In Kettering, Ohio, Genine Compton was charged with child endangerment after she was spotted breast-feeding and speaking on a cellphone while driving. Another driver spotted Compton and the police tracked her down by the license plate.
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Archive for February, 2009
A Genine In Need of a Bottle: Woman Arrested for Breast-Feeding and Speaking on Cell Phone While Driving
Published 1, February 28, 2009 Criminal law , Uncategorized 5 CommentsHoax Caller Convinces Kentucky Fried Chicken Workers to Discharge Fire Extinguishers and to Undress in Restaurant
Published 1, February 28, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 9 Comments
Employees of the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Manchester, New Hampshire are no fools. Sure, a hoax caller who said he was from corporate convinced all three of them to discharge the fire extinguishers in the restaurant and then convinced them to strip. However, when they were told to urinate on each other, they suspected something was not quite right. The Colonel, it seems, rarely asks for employees to urinate on each other during business hours. That is when the Hazmat unit was called in.
Shock Video: Police Officer Charged After Videotaped Beating Teenage Girl
Published 1, February 28, 2009 Criminal law , Society , Torts 16 Comments
King County deputy Paul Schene, 31, has been charged with fourth-degree assault in connection with a videotaped showing him beating a 15-year-old girl on Nov. 29 incident in a holding cell at SeaTac City Hall. The video below shows a shocking escalation of violence by Schene.
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“It’s Good Because It’s So Bad”: Court Clerk Charged With Trading Sex For Promises of Leniency
Published 1, February 28, 2009 Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Society 1 Comment
A Massachusetts court clerk in the Chelsea District Court is facing federal charges after being arrested for allegedly have sex with an accused prostitute in court after promising her to get a charge dismissed. James “Jim” Burke, 41, has been suspended without pay and charged with one count of attempted deprivation of rights under the color of law and one count of deprivation of rights under the color of law.
Boston Terror’er: Man Shown on YouTube Video Stumping on Dog in Cage
Published 1, February 28, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 1 Comment
BOSTON — The MSPCA in Boston is investigating a YouTube video that shows a man at a liquor store jumping up and down on a dog cage until it collapses. Th beagle inside is rescued by another person in the video.
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Yo Quiero Silencio: New York Lawyer Demands $500,000 For Neighbors Yapping Chihuahuas
Published 1, February 28, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 16 Comments
Lawyer Paulette Taylor, 62, has sued her neighbor Theodore Henderson in Central Park New York for half of million dollars for his two yapping Chihuahuas.
Poison Pen Letter: Chicago Man Arrested for Sending HIV-Positive Letter to President Obama
Published 1, February 28, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Politics , Society 2 Comments
Saad Hussein, an Ethiopian immigrant in Chicago, has been arrested for allegedly sending Obama and his staff envelopes containing HIV-infected blood. This is the second time that someone has been charged with sending tainted blood in the mail with malicious intent. What is interesting about these crimes is the fact that there is virtually no chance of actual harm.
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Kansas City CSI: Police and Coroner Reverse Finding of Naturally Caused Death After Three Bullet Holes After Funeral Home Asks About the Three Bullet Holes in Head
Published 1, February 27, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Politics , Society 17 Comments
I guess that we are not going to see a “CSI Kansas City” anytime soon. Police and medical examiners have had to change their finding of natural death of Anthony Crockett when the funeral home noted that he had three bullet holes in his head.
Dissolvable Tobacco: The Latest Craze in Nicotine Fun
Published 1, February 27, 2009 Bizarre , Society 5 Comments
Critics are up in arms over the latest innovation from the good people of the tobacco industry: chewable tobacco that looks like candy. Orbs Dissolvable Tobacco is being test marketed in Portland and looks like a box of mints but has more nicotine than a cigarette.
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Woman Convicted of Manslaughter After Boyfriend Mistook and Hit The Wrong Man For Butting In Line
Published 1, February 27, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law Leave a Comment
London prosecutors have charged a couple after a bizarre death. Tony Virasami was caught on CCTV as he punched Kevin Tripp, 57, who died. The assault occurred after Virasami’s girlfiend, Antonette Richardson, called him over to complain that Tripp jumped in front of her in line. What is interesting about the case is that Richardson was convicted of manslaughter in the case – a charge that would never have been sustained in the states.
Mechanical Failure: Russian Man Dies After Drinking Viagra Drink During 12-Hour Orgy
Published 1, February 27, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 15 Comments
Pfizer will presumably not be sued for a death in Russia after a twenty-eight year old mechanic Sergey Tuganov guzzled a bottle of Viagra pills to participate in a 12-hour orgy with two women on a bit.
Scandal By the Numbers: Senators Demand Burris I Resign As Officials Investigate Burris II
Published 1, February 27, 2009 Criminal law , Politics , Society 6 Comments
This is why I hate sequels. As politicians step forward to call on Illinois Senator Roland Burris (D., IL) to resign, his son Roland Burris II is now under investigation after receiving a state job as a housing-agency lawyer under ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration — only weeks after being hit with a tax lien and foreclosure papers.
Grose Joke: Mayor Resigns Over Racist E-Mail Picture
Published 1, February 27, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Society 32 Comments
Mayor Dean Grose of Los Alamitos, California has resigned after sending friends an e-mail picture depicting the White House lawn planted with watermelons under the title “No Easter egg hunt this year.” Not only is the picture strikingly unfunny and racist, Grose sent it to an African-American businesswoman among his “small group of friends”– a group that is decidedly smaller this week.
