Virginia Gov decides claims of delusional disorder does not justify halting scheduled execution of double murderer
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Giovanna Prialé y las AFP
Textohttp://gestion.pe/tu-dinero/aafp-pide-flexibilizar-legislacion-poder-implementar-nuevos-productos-previsionales-2194409 AAFP pide flexibilizar legislación para poder implementar nuevos productos previsionales Jueves, 06 de julio del 2017. TU DINERO13:28 “Hace rato que el Perú requiere el desarrollo de nuevos productos previsionales”, dijo la presidenta de la AAFP, Giovanna Prialé. AAFP= Asociación de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones Las AFP han demostrado a lo largo de 24 años de funcionamiento que están muy lejos de lo ofrecido a los trabajadores al llegar a su jubilación, tan cierta es mi afirmación que, después de perder la batalla para que NO se devuelva el dinero ahorrado por sus clientes, por ende propiedad exclusiva de estos, inmediatamente las AFP y las aseguradoras principales beneficiadas del sistema privado de pensiones cambiaron sus ofertas, entre…
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New law allows removing a DWI from your record
The Governor of Texas has signed a new bill making some people convicted of DWI eligible for a petition for nondisclosure. In the past, a DWI could never be removed from your record, on September 1, 2017 this will change (and it applies to cases prior to September 1, 2017!). As expected, there are a […] The post New law allows removing a DWI from your record appeared first on Jay Cohen Attorney at Law.
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Texas Knife Reform Bill: Are Illegal Knives a Thing of the Past?
Illegal Knives will be a Thing of the Past (unless you are under 18) Governor Abbot signed House Bill 1935, which will become law on September 1, 2017. Known as the Knife Law Reform Bill, HB 1935 removes the term “illegal knife” from the Penal Code. As a result, knives with blades of over 5 and a half inches, throwing knives, daggers, dirks, stilettos, poniards, bowie knives, swords, and spears are not considered illegal knives. Instead, any knife with a blade over 5.5 inches will be considered a “location-restricted knife.” Unlawful Carry of a Weapon Under 18 Penal Code 46.02 is amended so that it will be illegal for someone under the age of 18 to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carry a location-restricted knife on their person. So if you are under 18, it is generally illegal for you to carry a location-restricted knife on your person. Some exceptions apply. For instance, it will still be legal for someone under the age of 18 to carry a…
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Texas Knife Reform Bill: Are Illegal Knives a Thing of the Past?
Illegal Knives will be a Thing of the Past (unless you are under 18) Governor Abbot signed House Bill 1935, which will become law on September 1, 2017. Known as the Knife Law Reform Bill, HB 1935 removes the term “illegal knife” from the Penal Code. As a result, knives with blades of over 5 and a half inches, throwing knives, daggers, dirks, stilettos, poniards, bowie knives, swords, and spears are not considered illegal knives. Instead, any knife with a blade over 5.5 inches will be considered a “location-restricted knife.” Unlawful Carry of a Weapon Under 18 Penal Code 46.02 is amended so that it will be illegal for someone under the age of 18 to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carry a location-restricted knife on their person. So if you are under 18, it is generally illegal for you to carry a location-restricted knife on your person. Some exceptions apply. For instance, it will still be legal for someone under the age of 18 to carry a…
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Calling out Sheila Ross video Part one
Erekose does a great job in this video of showing how prosecutor Sheila Ross knows Megan Bruton has guilty knowledge… https://youtu.be/zwEWK4JYHysVideo can’t be loaded: Georgia’s Making A Murderer: Scott Davis Series- ADA Shiela Ross Part 1 (https://youtu.be/zwEWK4JYHys)
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Calling out Sheila Ross video part two
Erekose continues his convincing analysis in part two of this video and does why even her words show Scott Davis deserves a new trial because he is innocent… https://youtu.be/5syQ86yImNUVideo can’t be loaded: Georgia’s Making A Murderer: Scott Davis Series- ADA Shiela Ross Part 2 (https://youtu.be/5syQ86yImNU)
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STAND BY YOUR STAND YOUR GROUND LAW
Judge Hirsch celebrated our nation's independence by finding that the latest iteration of Florida's shoot to kill stand your ground law shoot first ask questions later is Unconstitutional.Here is the order:HirschRuling SYG Uncon by Rumpole21 on ScribdHighlights from the order include the following: "When in due course of human events..." "Ask not what you can do to an intruder, ask what caliber ammunition should be in your firearm...""That's one small step for the Florida Legislature, and one giant leap for mankind...""We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal..." And of course, the judge found succor in his favourite president- Abraham Lincoln: "A law divided against itself cannot stand..."Site Feed
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Eldred on Indigent Defense
Tigran Eldred (New England Law | Boston) has posted Moral Courage in Indigent Defense (New England Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 97, 2017) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay, part of New England Law Review’s symposium on Behavioral...
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Getting Legal Help for Federal Immigration Offenses
Your decision to forego experienced legal help could hurt your chances of remaining in the United States Federal immigration crimes have dominated news headlines lately. Here in Texas, proximity to Mexico naturally means that federal immigration-related offenses occur more frequently than in other parts of the country. If you’ve been charged with a federal immigration crime, it’s important to review your options with a knowledgeable Texas federal immigration crime lawyer. Your decision to forego experienced legal help could hurt your chances of remaining in the United States. You have important protections under the law, even if you are not a legal citizen or resident of the U.S. A Texas federal immigration offenses attorney can help. Former “Tough on Immigration” Sheriff Goes on Trial Sometimes referred to as “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is now facing criminal charges for failing to follow through on…
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Wright et al. on Jury Selection Data
Ronald F. Wright, Kami Chavis and Gregory Scott Parks (Wake Forest University - School of Law, Wake Forest University Law School and Wake Forest University School of Law) have posted The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data as a Political...
