviction of Anthony Garrett in connection with the murder of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis, who was shot and killed by a sniper at ...
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: A man is set to testify about the torture he says he suffered at the hands of a ex-CPD detective while being held at Guantánamo Bay as a judge weighs whether to overturn the conviction in one of Chicago's most notorious murders, @jaredrutecki.bsky.social & I report for @wttw.bsky.social
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Emphatically no. If one is convicted of a crime and subsequently accepts a pardon it is an unmitigated admission of guilt. It does not change the facts of the crime in any way.
Overturning a conviction wipes it clean and essentially means one is not guilty. Courts very rarely overturn convictions.
Overturning a conviction wipes it clean and essentially means one is not guilty. Courts very rarely overturn convictions.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Emphatically no. If one is convicted of a crime and subsequently accepts a pardon it is an unmitigated admission of guilt. It does not change the facts of the crime in any way.
Overturning a conviction wipes it clean and essentially means one is not guilty. Courts very rarely overturn convictions.
Overturning a conviction wipes it clean and essentially means one is not guilty. Courts very rarely overturn convictions.
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"How a Flawed X Feature Sparked False Political Accusations.
Charges of foreign influence flew based on X’s location feature. The truth is more complicated." thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Charges of foreign influence flew based on X’s location feature. The truth is more complicated." thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
How a Flawed X Feature Sparked False Political Accusations | The Tyee
Charges of foreign influence flew based on X’s location feature. The truth is more complicated.
thetyee.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"How a Flawed X Feature Sparked False Political Accusations.
Charges of foreign influence flew based on X’s location feature. The truth is more complicated." thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Charges of foreign influence flew based on X’s location feature. The truth is more complicated." thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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IT'S LIKELY because I post so much. Just as Putin/Trump/Musk/Miller/Bannon Fascists use the tactic of inundating USA/EU Media with their endless BS big lies, conspiracies, SLANDER/false accusations; or what Bannon calls "fill the zone with shit"; my tactic and others is to fill the zone with TRUTH!
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
IT'S LIKELY because I post so much. Just as Putin/Trump/Musk/Miller/Bannon Fascists use the tactic of inundating USA/EU Media with their endless BS big lies, conspiracies, SLANDER/false accusations; or what Bannon calls "fill the zone with shit"; my tactic and others is to fill the zone with TRUTH!
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#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge
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Tyler - UB40
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Testify under pressure
A racist jury
Government lawyers
It's all for show
With rows of white faces
False accusations
He's framed up for murder
They've just let him go
#MusicChallenge
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Tyler - UB40
tiny.cc/b0tv001
Testify under pressure
A racist jury
Government lawyers
It's all for show
With rows of white faces
False accusations
He's framed up for murder
They've just let him go
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣
⚖️
Tyler - UB40
tiny.cc/b0tv001
Testify under pressure
A racist jury
Government lawyers
It's all for show
With rows of white faces
False accusations
He's framed up for murder
They've just let him go
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣
⚖️
Tyler - UB40
tiny.cc/b0tv001
Testify under pressure
A racist jury
Government lawyers
It's all for show
With rows of white faces
False accusations
He's framed up for murder
They've just let him go
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🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
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Some in the Democratic Party want to you think we must choose between social justice and economic populism.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some in the Democratic Party want to you think we must choose between social justice and economic populism.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
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The Three Stooges of Justice
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Three Stooges of Justice
Borrowing meds may seem harmless, but legally, it can be serious. This article breaks down when using someone else’s prescription crosses the line into felony territory, the risks...
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#PrescriptionLaw #DrugCrime #LegalAdvice #KnowTheLaw
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Is Taking Someone Else's Prescription Medication a Felony?
Is taking someone else’s prescription medication a felony? Understand the laws, risks, and penalties for using drugs not prescribed to you.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Borrowing meds may seem harmless, but legally, it can be serious. This article breaks down when using someone else’s prescription crosses the line into felony territory, the risks...
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#PrescriptionLaw #DrugCrime #LegalAdvice #KnowTheLaw
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#PrescriptionLaw #DrugCrime #LegalAdvice #KnowTheLaw
Time can make or break a case. Learn how long prosecutors must share evidence with the defense, what “reasonable time” means in practical terms, and why this matters when defending your rights.
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#LegalRights #CriminalDefense #Discovery #Justice
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#LegalRights #CriminalDefense #Discovery #Justice
How Long Does Prosecution Have to Provide Discovery? Your Complete Guide
Stressed waiting for your evidence? Discover how long does prosecution have to provide discovery in federal & state courts. We explain the rules, why delays happen, and your 3-step action plan if your...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Time can make or break a case. Learn how long prosecutors must share evidence with the defense, what “reasonable time” means in practical terms, and why this matters when defending your rights.
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#LegalRights #CriminalDefense #Discovery #Justice
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#LegalRights #CriminalDefense #Discovery #Justice
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Exclusive: After Conspiratorial Rant, Top Federal Election Official Must Recant or Resign, Democratic Senators Demand www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: After Conspiratorial Rant, Top Federal Election Official Must Recant or Resign, Democratic Senators Demand
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Exclusive: After Conspiratorial Rant, Top Federal Election Official Must Recant or Resign, Democratic Senators Demand www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.
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Michael Fanone: "I hope no American has to experience what I experienced. I've gone from dedicating 20 years of my life to the profession of law enforcement only to become a victim of the DOJ and our criminal justice system and have nowhere to seek relief."
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Michael Fanone: "I hope no American has to experience what I experienced. I've gone from dedicating 20 years of my life to the profession of law enforcement only to become a victim of the DOJ and our criminal justice system and have nowhere to seek relief."
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She was teaching a class on Social Justice, showed a graphic about white supremacy, and was then removed as a teacher, because the law says you can't share opinions unrelated to the class content.
One of her students reported her to the government. Her own Dean then filed a complaint against her.
One of her students reported her to the government. Her own Dean then filed a complaint against her.
An Instructor Showed a Graphic on White Supremacy. Did She Break the Law?
An Indiana University lecturer has been removed from the classroom while her institution investigates whether she violated the state’s controversial intellectual-diversity law.
www.chronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
She was teaching a class on Social Justice, showed a graphic about white supremacy, and was then removed as a teacher, because the law says you can't share opinions unrelated to the class content.
One of her students reported her to the government. Her own Dean then filed a complaint against her.
One of her students reported her to the government. Her own Dean then filed a complaint against her.
Ever wondered how long a murder trial takes? This blog breaks it down in real talk. It explains that a murder trial can stretch from many months to over a year, especially with...
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#CriminalJustice #MurderTrial #LegalTimeline #CourtProcedure
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How Long Does a Murder Trial Last? Full Timeline Explained
Learn how long a murder trial lasts, from arrest to verdict. Discover key stages, average timelines, and factors that affect duration.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ever wondered how long a murder trial takes? This blog breaks it down in real talk. It explains that a murder trial can stretch from many months to over a year, especially with...
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#CriminalJustice #MurderTrial #LegalTimeline #CourtProcedure
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#CriminalJustice #MurderTrial #LegalTimeline #CourtProcedure