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Nothing to Relish: Georgia Prosecutor Resigns After Alleged Drunken Fight with Hot Dog Vendor
Published 1, February 26, 2009 Criminal law , Lawyering , Society 16 Comments
Assistant District Attorney William Michael Olson, 36, has resigned from his position as a prosecutor with Clarke County, Georgia after being arrested for a drunken fight with a hot dog vendor. The vendor says that Olson ate a hot dog and then tried to leave without paying for it, leading to a tussle.
California Woman Awarded $7 million (and a BMW) in Herpes Transmission Case
Published 1, February 26, 2009 Society , Torts 8 Comments
There is an interesting verdict out of Riverside, California this week. A 56-year-old woman (identified only as Patricia) was awarded $7 million and a BMW sedan for exposure to herpes but a 77-year-old man.
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The Mule Menace: TSA Moves Against Possible Mule-Skinner Mujahideen
Published 1, February 26, 2009 Bizarre , Congress , Criminal law , Politics , Society 50 Comments
While the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been ridiculed for inefficiencies, waste, and absurd restrictions, it has taken a bold effort to close one of the greatest remaining threats to the homeland: muleskinners. Under a new anti-terror law, TSA has determined that mule skinners (who actually do not skin mules but drive them) must have criminal background checks.
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Angling for a Fight: Florida Town Fines Bait Shop for Hanging First Amendment Banner on Side of Business
Published 1, February 26, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Politics , Society 11 Comments
There is an interesting first amendment case in Clearwater, Florida when a local bait and tackle shop is facing a daily fine for hanging a banner showing the first amendment on the side of its business.
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Florida Professor and Wife Accused of Defrauding NASA
Published 1, February 26, 2009 Academics , Criminal law 7 Comments
University of Florida professor Samim Anghaie, 59, and his wife, Sousan Anghaie, 55, have been accused of defrauding NASA and taking roughly $600,000 for personal use. The Iranian-born Anghaise is the Director of the Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute at the University of Florida while his wife is president of New Era Technology Inc. (NETECH) in Gainesville, Fla.
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Brush, Floss, Grope, Repeat: California Doctor Claims Fondling Patients Was Part of Medical Treatment
Published 1, February 26, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law 7 Comments
California dentist Mark Anderson has surprised many in his trial for 19 felony counts and one misdemeanor for fondling patients. He claims that his massaging of the chests of various female patients was a legitimate part of a medical treatment for temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMJ.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Religious Display in Public Park
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Constitutional Law , Politics , Religion , Society , Supreme Court 10 Comments
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that a small religious group cannot force a city in Utah to place a granite marker in a local park. The park in Pleasant Grove Utah already contains a Ten Commandments display. Associate Justice Samuel Alito wrote the opinion.
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Revolving Door: Judge Who Awarded Millions to Milberg Partner Is Made Partner At Firm
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Uncategorized 2 Comments
The new job landed by former New York Supreme Court Judge Herman Cahn has raised from eyebrows. Less than a year ago, Cahn awarded millions in fees to founding partner Melvin Weiss despite his guilty plea in a massive fraud case. The firm, once called Milberg Weiss, wanted to let Weiss keep the fees and it was Cahn who agreed to the payment.
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Twit: Holder Spoofed in Fake Twitter Entry
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Bizarre , Justice 14 Comments
A week after Fox News’ John Gibson was spoofed with a fake racist remark regarding Attorney General Eric Holder, Holder has been spoofed by a fake Twitter entry on Guantanamo Bay. Holder comes off as quite hip in such messages as “Some scary dudes in this gitmo place. May have to ship em to China lol.”
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Florida Woman Arrested for Giving Boyfriend Unwanted Hug
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law 14 Comments
While women in Georgia may be running over their boyfriends, Lori Smith was arrested for giving her boyfriend Kevin Connelly an unwanted hug. She was charged with one count of domestic battery in another example of officers using no judgment in overcharging noncriminal conduct.
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Pray or Pay: Georgia Woman Runs Over Boyfriend for Not Going to Church
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Religion 59 Comments
In the same week that a father stabbed his son in church for failing to take off his hat, a Georgia woman reportedly ran over her boyfriend because she thought that he wanted to skip church to visit with another woman. Annie Knox of Athens-Clark has been charged with aggravated assault.
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Peasant Uprising: Widow Sues Late Husband’s Employer Over “Dead Peasant” Insurance Policy
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Society , Torts 26 Comments
Irma Johnson, a Texas widow, is suing after she was mistakingly informed that the employer of her late husband Daniel Johnson was to receive $1.6 million after his death under a practice known in the industry as a “dead peasant” insurance policy. Under this common practice, employers take out life insurance on employees and write off the payments as a business expense. They then collect a windfall when one of the “peasants” die.
Recession Hits Cave Dwellers: Sleepers Awakened by Foreclosure of Cave
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Bizarre , Society 11 Comments
The Sleeper family of St. Louis are being told that they have to move out of their cave for failure to pay their loan. Curt Sleeper and his wife bought the former sand mine after a downpayment of half of the purchase price and a loan from the seller. They are now posting the cave on Ebay in the ultimate demonstration that the economy has reached every level of housing.
