During a parole hearing, the Nevada parole board decided to grant former NFL star OJ Simpson parole when he becomes eligible to apply this October after he apologized for his involvement in the 2007 armed robbery. Simpson said that he had been a model prisoner, and promised not to have any conflicts if released.Over twenty years ago, Simpson was the focus of the 'trial of the century'. He was charged the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Simpson plead not guilty. After the nine month trial the jury found him not guilty.In 2007, Simpson was arrested for a robbery at a hotel room in Las Vegas. He led an armed group of men into a hotel room to steal sports memorabilia. In this trial, he was sentenced for nine to thirty three years for an armed robbery and kidnapping.The parole board commissioners unanimously voted to release Simpson for parole. There were several contributing factors in their decision. He was discipline-free in…
OJ Simpson Parole Hearing
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How to Respond to Cops Who Want Your Passwords
How to Respond to Cops Who Want Your Passwords by Stephanie Lacambra of EFF (Prezi presentation)
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Final Update - Injury Crash near Gowen
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: 07/31/17 11:58 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office ****Final Update*** The lanes have been re-opened. 3451 ********** On Monday, July 31, 2017, at approximately 5:19 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle rollover crash eastbound Interstate 84 at milepost 57, at Gowen Road. Bonnie Burns, age 67, of Homedale, ID, was traveling eastbound in a 2003 Ford F250 pickup pulling a trailer, when the trailer began to swerve. Burns lost control, rolled her vehicle, and came to rest on the median side of Interstate 84. Burns and her juvenile passenger were transported by ground ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, ID. Burns…
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Fatality Crash US20 East of Mountain Home
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: 08/01/17 12:28 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On Monday, July 31, 2017, at approximately 7:26 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle fatality crash on US20 near milepost 119, in Elmore County. Jennifer R. Baker Lemley, 31, of Hailey, ID was driving eastbound on US20 in a 2014 Jeep Compass. Baker Lemley drove off the right shoulder and the vehicle rolled. Baker Lemley succumbed to her injuries at the scene. Next of kin has been notified. Baker Lemley was not wearing a seatbelt. The eastbound lane of travel was blocked for approximately three hours. 4055 / 3642 -------------
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Injury Crash Near Caldwell
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: 08/01/2017 12:51 am Please direct questions to the District Office On Monday, July 31, 2017, at 6:53 pm, Idaho State Police investigated an injury crash westbound on I84 at mile marker 29, near Caldwell, ID. A juvenile was driving westbound in a 1995 Saturn SC. The juvenile drove off the left shoulder and rolled into the median. The juvenile was transported by ground ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, ID. The lanes westbound were blocked for approximately 30 minutes. 3451 / 3642 -------------
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Sam Shepard
One time partner of Jessica Lange, said goodbye to the world today.superb writer and actor.The Curse of the Starving Class and the Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff."A high brow version of Clint Eastwood.Should have won an Oscar for his role in "Frances", a movie that everybody should see.A writing partner of Bob Dylan's.Lived in the dirt and grit of 1970's New York City palling around with Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Jim Carroll.Grew up in the west.His grandfather had only one piece of artwork in his entire house. An old album cover with the album taken out, which he had tacked above the sink in the kitchenThat album cover is here:Here's Sam:Here's the song he co-wrote with Dylan.
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Gary Mitchell Arguing at the Supreme Court
And doing a masterful job as always.https://supremecourt.nmcourts.gov/uploads/FileLinks/e03e8566c7c145218f95b0b74e677f61/Ira_v_Janecka__No.mp3
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E-1 Treaty Trader Visa Attorney Report – How Do You Qualify for a Visa?