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Baltimore Police Facing Criminal Charges – Numerous Cases Affected
Law enforcement officers are supposed to be the ones working to uphold the law and arrest violators, so it is always news when officers are the ones being accused of criminal offenses. Seven Baltimore officers are waiting behind bars for their trials where they will face charges for numerous crimes stemming from their work on the Gun Trace Task Force. Some of the charges include: Racketeering Extortion Robbery Drug distribution Filing false reports Overtime fraud Allegedly, the officers would rob people at traffic stops or during home searches and would steal money that was seized as evidence. According to reports, the officers even made a video of them reenacting a home search to cover up the fact that they already stole $200,000 from the home’s safe. New allegations state the officers discussed this video and a plan to lie in court while they were jail. The officers are far from the only criminal defendants affected by these charges. Prosecutors immediately began…
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Can You Really Have Your Cake and Eat it Too?
Mark Krogstad and Matthew Van Heuvelen, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: Examining the Effectiveness of South Dakota Asset Protection Trust Statutes for Removing Assets from a Settlor’s Gross Estate, 61 S.D. L. Rev. 378 (2016). Phyllis C. Taite Self-settled domestic asset protection trust (DAPT) are trusts that permit a settlor to use a spendthrift provision in a trust where he is also a beneficiary to protect his assets from creditor claims. DAPTs evolved from offshore asset protection trusts which historically allowed self-settled asset protection trusts. Today, a majority of states within the US do not permit a settlor to create such a trust. DAPTs defy logic in that a person should not be able to place their assets in trusts, benefit from the trust, and then not have those funds available to pay to their debts. Yet, these trusts continue to gain popularity in the United States. A number of jurisdictions have enacted laws that permit self-settled DAPTs. Alaska was…
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Beware revealing your cellphone ownership and password to the cops
Cringe-worthy is each time that a client tells me s/he revealed his or her cellphone ownership or password to the cops. The same goes for every time that clients tell me they admitted ownership or possession of bags, rooms, or other material or places where the police find contraband. That thing between your nose and chin, namely your mouth, can spell the difference between being prosecuted and convicted, or keeping your liberty. Silence is tremendously golden when an actual or potential police suspect. Hassan Atkins did not follow the foregoing advice. Atkins v. Virginia, ___ Va. App. ___ (July 5, 2017). After a rash of burglaries in Powhatan County, Virginia, a police officer stopped the car in which Atkins was a passenger, for a moving violation. A search of the car (Atkins apparently did not challenge the search on appeal) revealed a “backpack found at [Atkins’s] feet contained school papers bearing his name, checks payable to [burglary victim]…
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Albuquerque Journal: ACLU: Albuquerque Police mum on cellphone spying technology
Albuquerque Journal: ACLU: Albuquerque Police mum on cellphone spying technology by Maggie Shepard: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque Police Department won’t release any information about cellphone spying technology it may — or may not — be using, according to a … Continue reading →
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Kombucha Tea and False Positives in DUI/DWI Breath Testing
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Michael Floyd is currently on probation and house arrest for a DWI in Arizona from when he was a member of the Cardinals. Among the conditions of his probation is to submit to and pass breath alcohol tests several times per day. In mid-June, Floyd failed several of these tests. Specifically, […] The post Kombucha Tea and False Positives in DUI/DWI Breath Testing appeared first on Minneapolis DWI Lawyer Douglas T. Kans.
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Hard Test At Howard Law
How hard can a test question be at Howard Law? Hard enough that it took 504 days to answer it, and they still got it wrong. From the FIRE. On May 4, law professor Reginald Robinson was deemed responsible for sexual harassment after two students complained about a test question involving a Brazilian wax and an upset client. The test question was rather lengthy (it can be found in the link in the quote), and involves a procedure about which I know little more than it sounds painful at best. But apparently, one of Robinson’s students was more familiar with the procedure than Robinson (or me). During a September 2015 class, a female student challenged a test question’s premise that a person could sleep through a Brazilian wax. After a complaint to administrators by two students and a 16-month investigation, Robinson was informed that one of the students allegedly believed the question’s premise somehow required her to reveal to the class whether she’d had a…
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Ambrose & Yeannakis on In Re Gault
Kimberly D. Ambrose and George Yeannakis (University of Washington - School of Law and Washington State Office of Public Defense) have posted The Magna Carta for Juveniles: In Re Gault Turns 50 (NWLawyer, June 2017, pp. 34-39) on SSRN. Here...
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Judge Richard Posner Demonstrates His Point
Joel Cohen asked two judges a question. One judge, Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York, ended up in a position he likely didn’t anticipate when he agreed to the gig: playing straight man for the other, Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner. Then again, Posner is either a master troll, a brilliant pedagogue or completely senile. Of course, these options aren’t mutually exclusive. The primary question was fairly straightforward, one that is subject to regular discussion with good reason. Under the Constitution, federal judges, having life tenure, can be removed only by impeachment and only for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” But should it be that way? While we know there are federal judges in their 80s and even 90s who perform admirably, shouldn’t there be mandatory retirement at a certain age? The problem of old judges, sitting beyond their expiration date, isn’t new, and is always worthy of consideration, both from the functional…
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KS implied consent statute unconstitutional under Birchfield
The Kansas implied consent statute, K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 8-1025(a), is facially unconstitutional under Birchfield. State v. Ryce, 2017 Kan. LEXIS 327 (June 30, 2017). Under the Tennessee child exploitation statute, “process” that must be executed by the prosecutor means arrest … Continue reading →
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