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Baltimore Father Stabs Son After Teen Refuses To Remove Hat in Church
Published 1, February 25, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Religion , Society 22 Comments
Baltimore police are in the process of arresting a 58-year-old man who argued with his son in church about the 19-year-olds refusal to take his hat off. The father then proceeded to stab his son in the left buttock.
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Monkey Business: Baltimore NBC Reporter Admits to Inserting Racist Remark Into Clip of Fox News’ John Gibson
Published 1, February 24, 2009 Bizarre , Media , Politics , Society , Torts 8 Comments
John Sanders, the technology reporter for WBAL-TV (NBC) in Baltimore is no longer employed by the affiliate after admitting that he inserting a racist remark into a video clip of Fox News’ John Gibson. The clip became an Internet hit and was viewed by many people as a spoof. However, some viewers believed that Gibson referred to Attorney General Eric Holder’s “bright blue scrotum.”
Court Orders Former Pfizer Executive to Pay $200,000 to Woman Photographed as a Child While Being Sexually Abused
Published 1, February 24, 2009 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Society 1 Comment
Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton (left) has imposed an unprecedented criminal fine against from former Pfizer Vice President Alan Hesketh, 61. Hesketh previously was sentenced to 78 months for possession of roughly 2000 pictures of child pornography. He will now have to pay $200,000 to a woman who was in some of those pictures being abused, even though Hesketh did not take the picture or participate in the photographed abuse.
Chicago Lawyer Who Allegedly Killed Girlfriend and Baby Had Four Battery Convictions
Published 1, February 24, 2009 Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 2 Comments
Authorities have made new surprising disclosures today about Fredrick Goings, 36, the lawyer who is accused of killing New York Knicks player Eddy Curry’s ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter. It turns out that Goings had four past battery convictions on his record but was allowed to continue to practice in Illinois.
Active Duty Soldier Joins Lawsuit Challenging Obama’s Right to Serve as President
Published 1, February 24, 2009 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Military , Politics , Society 248 Comments
Lt. Scott Easterling has entered a novel fight while serving in Iraq: he is suing President Barack Obama. Easterling is calling the President an “impostor” and challenging his right to issue commands while his birth status is in question. It is one of a series of lawsuit challenging the right of the President to serve on the basis of his birth status. It appears that he could be joined by Senator Richard Shelby in the litigation. Shelby has refused to accept Obama citizenship until he sees a birth certificate.
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C is for Contingency: Wisconsin Parents Sue Over Time-Out Given Middle School Student
Published 1, February 24, 2009 Academics , Society , Torts 1 Comment
Brookfield, Wisconsin attorney William Rettko has filed a $50,000 calim against the Greenfield Middle School for false imprisonment and battery after giving a girl a “time out.” The lawsuit claims that the teacher allowed other students to commit battery on the girl during the time-out.
Supreme Court Takes “Smell of Death” Case
Published 1, February 24, 2009 Criminal law , Lawyering , Society , Supreme Court 5 Comments
The Supreme Court has decided to take up the criminal case of Frank Spisak for a second time. Spisak is a neo-Nazi who was convicted of murdering three men in Ohio and sentenced to death twenty-five years ago. However, the Sixth Circuit threw out the conviction after two sentencing hearings, one demanded by the Supreme Court after reviewing the case in October 2007. The Court has previously reinstated the sentence in disagreeing with the Sixth Circuit, but the appellate court proceeded on remand to again throw out the sentence. The case involved a bizarre argument by the defense counsel that encouraged the jury to consider damaging non-aggravating factors in sentencing, including a rambling and dark description of the “smell of death” surrounding the crimes.
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New York State Supreme Court Justice and Law Professor Lose Jobs in Scandal
Published 1, February 24, 2009 Academics , Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 2 Comments
A bizarre case in New York has snared the careers of New York State Supreme Court Joseph G. Makowski, 55, and former prosecutor and Buffalo Law School professor Anne E. Adams. Adams pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors: drunken driving, offering a false instrument for filing and attempted tampering with physical evidence. Makowski resigned on the same day that Adams was fired by the law school. Makowski was accused of falsely attesting that Adams was not drunk when she left a bar.
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Judge Kent Pleads Guilty to Obstruction; Faces Maximum of 20 Years in Prison
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Courts , Lawyering , Society 2 CommentsU.S. District Judge Samuel Kent pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice today and retired from the bench. In exchange, the prosecution will drop sexual assault charges. He will also avoid impeachment with the plea, though the status of his pension remains unclear.
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Separate But Equal: Massachusetts Moves Toward Segregated Math Classes
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Academics , Constitutional Law , Politics , Society 45 Comments
Massachusetts has joined the movement toward re-segregating our public schools by race or gender or sexual orientation. Superintendent Richard W. Rege Jr. in Chicopee is reportedly in favor of a new proposal to segregate students by gender for math classes. It is part of a trend that threatens the advances that we have made in the last six decades in desegregating our school system. Now, there will be “girl math” and “boy math” classes.
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Wisconsin Inmate Accused for Impersonating Police Officer While Serving Time for Impersonating a Police Officer
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law 3 CommentsIf Joshua D. Kay wanted to be in law enforcement, he certainly has gotten his wish. Kay, 30, has been charged in Wisconsin for a second time for impersonating an officer. What makes this charge somewhat unique is that Kay was serving time on the first offense when he was charged for the second time.
