The prosecutors have made public that they will not charge Lori Drew in the infamous Megan Meier case in which a teenager committed suicide after Drew allegedly created a false and ultimately abusive personality on MySpace. Continue reading “No Criminal Charges Against Lori Drew in Megan Meier MySpace Suicide”
Category: Justice
States have been increasingly charging teens as adults in response to public pressure for tougher laws. Now, however, science appears to question the basis for such laws — showing that the teenage brain is still forming in substantial ways. Continue reading “Studies on Teen Brains Leads Some States to Reconsider Laws Charging Them as Adults”
The President of the Sudan announced that he has shown mercy and will pardon Gillian Gibbons, the teacher at the center of the Mohammad Teddy bear case. Continue reading “Sudan Grants a Pardon of Remaining 6 Days to Teacher in Mohammad Teddy Bear Case”
A court in Fort Collins has ordered the police to return the property taken in an unlawful search and seizure of James and Lisa Masters last summer, including their marijuana. Continue reading “Colorado Court Orders Police to Return Couple’s Pot After Illegal Search”
For those of us concerned about the expanded use and abuse of taser technology, we have not seen anything yet. A French company is developing a flying drone that can shoot tasers at people in large crowds. Continue reading “French Developing Air Drone to Shoot Tasers into Crowds”
Large crowds in Sudan are calling for British teacher Gillian Gibbons, 54, to be put to death for allowing her young students to name a teddy bear “Mohammad.” Continue reading “Protesters Call for the Death of the Teacher in the Mohammad Teddy Bear Case”
Police have been accused of protecting fellow officers in the high-profile Peterson and Crane cases in Georgia and Illinois. Continue reading “Officers Accused of Protecting Fellow Officers From Criminal Charges in Illinois and Georgia”
British teacher Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty of insulting Islam by a Sudanese “court” after she allowed her young students to name a teddy bear “Mohammad.” Continue reading “Sudan Finds Teacher Guilty in Mohammad Teddy Bear Case”
The New York police are using a very controversial decoy operation to arrest people who steal personal items from s Continue reading “New York Police Placing Decoy Items to Arrest Thieves — and Possible Good Samaritans”
In another entry into the abuse of tasers, this video shows police using a taser to the neck of a pregnant mother after throwing her on her stomach to the ground. Continue reading “Shock Video: Police Taser Pregnant Mother”
Geoffrey Fieger is fighting for his law license in classic Fieger fashion: he is suing everyone from prosecutors to judges. In the meantime, judges are expressing surprising levels of public contempt for Fieger — and each other. Continue reading “Michigan Judges and Geoffrey Fieger Attack Each Other”
The Sudan government is proceeding with charges against British teacher Gillian Gibbons, 54, who is accused of offending Islam by allowing her young children to name a teddy bear “Mohammad.” ‘ Continue reading “Teacher Charged in Sudan in the Mohammad Teddy Bear Case”
Niagara Falls City Court Judge Robert Restaino has been taken off the bench after a perfectly bizarre incident involving a cellphone and a short judicial temper. Restaino was upset that someone violated the no cellphone rule and ordered that all 46 people in the courtroom be searched and jailed. Continue reading “New York Judge Removed from Bench After Jailing Entire Courtroom Over Cellphone Interruption”
Many observers have long believed that there was a federal cover-up in the alleged suicide of Kenneth Trentadue in a federal prison. His brother has long argued that federal officials, not suicide, were behind the death in August 1995. Now, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the federal government’s effort to withhold a critical report on the case. Continue reading “Federal Appellate Court Rules Against Government in Trentadue Case”
Given the recent ruling in the case, this prior column on the scandal and saga of Kenneth Trentadue may be of interest. Continue reading “The Kenneth Trentadue Scandal”