The parents of more than 2,300 Prince George’s County students who failed to get needed vaccinations are being threatened with $50 a day and up to 10 days in jail if their children do not meet the state’s immunization requirement. Continue reading “Parents are Threatened with Jail for Not Getting Kids Flu Shots”
Category: Criminal law
After being shutdown by President Bush’s denial of security clearance to his own investigators, the Justice Department investigation into the domestic surveillance program has reportedly re-opened. Continue reading “NSA Surveillance Program Reopened at Justice”
Paul Laulu, 11, was being taught how to drive by his father, Antonio, when he put the truck in gear and went racing backwards. Continue reading “11-Year-Old Rams Truck into Fence, His Father, and 72-Year-Old Lady”
A recent video out of New York shows a dentist coming unglued after finding a car blocking his parking space. Continue reading “Count the Torts and Crimes: Video Shows Dentist in Road Rage Incident”
The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the indecent exposure conviction of a man who was caught having relations with a mannequin in the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls. Continue reading “South Dakota Supreme Court Overturns Man-Mannequin Indecency Conviction”
A Portsmouth, N.H. mother has been charged with child endangerment after allowing her 15-year-old take her SUV on a joy ride. Continue reading “Mother Charged After Underage Son Crashes SUV”
Charles Friedgood, New York’s oldest prisoner at n 89-year-old has been granted parole. Continue reading “New York’s Oldest Inmate Charles Friedgood Granted Parole at 89”
Jose Antonio Mosqueda, 18, was sentenced to just 270 days in jail (with credit for 156 days already served and for good conduct) after he admitted to taking a pet tortoise from an autistic boy, slashing its legs and neck, stabbing it through the shell, and throwing it against a wall. Continue reading “Boy Who Brutally Tortured a Tortoise Gets Only 270 days”
The judge in the Nowak case detailed a series of violations by the police, who seemed intent on getting incriminating statements from her despite her lack of sleep, absence of a lawyer, and failure to clearly consent to a waiver. Continue reading “Nowak Case Presents Classic Elements of 5th Amendment Violations”
Florida circuit Judge Marc Lubet has ruled that some of the most damaging evidence against former astronaut Lisa Nowak is inadmissible due as unlawfully obtained. For the full story, click here
Despite their repeated expressions of opposition to waterboarding as torture, Senators McCain and Graham has decided that torture should not stand in way of confirmation of Michael Mukasey. Continue reading “McCain and Graham Support Mukasey Despite Stand on Torture — Schumer Now May Be Critical Vote”
The state bar association has criticized has criticized a judge for dismissing sexual assault charges in a gang rape case because she considered the case “theft of services.” Continue reading “Judge Says Gang Rape of Prostitute Was Merely Theft”
For years, it has been rumored that the FBI used mob muscle to coerce information from a Klansman to locate the bodies of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, Continue reading “Witness Testifies that FBI Used Mob to Coerce Information in Famous Civil Rights Case”
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will again enter the debate over curbing Internet porn. Continue reading “Supreme Court Takes Up Pornography Case”
The American Bar Association has called for a freeze on executions across the country. Continue reading “ABA Calls for Freeze on Executions”