San Diego Priest Triggers Controversy Over Criticism of Obama and Church Control of Publications
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Constitutional Law , Politics , Religion , Society 30 Comments
San Diego Catholics are protesting a decision by San Diego Bishop Robert Brom to ask Pastor Richard Perozich to tone it down after he ran a rabid article entitled “100 Days or End of Days?” in the parish bulletin of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Escondido. Fr. Perozich appears to believe that Obama will be unleashing such things as “homogenital sex.”
Dubai Moves To Criminalize Publishing Anything That Would “Harm the Economy”
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Constitutional Law , International , Media , Politics , Society 14 Comments
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is considering legislation that would criminalize publication of anything that would “harm the economy.” Such an offense would be punishable by fines of up to 1 million dirhams (roughly $272,000).
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Amnesty International Accuses Israel of War Crimes and Calls on Obama To Suspend Military Shipments
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Criminal law , International , Military , Politics , Society 9 Comments
The Nobel Prize winning organization Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing war crimes during its attack on the Gaza Strip. The allegations largely center on the use of white phosphorous that was dropped by IDF aircraft. The group is now calling on President Obama to suspend military shipments and sales to Israel.
Dr. Bunning’s Court Call: Senator Predicts Justice Ginsburg Will Be Dead Within the Year
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Bizarre , Congress , Politics , Society , Supreme Court 14 Comments
Sen. Jim Bunning (R., Ky) used the annual Hardin County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner to announce his diagnosis that Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, will be dead from pancreatic cancer within nine months. While Bunning only holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Xavier University and had a baseball career with the Detroit Tigers, he felt comfortable with the medical prediction and even more comfortable discussing Ginsburg’s imminent demise at a political dinner.
Chicago Lawyer Arrested for Murder of Former Girlfriend and Baby of New York Knicks Player Eddy Curry
Published 1, February 23, 2009 Criminal law , Lawyering , Society Leave a CommentChicago Lawyer, Frederick Goings, 36, has been arrested for murder of 24-year-old Nova Henry and her 9-month-old daughter, Ava. Henry is the former girlfriend New York Knicks player Eddy Curry and mother of his 3-year-old son and daughter, Ava.
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Eleven-Year-Old Boy Allegely Uses “Kiddie Shotgun” To Shoot Father’s Pregnant Girlfriend — and Then Goes to School
Published 1, February 22, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 46 Comments
Marie Houk, a pregnant mother, was found dead by her four-year-old daughter. The killer appears to be the son of her boyfriend who will reportedly face adult murder charges — despite the fact that Jordon Brown is 11 years old. He reportedly went to school after killing Houk in a farmhouse in western Pennsylvania.
Canine Christian Movement: Religion Makes Inroads Into Animal Faithful
Published 1, February 22, 2009 Religion , Society 118 Comments
As this picture indicates, religious activists have made great strides into breaking into inter-species faith-based initiatives.
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Vatican Filed Complaint Over Blasphemous Program and Israel Moves to Censor Show
Published 1, February 22, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , International , Politics , Religion , Society 11 Comments
The Vatican has filed a formal complaint with the Israeli government about a private Israeli TV show that it claims blasphemed Jesus and Mary. On the program, the host challenges the idea that Mary was a virgin and Jesus walked on water as a “lesson” for Christians who deny the Holocaust. The host was upset about the Pope lifting the excommunication of a bishop who denied the holocaust. The Israeli government’s response, however, is worse than both the program and the objection.
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Illinois Man Successfully Sues Homeowner After He Secretly Drank Beer at House and Then Had Car Accident
Published 1, February 22, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 9 Comments
A very interesting torts case has settled in Lake Forest, Illinois where George Baldwin, 22, has been given a $2.5 million settlement after he went to a party at the house of Lauralee Pfeifer, who had two high school friends of Baldwin. Baldwin and a friend than drank beer in their girl’s bedroom. He was paralyzed when he and a drunk friend (who was driving) crashed their car. It is a very rare case of a homeowner being successfully sued by someone other than a a third party victim. He is also suing his former friend who drove the car.
Obama Administration Sides With Bush Administration on Key Cases Involving Missing Emails, Right to DNA Evidence, and Executive Privilege
Published 1, February 22, 2009 Constitutional Law , Courts , Criminal law , Politics , Society , Supreme Court 46 Comments
In the last week, the Obama Administration has supported the Bush Administration in a variety of cases to the great disappointment of many civil libertarians, historians, and academics. This includes an effort to kill litigation that has sought millions of missing emails in the Bush Administration.
Will Work For Food or Favors: Roughly 70% of Bush Appointees Remain Unemployed
Published 1, February 22, 2009 Lawyering , Politics , Society 9 Comments
It has often been remarked that being a member of the Bush Administration would hardly be a resume advantage, particularly in scandalized agencies like the Justice Department. It turns out that many ex-Bush people are finding themselves radioactive in the job market, which is itself smaller than usual in the economic crisis that they helped create. Only 25 to 30 percent of 3,000 political appointees who served President George W. Bush have found work.
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Prisoner Castrates Himself In Washington State Prison
Published 1, February 22, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law 2 Comments
John Forrester, a prisoner at Monroe Correctional Complex in Washington state succeeded in castrating himself with a shaving razor this week. It was the second attempt by the man and only the latest case of self-mutilation by prisoners.
