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Amish farmer sentenced to six year in federal prison for regulatory offenses and obstruction


WaPo: Number of fatal shootings by police is nearly identical to last year

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WaPo: Number of fatal shootings by police is nearly identical to last year by John Sullivan, Reis Thebault, Julie Tate and Jennifer Jenkins: Police nationwide shot and killed 492 people in the first six months of this year, a number … Continue reading →

An Equal Protection Parable Out of Commerce, TX

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The story of Miss Black Texas' arrest for being called a "black bitch" by an influential white guy in Commerce, TX shows how, red state or blue, the terms of debate surrounding policing and the justice system are changing. In particular, the public is less likely to acquiesce in the heretofore-accepted reality that the role of police and the courts - especially in small towns - are as much protector of privilege and power as life and property. (We have equal protection under the law, it's been famously said, so that the rich and poor are forbidden equally from stealing bread and sleeping under bridges.) It also represents a moment of empowered populism, when exoneration by the government for official misconduct could not redeem perpetrators in the eyes of their constituents or preserve the positions of power they allegedly abused.Here are the basics:  A local school-board trustee in Commerce, Michael Beane, was teaching his too-young-to-drive…

DON’T GET TOO HIGH IN SEASIDE HEIGHTS: Underage Drinking and Public Intoxication By the Shore

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DISORDERLY CONDUCT ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE As seen on TV: Underage drinking and public intoxication are rampant in Seaside Heights and all along the New Jersey shore during the summer months. Public safety officials are vigilant in enforcing the local and state laws, and the time and money investment involved in arrest and courts, and the possible fines, can be alarming. If arrested for any alcohol-related crime in Seaside Heights, you would be wise to talk to Tara Breslow-Testa, a Seaside Heights public intoxication lawyer who can help anyone accused of open container, drinking in public, underage drinking and public intoxication in Seaside Heights. Continue reading →

Injury crash SH200 MP33 East of Ponderay

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 1 Patrol 615 West Wilbur Ave. Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209-8619 For Immediate Release: 07/01/17 2:00 PM Please direct questions to the District Office On July 1st, 2017 at approximately 5:30 AM an injury crash occurred on SH200 near milepost 33 east of Ponderay, Idaho. Joseph R. Tucker, 53, of Idaho Falls, ID, driving a white 2010 Chevy Impala, crossed left of center and off the eastbound edge of the highway. He then drove over Hidden Harbor Lane and down the embankment. There were 4 juvenile passengers who were all injured along with Mr. Tucker. One juvenile male was flown to Sacred Heart Medical Center by Life Flight while everyone else was transported to Bonner General Hospital. Mr. Tucker was wearing a seatbelt, it was unknown on the…

When prosecutors have too much time on their hands, and other stories

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Here are a few odds and ends of which Grits readers should be aware, even if your correspondent hasn't had time to focus as much as one might like on the blog in recent weeks:Too many prosecutors with time on their handsTravis County keeps old misdemeanor arrest warrants on the books that are 30 years old or more. For what possible purpose, one wonders? The story arises because, with the number of hot-check cases rapidly declining, prosecutors in the hot-check division don't have anything better to do and have begun to try to collect on these old cases. Maybe the County Attorney should just reduce staffing in that division commensurate with the decline in caseload instead of sending them on fishing expeditions for old unpaid tickets. Just a thought.Quis Custodiet Ipsos CustodesA police officer in Dallas has been indicted for an on-duty shooting for the first time in 43 years. But an indictment is one thing, conviction another. In Fort Worth, charges were dismissed…

Blocking crash EB and WB I90 at milepost 19

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 1 Patrol 615 West Wilbur Ave. Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209-8619 For Immediate Release: 07/01/2017 3:43 Please direct questions to the District Office On July 1st, 2017 at 10:24 am, there was a blocking crash that occurred on EB I90 at milepost 19, 4 miles east of Coeur d'Alene, near the Yellowstone Trail overpass. Russell Maggio, 82 years of age, from Henderson, Nevada, was eastbound on I90 at milepost 19 when the white and silver 2007 Forest River camp trailer he was pulling with his white 1984 Ford Econoline van, started to fish tail causing the van to do the same. This caused the van and the camp trailer to overturn onto their sides, hitting the concrete barriers, pushing three of them into the westbound lanes. Kayla Hamlin, 30 years of…

Jones & Shen on Law & Neuroscience

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Owen D. Jones and Francis X. Shen (Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences and University of Minnesota Law School) have posted Law & Neuroscience: What, Why, and Where to Begin (MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law...

Crash Near Fort Halls Sends One To Hospital

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho State Police District 5 5205 South 5th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299 (208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068 For Immediate Release: 07/01/2017 5:30 pm Please direct questions to the District Office On Saturday, July 1, 2017, at approximately 12:26 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated an injury crash on I15 at milepost 81, near Fort Hall, ID. Gary Frongner, 63, of Shelley, ID, was traveling southbound, in a 2002 Chevy Avalanche, when he lost control, went off the left shoulder, and rolled. The vehicle came to rest on its side in the northbound lanes. Frongner was wearing his seatbelt and was transported by air ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, ID. The lanes were blocked for approximately one hour. This crash in under investigation by the Idaho State Police. 3643/3451 -------------

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"I'm not all about what you're about.  Your strange even in a world of strangeness.  You're all about all that.  Not me.  I'm not all about all that."She looked at him.  She looked away.  He sat on the couch and turned up the volume.   Turning his head away from her.She walked down the hall.He spoke strange.  Chopped sentences and paragraphs.  Words that did not match.Mixed tenses.Past, present, and future all flowing together.But this was no show.  No put on.She had dated others who would have paid for his tongue, his mixed up nouns and verbs.No, she knew that this was simply how he thought and talked.  She had seen his letters, cards, and notes.Misspells.  Bad punctuation.  Bad grammar.No matter how stupid he sounded at times, this was the real deal.She walked back into the room.  She stood before him as he sat on the couch."Look at me", she said.And then she repeated…

