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Bizarre, Courts, Criminal law October 1, 2011October 1, 2011

Call of Crazy: Gamer Attackes Teen Who Killed His Character

Submited by Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger We’ve known for years that exposure to violence makes humans more likely to commit violence…

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Bizarre, Politics, Society September 30, 2011September 30, 2011

Texas Sheriff Sends Transgender Porn To Political Opponent By Mistake

Awkward. Primera (Texas) Police Chief Joe Rodriguez recently sent his opponent for the office of constable, Robert Lopez, text that…

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Animals, Bizarre, Criminal law September 30, 2011September 30, 2011

The Bear Necessities of Murder: New York Man Planned Murder of Ex-Girlfriend While Wearing Bear Pelt

In New York, Clyde Gardner, 57, hatched a unique plan to kill his ex-girlfriend that involved skinning a bear, hiding…

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Criminal law, Politics, Religion September 29, 2011

Pakistani Religious Elders Order The Killing of Teenage Rape Victim For Losing Her Virginity Before Marriage

A family in Pakistan is living in poverty and avoiding neighbors calling for their deaths. Their offense? The oldest daughter…

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Columns, Congress, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, International, Media, Politics, Society September 29, 2011

Obama and the Decline of the American Civil Liberties Movement

Below is today’s column in The Los Angeles Times on the record of Barack Obama on civil liberties and his…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, International September 27, 2011

De Jesus Loves You: Hit Man Stages Killing After Falling In Love With Target

Let no one say that criminal lawyers and their clients are not romantic. This picture is a staged death scene…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, Society September 27, 2011September 27, 2011

Massachusetts Supreme Court Upholds Right To Charge Citizens For Challenging Tickets — Win or Lose

There has long been an reasonable expectation among citizens that, if they are falsely accused of an offense, they will…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, Religion, Society September 26, 2011September 26, 2011

Alabama Courts Give The Convicted The Choice Between Jail and Church

In Bay Minette, Alabama, felons are being given the opportunity to climb the wall. Not the prison wall, mind you.…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Science, Torts September 26, 2011September 26, 2011

Irish Coroner Finds Death Was Case Of “Spontaneous Combustion”

In my torts class, we often discuss accounts of “spontaneous combustion” particularly after discussing the case of spontaneous combustion of…

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Bizarre, Courts, Lawyering, Society September 22, 2011September 23, 2011

Chief Judge Edith Jones Attacks Fellow Judge in Oral Argument And Yells At Him To Shut Up Or Leave The Courtroom

Chief Judge Edith Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has long been unpopular with…

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Bizarre, Criminal law September 22, 2011

Airplane Armrest Leads To Airport Arrest

And you thought your last seatmate on an airplane was a bit irritating . . . Try David Alan Anderson,…

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Courts, Lawyering, Politics, Society September 20, 2011

Seventh Circuit Slams Attorney For 345-Word Sentence and “Gibberish” — Demands Show Cause On Possible Disbarment

If brevity is the soul of wit, Walter Maksym may be the most witless lawyer in practice. That may soon…

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Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, Society September 19, 2011

Stealing Kid’s Lunch Money: New York Couple Charged With Theft From School Programs — And Then Go Bonkers Outside Court

Stealing kid’s lunch money has long been a scourge in schools, but usually the thieves come from the ranks of…

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Bizarre, Criminal law September 16, 2011

Excessive Carry On: Irish National Arrested in Brazil After Ingesting 72 Bags

You will have to forgive the graphic picture but this extraordinary x-ray is a 20-year-old Irish national caught in Brazil…

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Criminal law, Media, Society September 15, 2011

FBI Raids Home Of CBS Correspondent By Mistake

CBS News correspondent Priya David and her husband Alex Clemens got a look at a news story in progress from…

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