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Criminal law, Society April 9, 2018April 8, 2018

Ohio Man Charged With Assault By Pizza On Girlfriend

According to police in Masury, Ohio, Kenneth Evans, 24, “was highly intoxicated and his mood was rapidly shifting” when he…

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Criminal law April 7, 2018April 8, 2018

Teenager Rejects 25 Year Deal . . . Judge Gives Him 65 Years

In Alabama, Lakeith Smith, now 18, was the subject of a troubling sentencing after declining a 25 year deal in…

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Bizarre, Criminal law April 6, 2018April 5, 2018

Minnesota Woman Faces 12th DUI Arrest After Arrests and Outstanding Warrants In 10 States

Tasha Lynn Schleicher, 41, has achieved an ignoble distinction after being arrested for DUI in Illinois.  The arrest of the…

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Bizarre, Criminal law April 5, 2018April 5, 2018

Have You Seen This Man?

Police in Warwickshire, England are looking for this man and I would hope that he is not particularly hard to…

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Bizarre, Criminal law April 4, 2018

Tandem DUI Driving: Two Women In New Jersey Take Turns To See Who Is Less Drunk . . . Leaving Four Wrecked Cars In Their Path

Police in New Jersey are facing a rather novel case of two women in the same car who are both…

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Criminal law, Society, Torts April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Memphis Store Clerk Charged With Murder In Shooting Alleged Shoplifter

In torts, we discussed the long-standing debate over the use of potentially lethal force to protect property.  The common law…

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Free Speech, International, Politics, Society April 3, 2018April 2, 2018

South African Sentenced To Two Years For Racist Comments

We have previously discussed the alarming rollback on free speech rights in the West, particularly in France (here and here and here and here and here and here) and England ( here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here).…

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Constitutional Law, Free Speech, International, Society April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

Scottish Man Arrested After Leaving Napkin In Restaurant With Racist Language

There is a new controversy in Great Britain over the expanding criminalization of speech. An arrest has been made after…

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Bizarre, Criminal law April 1, 2018March 31, 2018

Long Island Judge Accused Of Stealing Women’s Underwear

In Long Island, District court judge Robert Cicale is facing a bizarre case . . . as the defendant.  Cicale is…

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Free Speech, Media, Politics, Society March 31, 2018April 3, 2018

Kaiser Fires Nurse For Saying Stephen Clark “Deserved It For Being Stupid” On Social Media [Updated]

Faith Linthicum, a labor and delivery nurse at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center in California, has been forced on leave…

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Academia, Bizarre, Politics, Society March 28, 2018March 27, 2018

North Carolina Middle School Suspends 13-Year-Old Boy For Drawing Stick Figure With Gun

 We have yet another ridiculous example of school officials applying “zero tolerance” policies against a kid for an innocent page…

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Academia, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Free Speech, International, Media, Politics, Religion March 27, 2018

Turkish President Erdogan Calls For Anti-War Students “Terrorists” In Latest Crackdown On Free Speech

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expanded his destruction of civil liberties and secular government with a new call for the…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society March 27, 2018March 26, 2018

Iraqi Couple Arrested in Texas For Allegedly Pouring Hot Oil On 16-Year-Old Daughter For Refusing Arranged Marriage

Abdulah Fahmi Al Hishmawi, 34, and Hamdiyah Saha Al Hishmawi, 33, have been arrested in another appalling case involving an…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Politics, Society March 25, 2018March 25, 2018

White House: diGenova and Toensing Will Not Represent Trump

The White House announced today that President Trump will not hire Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing as counsel due to…

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Bizarre, Criminal law March 23, 2018March 22, 2018

Florida Man Arrested For Tossing A Bomb Into Yard To Kill Man’s Chickens

Scott (“Spider”) Wegener, 55, is nothing if not unique in the annals of crime.  He is accused of creating an…

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