Media Coverage

The release of No Crime But Punishment and panel discussions about the issue of prosecutorial accountability generated news stories around the world capped off by Jon Entine’s opinion piece in The Washington Post.

 

The Washington Post
A Parable of Politicized Prosecution

By: Jon Entine
Tuesday: July 21, 2009

Three years ago, with TV crews rolling, police helicopters swooped down on construction sites in northern Kentucky overseen by Fischer Homes, one of the 100 largest U.S. home builders. SWAT teams arrested 76 Hispanic-looking workers. Armed agents handcuffed and shackled four Fischer superintendents at dawn at their homes. Government investigators then locked down the company's headquarters and carted off thousands of documents while workers were held in conference rooms, forbidden even to contact their families.

Read the full-story by Jon Entine in The Washington Post

  

National:

National Public Radio, Jennifer Ludden, May 26, 2009
Firm At Center Of Immigration Raid Rejects Charges

Builder Magazine, May 7, 2009
New Book Portrays Fischer Homes As A Victim of ‘Prosecutorial Abuse’

Key Blogs:

Talk Left, July 26, 2009
Was The Fischer Homes Prosecution About Publicity, Not Justice?

Wall Street Journal Law Blog, July 21, 2009
A Purely Political Prosecution-A Take On The Fischer Homes Case

Truth in Medicine, June 15, 2009
We Must Take Back Our Government

Buckeye Blog, May 5, 2009
(Includes video interview with Entine)

Ohio/Kentucky Coverage:

Buckeye Voices, April 20, 2009
Jon Entine Tells the Story of Fischer Homes

WLW/Cincinnati, May 8, 2009
Mike McConnell (link to audio)

Cincinnati Business Courier, May 8, 2009
Book Revisits Rough Time in Fischer Homes’ History

Columbus Dispatch/AP, May 7, 2009
Fischer Homes Speaks Out After Immigration Probe

WLWT/Cincinnati, May 7, 2009
Home Builder Breaks Silence On Immigration Raid

WKRC/Cincinnati, May 7, 2009
Homebuilder Calls Immigration Raids “Federal Abuse”

WCPO/Cincinnati, May 7, 2009
Henry Fischer Says Immigration Prosecution Was Unfair

WXVU/Cincinnati NPR, May 7, 2009
Fischer Homes Says the Government Continues to Threaten It, When It Did No Wrong

The Raid: 2006

Washington Post, May 10, 2006
Arrest Targets Use of Illegal Workers

Cincinnati Enquirer, May 12, 2006
New Arrest in Migrant Probe

New York Times, July 31, 2006
US Puts Onus on Employers of Immigrants