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Criminal law, Media, Torts August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

Former Reporter Guns Down News Crew On Live Television

We often discuss the “perils of the press” in humorous stories of the unexpected for journalists. However, we are often…

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Filed under: Adam Ward, Bryce Williams, Vester Lee Flanagan
Criminal law, Free Speech, International, Media August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

Russians Sentence Ukrainian Filmmaker To 20 Years Despite Recantation By Main Witness And Allegations of Torture

The crackdown on free speech continued in Russia this week with the sentencing of a leading critic of Russia’s 2014…

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Filed under: Crimean Peninsula, Oleg Sentsov, vladimir putin
Criminal law August 25, 2015August 25, 2015

Alabama Officer Shoots And Kills Man Wielding A Large Spoon

There is a growing outcry in Tuscaloosa, Ala. after a police officer fatally shot a man wielding a “large metal…

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Filed under: Jeffory Ray Tevis, metal spoon
Bizarre, Free Speech, Society August 25, 2015August 25, 2015

Idaho School Bans Confederate Flag On Student’s Car

We have previously discussed the ongoing controversy over the confederate flag as well as past cases of student speech being…

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Bizarre, Torts August 24, 2015August 23, 2015

Texas Doctor Sent Email About Becoming “Cold Blooded Killer” Before Allegedly Killing One Patient and Injuring Four Patients

Dr. Christopher Duntsch is facing both civil and criminal charges over his injuring four patients and killing one patient, Floella…

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Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law August 23, 2015August 22, 2015

College President Faces Possible Criminal Charges After Violent Encounter With Mysterious Woman Named Luscious

We have another academic who has found himself in an embarrassing criminal case involving prostitutes. Keiser University’s President Matt McEnany,…

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Constitutional Law, Courts, Society August 22, 2015September 20, 2020

Washington Supreme Court Rules City Of SeaTac’s $15.00 Minimum Wage Applies To Port Of Seattle’s SeaTac Airport

By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor In January of 2014 we featured an article about the City of SeaTac Washington, where…

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Criminal law, International, Society, Torts August 17, 2015August 17, 2015

Massachusetts Man Alleges That He Was Raped At Airbnb In Madrid After The Company Refused To Act On Pleas For Help From His Mother

Airbnb is a growing phenomenon as people rent out their homes and apartments as an alternative to hotels: often giving…

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Filed under: Airbnb
Criminal law, Society August 17, 2015August 16, 2015

Federal Agent Carjacked and Kidnapped By Four High School Students

Four high school students picked the wrong guy to allegedly kidnap and rob. Texas border patrol agent Armando Alaniz was…

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Bizarre, Society August 14, 2015August 14, 2015

Washington Officer Fired After Bus Driver’s Videotape Contradicts Account Of Profanity Laced Confrontation

King County Deputy Sheriff Deputy Amy Shoblom has been fired after after an internal investigation determined she falsely accused a…

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Bizarre, Criminal law August 13, 2015

Florida Mom Jailed After She Allegedly Abandoned Kids In Running Car To Drink And Had 4-Year-Old Son Use Breathalyzer To Start Car

April R. King, 35, is facing a particularly bad criminal case after a police body cam video by Apopka police…

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Bizarre, Criminal law August 13, 2015August 13, 2015

“Bingo for Brandi”: Pennsylvania Beauty Queen Charged With Faking Cancer To Defraud Donors

Pennsylvania beauty queen Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, 23, has been charged with fraud after police concluded that she lied about have…

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Bizarre, Courts, Criminal law August 11, 2015August 11, 2015

New York Judge Convicted Of Lying About Assault With A Toilet Lid

In a truly bizarre case, a jury in New York found that former judge Roger Barto lied about being attacked…

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Filed under: New York Court of Appeals, Roger Barto
Bizarre, Criminal law August 10, 2015August 10, 2015

Missouri Man Applies For State Highway Patrol And Ends Up With 20 Years In Prison

Everyone has had a bad job interview experience. However, few have had the Cedric Lovejoy’s experience. Lovejoy interviewed for a…

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Filed under: Cedric Lovejoy, Missouri State Highway Patrol
Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, International, Uncategorized August 10, 2015

Indian Rape Victim Forced To Balance Heavy Stone On Head To Prove Her Virtue

We have been following the plight of women in India from an epidemic of rape to discrimination in marriage and…

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