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The Pitter Patter of Little Litigator Feet: Florida Courthouse Overrun With Mice
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Bizarre , Courts , Lawyering 23 Comments
There appears to be no professional courtesy between counsel and rodents at the Palm Beach County Courthouse. The court is overrun with mice that are falling from the ceilings and running across the floor during trials.
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Alleged Cop Shooter Takes His Own Life After 10 Hour Standoff
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Criminal law , Society , Torts 5 Comments
In Louisville, Kentucky, Robert Datillo, 37, took his own life as police deployed tear gas after a 10-hour standoff. He was accused of wounding – 39-year-old Cpl. Dan Lawhorn and 32-year-old Officer Keith Broady.
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McDonald’s Worker Denied Worker’s Compensation After Being Shot on Videotape
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Criminal law , Society , Torts 30 Comments
It was bad enough when Nigel Haskett was shot at McDonald’s in Little Rock, Arkansas. The worker had rushed to helped a woman who was struck by a man and was shot three times. He was then told by Claims specialist Misty Thompson with insurance company Ramsey, Krug, Farrell and Lensing responded, that he had no right to worker’s compensation for his injuries. Hasket required three surgeries at a cost of $300,000 in medical bills and six months recovery.
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Police Move to Arrest Suspect in Chandra Levy Murder
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Criminal law , Politics , Society 13 Comments
The police are reportedly close to making an arrest in the unsolved murder case of Chandra Levy after eight years. Police are reportedly seeking an arrest warrant for Ingmar Guandique, who is in jail for assaulting two women in Rock Park. That is the same park where Levy’s remains were found.
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New Yorker Sues Over Alleged Racial Profiling Resulting in 21 Searches While Using the Subway
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Politics , Society , Torts 3 CommentsJangir Sultan, 32 has sued the city of New York after he was allegedly searched 21 times in the subway because of this Middle Eastern appearance. He is actually a New York native of Kashmiri descent.
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: Arkansas Man Arrested After Bringing Bag of Nickels to Bank . . . With a Gun Inside
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 2 Comments
Camden Arkansas police are dealing with a new form of a nickel plated hand-gun. An 18-year-old man walked into the BancorpSouth with a bag of nickels but forget that, with the $88 of nickels, he had left a .44-caliber handgun. He was arrested and then a bad day took a turn for the worst.
Santa Slip and Fall: Chicago Woman Sues Allegedly Drunk Santa For Falling On Her
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 2 Comments
Antoinette Basso has filed a lawsuit alleging that she alleges that she was severely injured by a failing inebriated Santa Clause. The allegedly stewed Santa was Daniel Aulwes, who Basso claims fell on her and pushing her face first into the sidewalk outside of a Chicago restaurant.
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Nevada Lawyer With Gambling Addiction Who Stole $400,000 From Clients is Given a Five Year Suspension
Published 1, February 21, 2009 Courts , Lawyering , Society 8 Comments
A frequent commentator on local television in Las Vegas, Douglas Crawford, 53, admits to stealing roughly $400,000 from his client, charging for work never performed, and violating court orders. Despite 65 violations of the Rule of Professional Conduct, the Nevada Supreme Court declared him to be addicted to both gambling and drug and rejected calls for disbarment. Instead, it suspended him for five years.
Utah Senator Removed from Judicial Committee After Anti-Gay Comments
Published 1, February 20, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Society 26 Comments
Utah state Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, has been removed from a judicial committee that he chaired after comparing gay activists to radical Muslims and saying that gay activists are “probably the greatest threat to America going down.”
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DWI: Driving While Impolitic in Oklahoma
Published 1, February 20, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Politics , Society 9 CommentsChip Harrison was driving in Oklahoma City when he was stopped by a member of the Oklahoma City Police Department for displaying a sign on his car critical of President Obama. The officer confiscated the sign saying “Abort Obama Not the Unborn” under the theory that the Secret Service might view it as a threat on the President’s life — ignoring that he would first have to be returned to a fetal state .
False Flame Scam: Woman Conned Out of $300,000 in Nigerian Love Scam
Published 1, February 20, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Society 2 Comments
We have yet another case of a person who was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by Nigerian con artists. This one involved a love scam. The middle-aged divorcee in Edmonton was conned out of $300,000 before realizing that she had found larceny rather than love. The Nigerians con artist even took money for a fake son’s funeral.
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Fun with Fatwas: Saudi Imam Allegedly Issues Fatwa Against Using Alcohol as Fuel
Published 1, February 20, 2009 International , Media , Religion , Society 7 Comments
There is a story that is roaring over the Internet that seems like a hoax. A website Adnkronos reported yesterday that Saudi imam Mohammed al-Najimi A Saudi imam has issued a fatwa or religious edict banning the use of alcohol as a fuel substitute for petrol. While I am always fascinated by fatwas, I did not run the story because it seems to me to be a hoax, even quoting a Saudi daily called “Shams.” Yet, various sites have picked up the story today.
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Pillsbury D’oh!boy: D.C. Partner Leaks Firing Plan on Train By Speaking Loudly Into Cell Phone
Published 1, February 20, 2009 Bizarre , Lawyering 1 Comment
Pillsbury partner Robert Robbins is facing some stern looks at his firm this week after it was revealed that he was the inadvertent source of the leaks of the firm’s plan to lay off lawyers that found its way to the Above the Law website. It turns out the Robbins took the opportunity to speak loudly on a cellphone on a train about the secret firings of almost two dozen lawyers, including listing them by name. He was sitting next to a law student at the time.
