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Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, Society October 14, 2009October 14, 2009

Eagle Scout Suspended for Having 2-Inch Pocketknife Locked in Car

The same week as the horrendous story of a six-year-old cub scout being suspended and sent to reform school for…

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Academia, Congress, Constitutional Law, Courts, Justice, Media, Politics, Religion, Society, Supreme Court October 13, 2009October 13, 2009

Simply Sonia: Sotomayor’s Colleagues Pick Docket Virtually Tailored To Force Her To Choose Sides

Here is this week’s column from Roll Call. It explores the interesting selection of cases this term for the Supreme…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society October 12, 2009October 12, 2009

Bountiful Birth: Utah Man Misses Birth of Child After Being Arrested for Groping the Delivery Nurse

Adam Jay Manning of Bountiful, Utah is not exactly going to be picked as Daddy of the Year. Indeed, when…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, Politics, Religion, Society October 11, 2009October 11, 2009

The Good Faith Defense: Parents Given More Lenient Treatment When Children Die in Faith-Based Neglect

We have another case of a child dying from a relatively minor condition while surrounded by praying adults. Kent Schaible,…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society October 10, 2009October 11, 2009

Evil Twins? Two Pediatricians-Brothers Accused of Sexual Abuse of Male Patients

Police in Hamilton, Ohio are claiming that twin brothers who are practicing pediatricians share a certain deviate gene. Drs. Mark…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society October 9, 2009October 9, 2009

Melanie Hain, Gun Rights Advocate, Shot Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Meleanie Hain, a soccer mom who became a national advocate for second amendment rights, has been killed in an apparent…

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Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, Society October 7, 2009October 7, 2009

Video: Special Needs Student Beaten By Officer Due to Failure to Tuck in His Shirt

This video is unbelievable as an officer working outside of Chicago as security in a high school beats a special…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Religion, Society October 7, 2009October 7, 2009

Serving Mammon: Woman Accused of Using Stolen Check for Church Donation and Then Swiping Parishioners Wallet

And I thought John Ricci was damned. Police accuse China Graham of Ellwood City of laying hands on the faithful…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society, Torts October 5, 2009October 5, 2009

Man Commits Suicide After Newspaper Wrongly Says He Was Charged With Molestation of Boys — Then Issues a Remarkably Callous Account of Suicide

Whatever David Dewees did or did not do, he was not accused of what The Toronto Star printed before he…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Lawyering, Society October 5, 2009

Sex Offender Sleepover: Counselor Arrested After Allegedly Taking Teenage Sex Offender Home to Have Sex

When a 17-year-old sex offender escaped from a juvenile treatment program in Baltimore County, many wondered where the counselors were…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society October 4, 2009

Criminal Tweets: Man Arrested for Twitter Messages During G20 Protests

Elliot Madison, 41, is the subject of an intriguing — and in my view compelling — constitutional fight with both…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Environment, Society, Torts October 1, 2009October 1, 2009

A Fish Called Wanda (Texas Edition): Woman Accused of Frying and Eating Ex-Husband’s Goldfish

Police in Pasadena, Texas say that a Houston-area woman had a curious way of convincing her ex-husband to return her…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts October 1, 2009October 1, 2009

A Watch To Die For: California Doctor Accused of Abandoning Effort to Resuscitate Man In Order to Steal His Rolex

Dr. Cleveland James Enmon of St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, California is accused of an astonishing crime and act…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts September 29, 2009September 30, 2009

Nothing to Relish: Massachusetts Man Gets 18 Months for Stealing Hot Dog

Antonio Judd really really wanted a hot dog. He grabbed a dog from a person on the street in Worcester…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Politics, Society September 29, 2009September 30, 2009

Sudafed Head: Indiana Women Arrested for Buying Two Over-The-Counter Medicines Within a Week

Sally Harpold is a Sudafed Head . . . or is she an Actifed Head? Well, the important thing is…

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