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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society March 5, 2015March 5, 2015

Homeless Man Killed By LAPD Identified As Illegal Immigrant With Violent and Criminal History

We previously discussed the controversy over the shooting of a homeless man called “Africa” by the Los Angeles Police Department.…

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Filed under: Charley Saturmin Robinet, Los Angeles Police Department
Bizarre, Criminal law March 3, 2015

Long Island Man Arrested For 41st Time For Driving On Suspended License

Jason Brown may be only 36 but he has just racked up his 41st driving offense in operating a vehicle…

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Filed under: Jason Brown, suspended license
Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, International, Society March 3, 2015March 3, 2015

American Posts Criticism Of His Company In United Arab Emirates On Facebook . . . Company Brings Criminal Charges And Has Him Arrested Upon His Return To The UAE

We have previously discussed the common criminalization of speech found in Muslim countries (and the increasing criminalization seen in the…

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Filed under: Global Aerospace Logistics, United Arab Emirates
Criminal law, Society March 2, 2015March 2, 2015

Video: LAPD Officers Shoot and Kill Homeless Man

Below is a videotape that is likely to be at the center of a growing controversy over the shooting of…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Uncategorized March 2, 2015March 2, 2015

Massachusetts Teenager Charged With Manslaughter For Encouraging Suicide

There is a deeply troubling case out of Massachusetts where prosecutors have charged Michelle Carter, 18, with the death of…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Lawyering, Society March 2, 2015March 2, 2015

Disbarred or Rebarred? Defendant Arrested After Posing As Attorney While Waiting For His Own Plea Agreement

Kyle Arnold, 42, knows a thing or two about multitasking. Arnold was waiting to finalize his plea bargain for misdemeanor…

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Filed under: Kyle Arnold, unauthorized practice of law
Free Speech, International, Politics February 28, 2015September 20, 2020

Critic Of Vlad Putin Assasinated

By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor In another setback for political change in Russia, opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down…

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Filed under: Assasination, Boris Nemtsov, Free Speech, Moscow, Russia, vladimir putin
Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Justice, Politics, Society February 25, 2015February 25, 2015

Justice Department: Zimmerman Will Not Be Charged With Federal Crimes

Yesterday, the Justice Department closed the book on the George Zimmerman case with the announcement that it will not file…

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Filed under: Attorney General Eric Holder, George Zimmerman, Justice Department, Trayvon Martin
Criminal law, Environment, Society February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

New Jersey Tuna Fisherman Arrested For Killing Whale With World War II Russian Rifle

There is an amazing story about of New Jersey involving a dead pilot whale with a bullet wound on a…

17 Comments
Filed under: Daniel Archibald, marine mammal, pilot whales, World War II
Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

Foustian Bargain: Elementary Principal Arrested For Alleged Heroin Dealing

Mark Twain’s hometown usually brings up images of lazy summer evenings or tales of a mischievous Huck Finn. This month…

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Filed under: elementary school principal, Joshua Foust, Mark Twain, Samuel Frost
Bizarre, Criminal law February 23, 2015February 23, 2015

Bad Hair Day Made Worse: Connecticut Man Allegedly Trashes Hair Salon Over Bad Cut

This may be a case where the mugshot is admissible as core evidence in a case. Alan Becker, 47, reportedly…

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Filed under: Alan Becker
Bizarre, Criminal law, Environment, Society February 20, 2015February 20, 2015

Hawaii Diver Pleads Guilty In Controversial Scuba Attack On Conservationist

There is an interesting criminal case out of Hawaii where Jay Lowell, a diver who pulled off the breathing apparatus…

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Filed under: Hawaii, Jay Lowell, Rene Umberger
Bizarre February 19, 2015February 19, 2015

No Charges For 92-Year-Old Wisconsin Man Who Hit 10 Cars

Russell Kerr, 92, stars in a video that has now gone viral. Unfortunately, the performance is far from flattering. The…

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Filed under: Russell Kerr, Wisconsin
Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, Religion, Society, Torts February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

Leading Chicago Imam Arrested In Abuse Scandal

We have been following the expanding scandal over criminal charges brought against leading national Orthodox rabbi , Barry Freundel, who…

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Filed under: Barry Freundel, Elgin’s Institute of Islamic Education, Imam Mohammed Abdullah Saleem
Bizarre, International, Religion, Society February 18, 2015

Detroit Man Asks Strangers If They Are Muslim And Then Stabs Them When They Answer That They Are Not

Terrence Lavaron Thomas, 39, is a curious representative of the Muslim faith. First, he already stabbed to people at random…

71 Comments
Filed under: Terrence Lavaron Thomas

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