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Judge Sharon Keller Charged With Five Ethics Violations
Published 1, February 20, 2009 Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 9 Comments
Texas Judge Sharon Keller is having a bad month. Just last week, there was a move in the legislature to impeach her. Now the state judicial ethics commission has charged her with violating her duty and bringing discredit upon the judiciary. It is hard to be sympathetic with her position, however, given Judge Keller’s decision to told the Clerk’s office to close in 2007 when attorneys were rushing over with an after-hours final death row appeal for Michael Richards — who was then executed.
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Well, You’re Extinct Now: Bird, Once Believed Extinct, Is Captured, Photographed . . . And Then Eaten
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Academics , Criminal law , Environment , Society 18 Comments
Worcester’s buttonquail was long believed to be extinct, so you can imagine the joy of ornithologists when one of the birds was captured and photographed on the island of Luzon, Philippines. Then the learned that the bird was promptly sold for meat and eaten.
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New York Jury Awards $2.3 Million to Drunk Man Who Fell into Path of Train
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Society , Torts 10 Comments
Dustin Dibble, 25, admits that he was drinking for four hours before he went to the 14th Street station and then fell into the path of a train, which cut off his right leg. However, a jury still found NYC Transit was to blame and awarded him $2.3 million.
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Earning Your Bones In Court: Descendants of the Apache leader Geronimo Sue Yale and Skulls and Bones Society for Return of His Remains
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Academics , Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 12 Comments
Descendants of the Apache leader Geronimo have sued the ultra secret society, Skull and Bones, over rumors that the society stole his skull in a grave robbery detailed in society lore.
Boring Couple Loses in Court: Federal Judge Dismisses Homeowners Google Lawsuit
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Society , Torts 6 Comments
Aaron and Christine Boring have been dismissed in their lawsuit against Google for showing their home on the popular website. The Boring couple sued Google for $25,000 for the street view of their home.
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Accused Serial Rapist and Murderer Lunges At Counsel in Seattle Courtroom
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Society 7 Comments
For those of you who believe that you have tough clients, you might want to consider the fate of Seattle attorney John Hicks. He represents rapist Curtis S. Thompson who must be wheeled into court with his chest, wrists and ankles bound due to prior threats against attorneys and a judge. That did not stop Thompson from lunging at Hicks in a recent hearing and screaming “You scared to death, ain’t you punk?” Hence the popularity of transactions law.
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Grosse Tete’s Tiger: City Council Allows Truck Stop to Keep Tiger as Roadside Attaction
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Environment , Society , Torts 20 Comments
The Iberville Parish Council in Louisiana has voted 11-1 to allow Tiger Truck Shop owner Michael Sandlin to keep Tony, a Siberian Tiger, as a roadside attraction in Grosse Tete, Louisiana. The cruel confinement of the tiger does not appear to bother the good people of Iberville.
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Airlines Reports Spate of Bizarre Passenger Incidents in December-January
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society , Torts Leave a Comment
If the recent video of the wailing and writhing Chinese woman in Hong Kong’s airport is not enough, this month’s report of Dispax World shows that other airlines have had to deal with a spate of other bizarre incidents in the last few weeks.
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Microscopic People: North Dakota Votes to Give Full Legal Rights to Fertilized Eggs
Published 1, February 19, 2009 Constitutional Law , Politics , Society 48 Comments
North Dakota appears intent on triggering another round of litigation in the hopes of overturning Roe v. Wade. North Dakota’s House of Representatives has voted 51-41 to declare that a fertilized egg has all the rights of any person. The vote would make abortion murder.
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Last Call: Japanese Finance Minister Resigns Over Alleged Drunken Scene at G7
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Bizarre , International , Politics , Society 5 Comments
Japan’s Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa has announced that he will resign after getting drunk at last weekend’s G7 summit in Rome. The video is below. It may be a bad economic sign when the finance ministers of major countries are self-medicating in this fashion.
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Taxing Small Town Values: Palin Must Pay Back Taxes on Food and Incidentals Charged While Staying At Her Own Home
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Politics , Society 7 Comments
Gov. Sarah Palin has joined the ranks of politicians with tax problems. Palin has been informed that she must pay income taxes on thousands of dollars in expense money claimed while living at her Wasilla home. It is not exactly the stuff of “small town values”: Palin charged $17,000 for meals and incidentals for 312 nights spent in her own house. It appears that such charges are perfectly legal and need only to be taxed.
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Smell Test: Air-O-Matic Sues Over Use of “Pull My Finger”
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Bizarre , Society 11 Comments
It appears that it will take a federal court to clear the air over a trademark dispute over the phrase “Pull My Finger” and the rights to iFart. Florida-based Air-o-Matic and Colorado-based InfoMedia, Inc. are in court over the allegations of Air-o-Matic that Infomedia infringed its trademark and engaged in unfair business practices.
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Former Missouri Rep. Kenny Hulshof Accused of Another Case of Prosecutorial Abuse
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Uncategorized 19 Comments
Former Missouri Rep. Kenny Hulshof secured six terms as a Republican member of the House and ran for Governor on his tough-on-crime record. That record, however, is now under scrutiny with another abuse cited by a court from Hulshof’s work as a prosecutor — leading to the conviction of a teenager for a murder that he did not commit.
