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

Teenager Arrested in Duct-Taping of Cat Crime

Police have arrested James Davis, 19, who has reportedly admitted to committing the horrific crime of duct-taping a cat and…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts September 26, 2009

Air Stalker: California Pilot Arrested for Violating Restraining Order With Private Airplane

A California pilot Tom Huey has been arrested for allegedly violating a restraining order by buzzing the neighborhood of a…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts September 23, 2009September 23, 2009

Repostiltskin: Repo Man Allegedly Drags Mother Holding Infant and Then Abandons Four-Year-Old Along a Road Five Miles Away

A car dealership in Ohio can honestly say that it will not charge customers “their first born.” The second born…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Society September 23, 2009September 23, 2009

English Judge Orders That Pedophile Teacher May Resume Relationship with Victim

An English judge, Judge Anthony Pitts, has shocked police and prosecutors by expressly permitting prep school music teacher Helen Goddard,…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts September 23, 2009

Chicago Nurse Sues After Being Arrested for Asking to Speak to a Supervisor Before Taking Blood of a Suspect

Lisa Hofstra, a nurse at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Chicago…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Lawyering, Media, Society, Torts September 23, 2009September 23, 2009

Jury Acquits Denver Officer Who Broke Teeth of Man By Slamming His Head Into the Pavement

It took a jury only two hours to acquit Denver Police officer Cpl. Michael Cordova of excessive force, even though…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society September 21, 2009

Candy Addiction: Father Arrested After His Son Handed Out Cocaine in Daycare After Being Told It Was “Candy”

Shaheed Wright, 25, was arrested in New Jersey last week after he allegedly hid cocaine in his four-year-old son’s jacket…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Religion, Society September 20, 2009September 20, 2009

“Suffer Little Children . . . and Forbid Them Not”: California Pastor Gets Life Sentence For Abuse of Adopted Daughters

Pastor Jessica Banks, 65, has been sentenced to life in prison for drugging, beating, and locking up her five adopted…

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Bizarre, Media, Politics, Society September 18, 2009September 18, 2009

Sneezegate: Chuck Todd Contaminates White House With Unguarded Sneeze

The White House was the scene of a bio-hazard attack today when NBC White House reporter Chuck Todd sneezed into…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts September 18, 2009September 18, 2009

Cincinnati Mother Arrested After Holding Down Six-Year-Old Boy and Ordering Her Five-Year-Old To Beat Him

Tiffany Hunter, 26, takes a different approach to neighborhood or schoolyard fights than most parents. While most parents tell their…

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Bizarre, Society, Torts September 16, 2009September 16, 2009

To Do List: Buy Milk, Visit Grandpa, Drop Off Corpse — North Carolina Man Arrested for Driving Around Dead Friend on Errands

Eric Henry, Jr., 19, of Winnabow, North Carolina may have had the best intentions when his friend, John Ferguson, 23,…

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Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts September 15, 2009September 15, 2009

Burglary and Bushidō: Johns Hopkins Student Kills Intruder With Samurai Sword

A Johns Hopkins University student appears to take a literal view of the Castle Doctrine: he defended his domicile the…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts September 15, 2009September 15, 2009

Guilty By a Hair? Florida Woman Accused of False Imprisonment By Holding Customer’s Hair

Chanda Davina Warren, 21, has a novel criminal charge. Police say that she was running a beauty shop out of…

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Bizarre, Criminal law September 15, 2009September 15, 2009

Florida Man Insists on Being Able to Drink Shoplifted Beer Before Paying Debt to Society

There is a certain logic to the position of George R. Linthicum II, who was arrested after shoplifting beer from…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society September 14, 2009September 14, 2009

Fairley Certain: Prosecutor Decides that No Charges Are Appropriate for Officer Who Shot an Unarmed Fire Chief in Courtroom — But Fire Chief Should be Charged

We previously discussed the case of Fire Chief Don Payne in Jericho, Arkansas where he went to court for a…

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