This is painful to watch: CNN: The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. "Hi, my name is Crystal … I need some help. I didn’t want to do it this way, but it’s the only way I know that’s going to work, … Read More
NC Man On Death Row Freed
This is the kind of thing that makes my blood boil: For the second time in two months, an innocent man is being released from North Carolina’s death row. Levon "Bo" Jones spent 13 years on death row after being convicted of the 1987 murder of Leamon Grady. Federal judge Terrence Boyle vacated Jones’ conviction and death sentence in 2006 … Read More
If The Framers Of The Constitution Read This….
…they would never stop throwing up. I’m talking about this: For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures on U.S. soil didn’t apply to its efforts to protect against terrorism. That view was expressed in a secret Justice Department legal memo dated … Read More
A Smoking Gun? Or A Lie?
Keith Olbermann (see video below) and Glenn Greenwald are on the case, and rightly so. The controversy centers around statements made last week by Attorney General Mukasey. In a speech to telecom leaders showing his support for telecom company immunity in the FISA law, Mukasey made a startling heretofore-unknown revelation. From The NY Sun: Officials "shouldn’t need a warrant when … Read More
We’re #5
U.S. News & World Report ranked the top law schools in the country. Mine still remains at #5, behind Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia.
And Four In Charlotte….
News of five bodies, apparently murdered in Iowa, was in the news this morning…. Now comes breaking news of four bodies, apparently murdered, found in Charlotte…. Sadly, as the economy gets worse, I think we’re going to see more and more stories like this.
The Skittles Caper
At least it’s not drugs: NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) — School officials have decided to go light on an eighth-grader caught with contraband candy in New Haven, Connecticut. Michael Sheridan, an eighth-grade honors student who was suspended for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner and stripped of his title as class vice president after he was caught with … Read More
The Experience Of Getting Arrested
A blogger at Gawker, who has never been in trouble with the law, took a swig from a beer (in a paper bag) while in the subway Tuesday night. A crime, but not (so she thought) one that the NYPD would care too much about. She was wrong. After 24 hours being held in two jails, and after night court … Read More
Support Our Troops
Just not these guys: A video which apparently shows US soldiers torturing a puppy has sparked outrage after it appeared on internet sites such as YouTube. The footage, which is just 15 seconds long, shows a man dressed in military uniform holding the black and white puppy up to the camera by the scruff of its neck. He then hurls … Read More
WI Court Upholds Conviction Of Man Who Had Sex With A Dead Deer
The statute forbids sex with an animal. Since the deer he had sex with was dead, and since "animal" implies a living creature, he cannot be convicted (so argued his appellate lawyer). It looks from the opinion that the appellate court was somewhat convinced by that argument. However, it still upheld the conviction on the grounds that the man pleaded … Read More
“Assassins” Banned
Art suffers: After the Virginia Tech murders a year ago, Yale University banned the use of stage weapons in a student theatrical production — infuriating actors and educators who believed audience members could distinguish drama from real life. After a few days of ridicule, Yale backed down. A year later, after another gun tragedy, college officials are still trying to … Read More
A Major Victory For The Cause Of Freedom And Democracy
Deep in the heart of Texas, and just in time for Valentine’s, a court overturns the ban on sex toys: A federal appeals court has struck down a Texas law that makes it a crime to promote or sell sex toys. "Whatever one might think or believe about the use of these devices," said an opinion written by Justice Thomas … Read More
Morons
A couple of badass gangstas in Florida made — and then uploaded — a YouTube video. In it, they brandished their guns and assault weapons — braggin’ about what bad mofos they is, and challenging the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Special Investigation Gang Unit to come and get them. The police complied with the gangstas’ request.
It’s Illegal To Serve Sangria In Virginia
What? Really? That’s dumb.