Jonathan Witmer-Rich (Cleveland-Marshall College of Law) has this interesting op-ed in The New York Times. In part: For more than a dozen years, the Department of Justice has been secretly seizing drugs from drug dealers. When the ruse works, the...
"When Cops ‘Steal’ Drugs, the Results Can Spin Out of Control"
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Pursuit in Idaho Falls Sends Three to Jail
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho State Police District 6 1540 Foote Dr. Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402-1828 (208) 525-7377 FAX: (208) 525-7294 For Immediate Release: 05/09/18 7:30 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On May 9, 2018, at 1:48 p.m., the Idaho State Police was involved in a pursuit with a 2007 Honda Civic. The Idaho State Police Trooper attempted to pull over the vehicle on Interstate 15 at milepost 116 in Idaho Falls for a traffic violation. After a brief pursuit down Sunnyside Road in Idaho Falls, the Idaho State Police discontinued due to safety concerns. The vehicle was located a short time later abandoned at Nina Drive and Sunnyside Road in Idaho Falls. Three subjects fled the vehicle and were located and apprehended a short time later with assistance from Idaho Police Department. Jordan Illum, 24, of Idaho…
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Officer Rescues Toddler Locked in Hot Car by Mom
On the afternoon of March 7, a mother reportedly left her 2-year-old son locked inside of her SUV in the heat for over half an hour while she was shopping. On Monday around 2:45 p.m. Mt. Juliet police received a call from someone stating that they were concerned upon discovering a young child by himself in a vehicle in the parking lot at a Walgreens store. Officers dispatched to the location and observed the toddler alone inside of the parked car. The boy was allegedly crying and soaked with perspiration from the heat and the police determined that he needed to be removed from the vehicle. One of the officers broke the window in order to retrieve the boy and paramedics arrived to make sure that he did not need medical assistance. They found him to be in good condition. Continue reading →
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Massachusetts State Police Scandals: Shouldn’t Someone From the Outside, Come In?
Anyone who reads a newspaper, surfs the internet of listens to radio, knows about the overflow of legitimacy, ethics and personnel problems inside the Massachusetts State Police. Now, before loyalists and aficionados of the state police get all worked up that I’m “attacking” or “dumping on” the state police, I’m not. I have known and now know several honest, ethical, productive state troopers, as well as administrative personnel who work for the state police. But something is wrong at this agency, and there’s no denying it. Just a few of the revelations staining the department in the past few months: Continue reading
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Pursuit in Idaho Falls Sends Three to Jail
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho State Police District 6 1540 Foote Dr. Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402-1828 (208) 525-7377 FAX: (208) 525-7294 For Immediate Release: 05/09/18 7:30 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On May 9, 2018, at 1:48 p.m., the Idaho State Police was involved in a pursuit with a 2007 Honda Civic. The Idaho State Police Trooper attempted to pull over the vehicle on Interstate 15 at milepost 116 in Idaho Falls for a traffic violation. After a brief pursuit down Sunnyside Road in Idaho Falls, the Idaho State Police discontinued due to safety concerns. The vehicle was located a short time later abandoned at Nina Drive and Sunnyside Road in Idaho Falls. Three subjects fled the vehicle and were located and apprehended a short time later with assistance from Idaho Falls Police Department. Jordan Illum, 24, of…
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Property Damage crash I90 @18.5
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: 05/09/18 19:56 Please direct questions to the District Office On May 9th, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. a property damage crash occured on Interstate 90 at milepost 18.5 east of Coeur d'Alene. Elton W Cummings, 51 of Helena, MT, was travelling eastbound in the right hand lane when he lost control on a curve and ran off the road at the right shoulder. Cummings struck the concrete jersey barrier and came back on to the roadway, crossing both lanes and striking the median concrete barrier before coming to a rest on the westbound side. Both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane were blocked, and one lane is open in both directions at this time. JMR -------------
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Innocence Blog Mother’s Day Series: Tammy and Philip Barnett
Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney, Karen Thompson, authored the following post in honor of her client Philip Barnett’s mom, Tammy Barnett. In my five years as an attorney at the Innocence Project, I’ve met many parents who keep their children afloat through the long nightmare of a wrongful conviction. Tammy Barnett is my client Philip Barnett’s mom. While wrongful conviction is hardly a unique or unheard of phenomenon, Tammy is one of the first mothers I have worked alongside who has not one, but two children living through and surviving a wrongful incarceration. I represent her eldest son Philip who, along with his brother Nathan and two other men, was wrongly convicted of murder. After conducting DNA testing on crime scene evidence, we uncovered a DNA profile that “hit” in the CODIS federal DNA database to a man with a long history of violence against women and children. That profile excluded both Barnett brothers as well as their…
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NJ Drunk Driver Demands Cops Shoot Him In The Head
A young Hopatcong man caused a commotion recently after striking a curb with his car while driving drunk. On October 9, Hopatcong police received a report that a black Jeep had struck a light post as it exited the town, and arrived at the scene shortly thereafter. They determined that the light post was intact, but a vehicle had struck the curb near it. At the local Quick Chek, they found a black Jeep with body damage indicative of the struck curb, and waited outside for the driver to emerge from the store. His arrival likely did not go the way they expected. First, Joseph Hannivig, 24, blew off the damage by saying the car was a rental. He then told police that he’d been drinking at home earlier, and then had more to drink at a local restaurant. He was unable to complete NJ officer’s field sobriety tests, and was taken into custody. At the police station, Hannivig became combative as officers attempted to test his blood alcohol level, demanding that they…
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DeMichele et al. on Race, Gender, and Pretrial Risk Assessment
Matthew DeMichele, Peter Baumgartner, Michael Wenger, Kelle Barrick, Megan Comfort and Shilpi Misra (RTI International, RTI International, RTI International, RTI International, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and RTI International) have posted The Public Safety Assessment: A Re-Validation and Assessment...