A treaty trader visa attorney can advise investors of situations when they can be admitted to the United States for the purpose of trade. The program is set out on the website of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The E-1 nonimmigrant visa classification allows a foreign national of a treaty country to be allowed into the United States solely to take part in international trade on his or her own behalf. The employees of the trader or a qualifying organization may also be eligible. To be eligible you must be a national of a list of countries which has a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States What Countries’ Nationals Are Eligible for Treaty Trader Visas? The U.S. Department of State keeps a list of qualifying countries. They include Canada, Israel, Spain and the United Kingdom. If the treaty trader is in the United States in a lawful nonimmigrant status, Form I-129 may be filed to request a change of status to E-1…
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Eighth Circuit affirms exclusion of juve who moved from Nebraska's sex offender registry
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Should Justice Ginsburg be accused of propagating "fake news" about the death penalty?
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So many summer state marijuana headlines, so little summer time....
I have been on the road the last few weeks with limited internet and limited blogging time, and thus I have been barely able to keep up with all the summer state marijuana reform news of late. Here are links to some news headlines/stories that provide just a sample of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/LEZT95tRQHs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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When The “Victim” Says She’s No Victim
What’s a White Knight to do when he’s in search of a damsel in distress? Find one. Save her. Even if she says she’s no victim, she’s not in distress and she doesn’t need to be saved. Zoe Katz, a 22-year-old USC student, was just fine and didn’t need saving, Matt Boermeester’s neighbor, however, had to be a good ally and save her anyway. In the statement, Katz said she and Boermeester have dated for more than a year. The Title IX investigation began, Steigerwalt said, after a neighbor witnessed Boermeester and Katz roughhousing. The neighbor told his roommate, who told a coach in USC’s athletic department that Boermeester was abusing Katz. The coach then reported the incident to the Title IX office. One tells another, who tells someone who’s subject to mandatory reporting, and so it goes. At each stage, there’s a rationale that justifies why it must be done, to protect the delicate and vulnerable who are incapable…
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Everything Old is New Again: Breathing New Life into the Fee Simple Absolute
Lee Anne Fennell, Fee Simple Obsolete, 91 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1457 (2016), available at SSRN. Carol Brown “And don’t throw the past away. You might need it some other rainy day.” These lyrics to Peter Allen’s song, Everything Old is New Again, sum up the fee simple absolute (“fee simple”) perfectly. This antiquated doctrine that is the backbone of our real property system, the most adored and alienable of the estates in land, receives new life, a new purpose even, in Lee Anne Fennel’s compelling article, Fee Simple Obsolete. Fennel gives the reader just enough history about the development and context of the fee simple to lay the foundation for a discussion with the reader about the ways in which the old fee simple has become an anachronism in a largely urban society. With eighty percent of Americans living in urban centers, the need for flexibility in reconfiguring precious urban land is at a premium. Continue reading "Everything…
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Short Take: The Divide Between Brass And The Beat Cop
See? Not even the police approve of Trump’s absurd and illegal call to rough up perps. Prominent police chiefs and prosecutors first raised their voices months ago against the Trump administration’s attempt to revive failed policing strategies and its repeated suggestion that fair, constitutional law enforcement is somehow inconsistent with public safety. Some of those officials spoke out again over the weekend, after President Trump gave a speech on Long Island urging police officers to rough up suspects arrested in their campaign against MS-13, a violent gang with roots in Los Angeles and Central America. That’s great that “prominent” chiefs and prosecutors spoke out. They should. Trump’s speech was typically moronic and wrong. The brass running police departments immediately realized the damage to their public relations efforts his rhetoric would cause. And, to be less cynical about it, they want their officers to behave…
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Tuesday Talk? Go For It
