Courts, Criminal law, Lawyering, Society

Accused Serial Rapist and Murderer Lunges At Counsel in Seattle Courtroom

2008214233For 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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Environment, Society, Torts

Grosse Tete’s Tiger: City Council Allows Truck Stop to Keep Tiger as Roadside Attaction

1052757_370The 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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Constitutional Law, Politics, Society

Microscopic People: North Dakota Votes to Give Full Legal Rights to Fertilized Eggs

100px-northdakotastatesealNorth 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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Bizarre, International, Politics, Society

Last Call: Japanese Finance Minister Resigns Over Alleged Drunken Scene at G7

shoichi_nakagawaJapan’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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Politics, Society

Taxing Small Town Values: Palin Must Pay Back Taxes on Food and Incidentals Charged While Staying At Her Own Home

225px-palin1Gov. 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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Bizarre, Society

Smell Test: Air-O-Matic Sues Over Use of “Pull My Finger”

airomaticlogoIt 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

160px-rep_kenny_hulshofFormer 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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Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Society

No Fan, Yu: Chinese Woman Loses Private Mistress Contest and Attempts to Kill Lover and His Four Other Mistresses

China's flagA 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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Bizarre, Courts, International, Society

Spanish Court Awards Husband €200,000 From Unfaithful Wife

200px-flag_of_spainsvgRecently, 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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Academia, Congress, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Justice, Lawyering, Politics, Society

Mukasey Delayed Torture Report; Bar Charges May Be Brought Against Bush Officials Like John Yoo

michael_mukasey_official_ag_photo_portrait_2007Newsweek 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.

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Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Politics, Religion, Society

Afghan Diplomat in New York Arrested for Beating Wife ‘Like a Dog” for Fifteen Hours

158px-flag_of_afghanistansvgMohammed 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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Courts, Criminal law, Lawyering, Politics, Society

Texas Legislator Moves to Impeach Judge Sharon Keller Over Execution of Prisoner

images3keller_sharon_newTexas 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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International, Politics, Religion, Society

Beating Them By Joining Them: Pakistan Reaches Peace Accord with Taliban That Caves Into Demands for Islamic Law and End of Military Offensive

Pakistan flagPakistan 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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