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Bizarre, Criminal law April 10, 2015April 10, 2015

Virginia Woman Hits Another Car And Continues To Drink Beer As EMT Tries To Assist Her

Tricia Kight, 41, could not have made it easier for prosecutors. First she struck another vehicle seriously injuring the other…

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Animals, Bizarre, Criminal law April 9, 2015April 9, 2015

Fish Felony: Florida Girlfriend Charged After Pouring Bleach Into Boyfriend’s Fish Tank Killing Goldfish

Angela Garcia, 32, was arrested Saturday for, among other things, killing her boyfriend’s goldfish by pouring bleach into their tank.…

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Filed under: Angela Garcia, Norris Johnson
Bizarre, Constitutional Law, International, Lawyering, Media, Politics, Religion, Society April 9, 2015April 9, 2015

Private Detective Arrested With Silencer and Arsenal Of Weapons States That He Was Hired To Shadow Father Of Church Leader David Miscavige

West Allis, Wis., police had a bit of a surprise when they responded to a call about a mysterious man…

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Filed under: Church of Scientology, David Miscavige
Bizarre, Criminal law, Society April 9, 2015April 9, 2015

Meet Bobbi Ann House: The “Military Mistress” On The Run

Police are searching for Bobbi Ann House, 39, dubbed the “Military Mistress” for what they allege is a pattern of…

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Filed under: Bobbi Ann Finley, Bobbi Ann House, Zackerie House
Academia, Media, Society April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

Rolling Stone Retracts Rape Story But Refuses To Fire Anyone For The Story

The Rolling Stone magazine has retracted the University of Virginia rape story that we have previously discussed. While agreeing with…

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Bizarre, Criminal law April 3, 2015April 3, 2015

Georgia Teen Who Received Heart Transplant Goes On Crime Spree Before Dying In High-Speed Chase

Anthony Stokes became a cause célèbre in 2013 when he was turned down for a heart transplant because of his…

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Filed under: Anthony Stokes, heart transplant
Criminal law, Society April 2, 2015

New York Detective Will Not Be Fired Over Tirade Captured on YouTube

Detective Patrick Cherry, a member of the elite Joint Terrorism Task Force, will not be fired over his notorious scene…

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Filed under: Joint Terrorism Task Force, Patrick Cherry
Criminal law, Society, Torts April 1, 2015April 1, 2015

Florida Parole Officer Charged After Parolee Films Alleged Rapes In Home

There is an interesting case out of Coral Springs, Florida where a woman on probation allegedly videotaped her rape by…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, International March 30, 2015March 29, 2015

Alabama Officer Fired Over Abusive Takedown Of Indian National Is Hit With Federal Civil Rights Charges

We previously discussed the terrible case of Sureshbhai Patel who was seriously injured after former Madison (Alabama) police officer Eric…

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Bizarre, Criminal law March 30, 2015March 29, 2015

Teenager Arrested After Asking A Stranger On Facebook To Kill Her Aunt And Her Entire Family . . . Only To Learn The Man Was Her Aunt Under An Assumed Name

There is a bizarre criminal case in the making in Alabama where an aunt was having trouble speaking with her…

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Uncategorized March 29, 2015March 29, 2015

On Prisons: the SCOTUS, Obama, and The Wire

By Cara L. Gallagher, weekend contributor Debate on prison reform presented a rich but dreary landscape this week. Bookending the…

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Academia, Free Speech, Media, Society March 28, 2015September 20, 2020

Student With Down Syndrome Told By Faculty He Cannot Wear Varsity Letter Jacket

By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor In yet another example of insensitive, zero-tolerance approaches, school faculty members of Wichita East High…

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Filed under: Autism, Down Syndrome, High School, Varsity, Wichita, Wichita East High School
Criminal law, Society March 27, 2015March 27, 2015

Illinois Judge Rejects Prison Time For Defendant In Alleged Knock Out Attacks

While the rest of the country has been trying to find a way to deter the savage game known as…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society March 25, 2015March 25, 2015

LAPD Under Fire After Arranging Mexican Mafia Leader To Wealthy Dinner For The Entertainment Of Business Executives

There is a bizarre story out of Los Angeles where the Los Angeles Police Department spent $22,000 (and had 38…

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International, Justice, Media, Politics, Religion, Society March 23, 2015September 20, 2020

Woman Beaten To Death And Set Alight In Afghanistan Was Wrongly Accused

By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor If it was possible to add another injustice levied against Farkhunda, a woman who suffered…

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Filed under: Afghanistan, justice, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights

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