You want to comment, and some mean old guy keeps saying mean things to you? How horrifying. So, let’s try something entirely different. This is an open thread, so get out all the words you’ve stifled up to now for fear of some less than adoring tummy rub for your brilliance. This is an open thread, with just a few rules. No violence. No spam or self-promotion. Links will be allowed, within reason. I will post whatever comment you leave. I will not reply. Talk amongst yourselves. Jump atop the SJ soapbox and tell others what you want. There may be great legal ideas, or there may be complete lunacy that could get you killed. That’s up to you commenters. Have fun. If this works out, maybe this will be a regular feature. If not, then we gave it a try. If nobody wants to post a comment here, well, don’t say I didn’t give you the opportunity to speak your mind. This is your chance. Go for it. Copyright © 2007-2017 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed…
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Juliana Barbassa y la Juventud
Juliana Barbassa y la juventud http://elcomercio.pe/opinion/colaboradores/peligro-defraudar-jovenes-juliana-barbassa-noticia-446449 “La historia de Maynor y su generación es, antes que nada, una historia de posibilidades. Hay 156 millones de jóvenes entrando al mercado laboral en América Latina y el Caribe que representan el 25% de la población, el porcentaje más grande en la historia de la región. Esta cosecha abundante de jóvenes trabajadores, que se benefician de un contexto demográfico en el que hay menos bebés para alimentar y menos jubilados para mantener, puede ser un poderoso motor de crecimiento económico.” MI OPINIÓN Un artículo que revela la realidad de nuestra región en el concierto mundial, aun cuando discrepe del párrafo resaltado pues si en algo destacamos es en la juventud de nuestra gente, en cuanto a los jubilados no entiende la…
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OR: Three on preservation of search issues at the suppression hearing
Defendant preserved his argument that officer safety in his memorandum of law, and that put the state and the trial court on notice that was an issue the state had to address, and didn’t. State v. Mejia, 287 Ore. App. … Continue reading →
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What Could Happen if I am Arrested and Charged With Possession of Marijuana in Illinois?
Because of the widespread use of marijuana in our society, it is common to see criminal cases involving people who have been caught with marijuana and charged with Possession of Marijuana. While several States have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, Illinois is not one of those States. The furthest Illinois has gone to legalizing marijuana is to enact the Medical Marijuana statute which allows for the medical use of marijuana. Unless you have been approved to use Medical Marijuana, it is illegal to use and possess any amount of marijuana in Illinois. So what could happen to you if you are arrested by the police and charged with possession of marijuana? As of about a year ago, if you were caught with any amount of marijuana whatsoever, you could be facing a Class A misdemeanor which carries a maximum punishment of up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $2,500. But about a year ago, the law was changed to make the possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana…
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Will the Rise of the Cell Phone Mean the Death of the Third-Party Doctrine?
This guest post was authored by Molly Dolinger, a summer associate with Montgomery McCracken. There are currently more cell phones in the U.S. than there are people. Given the increasingly mobile-dependent state of our society, it should come as no surprise that law enforcement in recent years has zeroed in on cell site location information (“CSLI”) as a crucial source of potential evidence in criminal investigations. In 2016, AT&T alone received 70,528 law enforcement requests for CSLI, many without a warrant. That works out to nearly 200 CSLI requests per day. In fact, these requests have become so prevalent that cell phone companies now provide self-service portals to law enforcement to help meet the constant stream of demands. The way cell towers work is fairly straightforward: Each individual side or “site” of a cell tower contains antennas that detect the radio signals from your cell phone. Depending on where you are, your phone…
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SJC Clarifies Trial Court Judge’s Authority to Award Jail Credits
The Supreme Judicial Court recently issued a decision – Commonwealth v. Lydon – clarifying the trial court’s authority to award jail credit to defendants. In the decision, the Court vacated the judge’s “order denying [the defendant’s] motion for credit for time being served in a house of correction for one set of offenses, while he was awaiting trial and sentencing in the Superior Court on a second, unrelated set of offenses.” The background was as follows. “While the defendant was on probation for various drug offenses (Roxbury charges), he was arrested and arraigned in the District Court for three new robbery offenses, for which he later was indicted and arraigned in the Superior Court (Dorchester charges). About five weeks after his arrest on the Dorchester charges, the defendant stipulated to violation of the conditions of his probation, was sentenced on the Roxbury charges, and began serving a six-month committed…
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