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No Fan, Yu: Chinese Woman Loses Private Mistress Contest and Attempts to Kill Lover and His Four Other Mistresses
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Society 4 Comments
A Chinese businessman named Fan decided this year that the economic downturn required him to downsize, so he told his five mistresses that he would have to reduce his private harem to just one mistress and one wife. I know that this sounds like a Chinese parable, but this is a real case from Qingdao, China when one of the women named Yu took the contest on a murderous path.
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Spanish Court Awards Husband €200,000 From Unfaithful Wife
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Bizarre , Courts , International , Society 5 Comments
Recently, Canadian and United States courts have refused to relieve men of their responsibility to support children that were found to be the children of other men. Now, a Spanish court has taken the opposite approach – awarding high damages (for Europe) against a woman who was found to have kept the same love for six of 14 years of marriage. Three of the couples four children were fathered by the lover and not the husband.
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Mukasey Delayed Torture Report; Bar Charges May Be Brought Against Bush Officials Like John Yoo
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Academics , Congress , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Justice , Lawyering , Politics , Society 23 Comments
Newsweek is reporting that former Attorney General Michael Mukasey delayed a critical internal report on the conduct of senior Justice lawyers in the torture scandal, including Jay Bybee, John Yoo and Steven Bradbury. The delayed report not only adds another contradiction to Mukasey’s claims before Congress, but should add pressure on the Obama Administration to stop delaying a criminal investigation into the commission of war crimes by the Bush Administration.
Afghan Diplomat in New York Arrested for Beating Wife ‘Like a Dog” for Fifteen Hours
Published 1, February 18, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Politics , Religion , Society 5 Comments
Mohammed Fagirad, 30, a vice consul at the Afghanistan Consulate, in New York has been arrested for beating his 22-year-old wife for 15 hours in their Queens home. Police report that Fagirad told them that his “wife was a dog and he was going to treat her like a dog,”
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Scientology Solves 9-11: Psychiatrists Did It
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Bizarre , International , Religion , Society 19 Comments
There seems to be an endless series of theories as to what occurred 9-11. Homosexuality, Israel, abortion, and other causes have been cited by religious groups. Given those theories, it is perhaps not so surprising that Scientology has come to claim its standard villains: psychiatrists.
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Texas Legislator Moves to Impeach Judge Sharon Keller Over Execution of Prisoner
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 6 Comments
Texas Rep. Lon Burnam has filed a resolution seeking an impeachment investigation of Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller, who has been denounced around the world for her refusal to keep a court office open to allow the filing of a late appeal in a death case. The prisoner, Michael Richard, was executed that night.
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Beating Them By Joining Them: Pakistan Reaches Peace Accord with Taliban That Caves Into Demands for Islamic Law and End of Military Offensive
Published 1, February 17, 2009 International , Politics , Religion , Society 5 Comments
Pakistan appears to have end the conflict with the Taliban but yielding to their extremist demands in northwest Pakistan. Under a new accord, Islamic rule will be allowed in the region and Pakistan will back off from its attempt to control the region. The result will likely increase the violence in Afghanistan and power of the Taliban.
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Northwest Re-Introduces Peanuts Despite Danger to Passengers
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Environment , Society 24 Comments
People with allergies are legitimately outraged this week by the decision of Northwest Airlines to re-introduce peanuts to its flights despite the large number of kids and adults with severe allergies to the snack.
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Chinese Woman Becomes Internet Star with Airport Meltdown
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Bizarre , Media 4 Comments
Now, when you get really mad as those flight attendants, you might want to watch the video below, which is now a major hit on the Internet. While watching this woman writhing on the ground, keep in mind that she merely missed her flight and caught the next plane a couple hours later.
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Hamburgers and Hummers: Scientists Denounce Meat As Major Cause of Global Warming
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Environment , International , Society 31 Comments
Another scientific report has denounced the environmental damage caused by beef consumption in the United States. Nathan Pelletier of Dalhousie University in Canada has released a study showing how cows consume a disproportionate amount of food (more than they produce in meat) and cause 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Lott Backs On From Criminal Charges Against Phelps
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Criminal law , Society 5 Comments
After launching a controversial investigation involving dozens of people for marijuana use in the Phelps bong incident, South Carolina’s Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said he couldn’t ignore the photo but defended has suddenly announced that he would not charge Phelps, though he did charge others.
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Nazi Satanist Bites Boy and Verbally Attacks Judge in Indiana
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Bizarre , Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Religion , Society 3 Comments
A judge in Muncie, Indiana has accepted a plea of guilty in a bizarre case involving a white supremacist and Satan worshiper who turned a prior hearing into chaos by shouting “Heil Hitler” and “White Power” at the judge before being held in contempt. Dmitriy V. Sklyarov, 20, has now pleaded guilty to biting a 9-year-old child 13 times on the arms and legal in October.
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Islamic Television Founder Beheads Wife in New York
Published 1, February 17, 2009 Criminal law , Politics , Religion , Society 6 Comments
Muzzammil Hassan, 44, the founder of an Islamic television station in New York, has been charged with beheading of his wife, Aasiya Hassan, 37. Ironically, Hassan founded the Bridges TV station in Buffalo to dispel stereotypes of Muslims and has now contributed to such stereotypes in his alleged murder of his wife. She was murdered at the Bridges television offices.