Nevada formally become the fifth state with recreational marijuana sales ... and first in Trump era

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As reported in this lengthy local article, headlined "Nevada celebrates first legal recreation marijuana sales," today was officially a big day for marijuana reform in the Silver State. Here are the details: A sense of jubilee was in the air midnight Saturday, and so too was the occasional whiff of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/JLmEcaa0eHo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

UK study finds great recidivism among sex offenders who received treatment in prison

UK study finds great recidivism among sex offenders who received treatment in prison

Crash with blockage eastbound I84 at milepost 79, in Elmore county

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642 (208) 846-7550 Fax (208) 846-7520 For Immediate Release: 7/1/2017 9:15 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office The Idaho State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash eastbound I84 at milepost 79, in Elmore county. Both eastbound lanes are blocked at this time. More information will be released as it becomes available. 3683/3642 -------------

Case o' The Week: Strickland Effective Assistance of Counsel - Purse Snatching Does not a C.O.V. Make

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  For Judge Owens, getting to a guideline answer is as complicated as the calculations based upon the Staff of Ra. (Though for Indy -- and Judge Kozinski -- getting it right seems pretty easy).United States v. Strickland, 2017 WL 2723926 (9thCir. June 26, 2017), decision available here.Players: Decision by Judge Kozinski, joined by Judges Fisher and Watford. Admirable win for R&W Attorney Elizabeth Daily and Chief Deputy FPD Steve Sady, District of Oregon FPD.  Facts: Strickland pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun. Id. at *1. That § 922(g)(1) offense made him an Armed Career Criminal, in the view of the district court. Id.   Strickland objected to the ACCA-predicate characterization of one of the three priors – an Oregon third degree robbery – arguing that it did not qualify as a “Crime of Violence” for the ACCA. Id. Issue(s): “He appeals, arguing that he should be resentenced.” Id.…

**Final Update** Crash with blockage eastbound I84 at milepost 79, in Elmore county

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642 (208) 846-7550 Fax (208) 846-7520 For Immediate Release: 7/1/2017 10:23 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office *****UPDATE***** All lanes of travel are now open. 3683/3642 *****END OF UPDATE***** The Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash eastbound I84 at milepost 79, in Elmore county. Both eastbound lanes are blocked at this time. More information will be released as it becomes available. 3683/3642 -------------

Arrested in White Plains, New York: Understanding the Process and Prosecution in White Plains City Court

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Westchester County is the home to almost 1 million residents and many more business and tourist travelers. Like any highly populated region, crimes occur throughout the county. One of the busiest municipalities in terms of arrests is White Plains. Whether you are charged with a misdemeanor Third Degree Assault or felony Criminal Mischief, any charge, crime or arrest that is either a misdemeanor or a felony that has not been indicted is processed through the White Plains City Court and prosecuted by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office’s White Plains Branch Office. This blog entry will touch on the process, procedures and background of the White Plains City Court as it relates and is relevant to criminal prosecutions. The central hub of Westchester County and a gateway to New York City, the people and businesses of White Plains are quite diverse. From Pace University to the Westchester Mall, there is a constant stream of people. Generally, if you are…

Rosa María Palacios y PPK

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http://larepublica.pe/impresa/opinion/891421-kriptonita-para-ppk Nunca la señora Palacios me ha parecido sincera y siempre me ha malogrado el desayuno, el almuerzo o lo que venga antes del  nuevo día después de escucharla o leerla, en mi opinión NO tiene bandera solo compromiso con "don dinero". En el artículo de hoy domingo 02 de julio de 2017 nos dice que el Perú no retrocede pero que tampoco avanza, siendo la primera condición -como es obvio- peor que dejar de crecer. Con la caparazón propia de una mujer escribe sobre la corrupción a la que estima no tan mala pues al fin y al cabo genera crecimiento; ¿Que les parece? para mí la exculpación de todo sinvergüenza y ladrón que nos ha gobernado.  El Mundo está lleno de lobbistas, encargados no sólo de impulsar proyectos sino de cuidar lo que se tiene para evitar un descalabro del priovilegio…

Burn The Squawk, Cry Legal Aid Society’s Fragile Waifs

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They’re gathering kindling, branches, anything that burns outside 100 Centre Street. Not the prosecutors. Not the police. Not even the judges. No, it’s the new hires at the Legal Aid Society, and the only reason they’re making a bonfire of their vanities is they can’t get a permit to build gallows unless they have enough gender-inclusive restrooms. For whom are they putting in this effort? The most vile, the most evil, the most politically incorrect person in all of indigent defense.  Appellate Squawk. If the wrath of the humorless is a satirist’s badge of honor, we’ve been awarded the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for our recent post “Are you a cissie?” The post (trigger warning!) is a spoof of compulsory workplace “trainings” proselytizing the fashionable notion of gender issues über alles. Our point was that although genderism may be a harmless enough ideology for personal life, it’s…

Time for 'Jubilee' on criminal-justice debt

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Ten years ago today, as part of coverage from a conference on restorative justice, Grits published a blog post suggesting that modern policymakers embrace the biblical concept of "Jubilee" - the elimination of debts, not to mention the freeing of slaves and prisoners, mandated in the Old Testament once every 50 years. In the New Testament, Christ and His apostles embraced and promoted the concept.Part of the bible verse which first introduced the Jubilee tradition is actually inscribed on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia:And he shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family (Leviticus 25.10, KJV)Grits does not imagine any instance where a modern, 21st century government would embrace Isaiah's Jubilee dictate of "opening of the prison to them that are bound," even…
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