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The Bitters: Oregon Proposes a 1900% Tax Increase in Beer
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Society 45 Comments
This would be enough to get reach for a stiff drink . . . if it weren’t prohibitively expensive. Oregon legislators are proposing a 1900% tax increase so voters not only have to face the economic crisis but do it without beer.
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Did Roland Burris Commit Perjury?
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Criminal law , Politics , Society 23 CommentsThere are growing calls for a perjury investigation of Senator Roland W. Burris of Illinois after he acknowledged that the brother of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich sought campaign fund-raising help before his appointment to succeed Barack Obama in the Senate. Burris notably failed to mention the demand in prior sworn statements.
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Tomb Raider: Tourist “Discovers” 350-Year-Old-Vault in Boston By Falling Into History
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 3 Comments
Now here is a public invitee case worth following. Boston’s Granary Cemetery is dealing with an alarming incicent where a woman strolling on their grounds fell into a burial chamber. The tourist was walking along a fence when she found herself in a hole that proved to be a staircase into a 350 year old vault.
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Pygmy Rattlers at Pembroke Pines: Third Floridian Bitten By Snake At Walmart Garden Center
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Society , Torts 4 Comments
While Walmart advertises Spend Less, Live Better, the company may want to just reduce it to “Spend Less.” Jay Richitelli, 42, is now the third Floridian to be bitten by a snake at a Walmart garden center in that state alone. The culprit was a pygmy rattler at the Pembroke Pines Wal-Mart.
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Bad Source of Iron: Texas Beef Producer Recalls Beef Containing Metal Fragments
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Environment , Society , Torts 10 Comments
There may be on thing that is not quite better at Here Everything’s Better stores in Texas. The chain has recalled meat that it sold due to metal fragments in the meat due to “an equipment malfunction.” The recall was issued appropriately on Friday the 13th.
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Hampshire Students Accuse Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz of Intimidation
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Academics , International , Politics , Religion , Society 8 Comments
Students of Hampshire College are complaining of harassing or intimidating telephone calls. Nothing new there, such calls can be common particularly when the students are leading a political cause. Yet, the alleged caller was Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, who they claim was upset over their effort to get the school to divest from Israel. They allege that Dershowitz (who had a child go to Hampshire) has been calling students and threatening to organize a boycott of the school.
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Welcome to Brandon, You Unrepentant Gender Oppressors: Manitoba Men Seek Club Over University Objections
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , Society 9 Comments
Male students at Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada are a bit put out this week after the curious reception given a simple proposal for a Men’s Collective, a group to mirror the Women’s Collective. The proposal by Will Breen was allegedly met with scorn from both students and faculty alike, including such dismissals of any such club as little more than a “pornography and cigar club.”
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PETA Porn II: Animal Rights Group Puts on Live Girl on Girl Show in El Paso
Published 1, February 16, 2009 Bizarre , Environment , Politics , Society 16 Comments
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) appear to be intent on getting the first XXX rating for political advocacy. Just last month, PETA attempted to air a commercial during the Superbowl in which stripping models had sexual moments with various vegetables. Now in Downtown El Paso, PETA arranged for two half-dressed woman to make love in public on a blow-up mattress.
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Los Angeles City College Sued Over Christian-Based Presentation in Speech Class
Published 1, February 15, 2009 Academics , Constitutional Law , Politics , Religion , Society , Torts 226 Comments
Jonathan Lopez has filed a lawsuit against a professor and Los Angeles City College over his treatment after giving a speech on the Christian view of marriage in speech class. Lopez alleges that Professor John Matteson had made it clear that he supported same-sex marriage. He claims that Matteson allegedly attacked him verbally, refused let him complete his speech, effectively called him a “fascist bastard” and refused to give him a grade (telling him to “ask God” for his grade).
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Florida Woman Barred From Seeing Dying Partner of 18 Years by Hospital
Published 1, February 15, 2009 Society , Torts 21 Comments
For years gay and lesbian couples have complained about being denies access to loved ones in hospitals. Now, a lawsuit has been filed in Miami in which Janice Langbehn alleges that she was prevented from being with her partner of 18 years, Lisa Marie Pond, 39, as she died at Jackson Memorial Hospital after a brain aneurysm. The reason for the denial was never made clear to her.
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Drug Interdiction- American Style: Gen. Craddock Calls For Shooting Drug Traffickers Without Proof of Association with Taliban
Published 1, February 15, 2009 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , International , Military , Politics , Society 16 Comments
NATO countries are shocked by the proposal of a leading U.S. military officer on how best to handle drug dealers in Afghanistan. NATO’s senior military commander Gen. John Craddock does not understand why NATO should bother with the need to establish that any given drug dealer is associated with the Taliban. He believes that we should just shoot them all without proof in yet another example of how the United States has emerged as a perceived enemy to the rule of law.
Ohio Judge Rules That NCAA Cannot Bar Lawyers From Assisting High School Players At Negotiations
Published 1, February 15, 2009 Lawyering , Society 4 Comments
A state judge has struck down one of the most obnoxious rules of the NCAA: a ban on college baseball players hiring lawyers to assist them in discussions with baseball clubs. The NCAA suspended Oklahoma State pitcher Andrew Oliver after her allowed legal advisers to listen to contract negotiations after being drafted by the Minnesota Twins in June 2006. It is amazing that it took so long to strike down this abusive rule that appears designed to maximize the opportunity of these clubs to take advantage of college players.
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