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Employer’s Tort and Work Injury: What’s My Best Option?
Worker’s compensation claims should be cut and dry. A worker receives injury, sees a doctor, rehabilitates, and comes back to work. However, all worker’s compensation claims might not go that way. Actually, there is the potential for other factors, such as employer’s tort, which can make the case more complex. An employer’s tort can be any number of things, and tort does not have to occur just as a result of your employer. Instead, it can be a number of instances, people, or occurrences which lead to emotional or physical trauma. But what exactly is ‘tort’? And how could it affect my case? Employer’s Tort After Work Injury: What Are They and When Do They Occur? First off, what is employer’s tort? The term ‘tort’ refers to a civil wrong that causes someone to become hurt or injured. In these cases, the person who commits the wrongdoing acts as the ‘tortfeasor’. When it comes to worker’s comp, this…
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It Looks Like the Cannabis Industry Means Big Money
When the cannabis industry expands in New Jersey, one thing is certain. There’s no doubt that it will explode and mean big money. The State will take in its share of revenue and hopefully eliminate some budget concerns. Meanwhile, cultivators and dispensary owners are also expected to profit if recreational marijuana becomes a reality. The numbers speak for themselves. A company named BDS Analytics provides some critical data concerning the legal sale of cannabis. By the end of 2017, the cannabis industry was already a $9 billion business nationwide. Tax revenue for that year alone amounted to $1.4 billion. With certainty, those numbers are already up with California’s approval of recreational weed. When it comes to determining opportunities, prospective cannabis business owners have a few things to consider. Not only are compliance issues critical – it’s a matter of what consumers will invest in. For example, will New Jersey law allow concentrates or…
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Your Day in Court - Jury Selection
If you and the District Attorneys office cannot agree on a resolution in your criminal case, the Court will prepare for your trial by setting a jury selection date. The actual trial will likely be set sometime in the weeks following your final court appearance, which is normally the d...
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Sentencing Project reports on "Incarcerated Women and Girls, 1980-2016"
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Drunk NJ Driver Causes 9-Car Wreck in Pennsylvania
A man driving with a suspended New Jersey driver’s license is facing serious charges across the border in Pennsylvania after causing a 9-vehicle-accident that left another driver injured. Responding to calls of shots fired, Easton, Pennsylvania, police arrived on the scene to find the massive wreck, with driver Raymond Shields, 28, too drunk to speak or perform field sobriety tests. Another driver, who had been in a gray Honda Civic, suffered what police called a “serious bodily injury” and was transported to the hospital. Shields made this very bad situation worse by providing police with a false name. Eventually, officers located his driver’s license and learned that it was suspended, and that Shields has an outstanding arrest warrant in Essex County, on drug-related charges. Shields is currently residing in Northampton County Prison after failing to post bail for a host of charges, including DUI, vehicular aggravated assault, giving a false ID to…
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Rudy Strikes Out with Law Firm
Rudy Giuliani and his law firm have parted ways. Rudy says it is because he needs to devote all his time to Donald Trump and the Russia investigation. His law firm, Greenberg Taurig (once home to Jack Abramoff) adds another reason. It disagrees... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Oregon Supreme Court upholds 112-year aggregate sentence for juve mass murderer Kip Kinkel
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Rapper Fetty Wap Faces 15 Counts After Drunk Drag Race Incident
New Jersey’s own Fetty Wap is in hot water after he was caught drag racing with another vehicle on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn. According to police, Wap, whose real name is Willie Maxwell, was driving a black 2012 Mercedes westbound at approximately 100 miles per hour around 1:00 a.m. on Friday, November 3. He was racing Zane Richards, 29, of Woodland Park, New Jersey, who was driving a 2008 Chevy Impala, also at speeds around 100 miles per hour. Aside from the excessive speed, the pair were also making sudden lane changes, tailgating other drivers, and at one point, raced through an active construction zone. To make matters worse, once Wap was pulled over, he gave police his New Jersey driver’s license, which is currently suspended. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Wap also showed signs of intoxication, and blew a .09 on a field sobriety test. A second test at the police precinct confirmed the initial result. Both men are facing 15 counts related to the…
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Quirky Texas statute operates to make being married an aggravating factor in sexual assault cases in Texas
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Highlights from the 2018 Innocence Project Gala: A Celebration of Freedom and Justice
On Tuesday night, the Innocence Project hosted its annual benefit, A Celebration of Freedom & Justice. The event raised over $2 million for our continued work to free the innocent and reform the criminal justice system. Tony Goldwyn, IP Board member and Innocence Ambassador, welcomed more than 1,000 guests to the celebration of the evening’s honorees: Nnamdi Asomugha, an actor, producer, humanitarian and former NFL all-pro; Vered Rabia, Vice Chair of our Board and Partner at Skadden; and Christopher Stone, advisor on justice reform and institutional innovation. Innocence Project Co-Directors Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld and Executive Director Maddy deLone were also on hand to congratulate those honored. Tony Goldwyn, Nnamdi Asomugha, Vered Rabia, Maddy deLone and Christopher Stone. Colin Warner and Nnamdi Asomugha. Peter Neufeld and Christopher Stone. Vered Rabia and Barry Scheck. Cornelius Dupree, a former Innocence Project client who was exonerated…
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Great coverage of lots of political news and developments via <em>Marijuana Moment</em>
In this post last year, I noted all the amazing work being done by Tom Angell at his "full-scale cannabis news portal" called Marijuana Moment. As is his norm, Tom and his team lately have been doing particularly strong original reporting on political developments at the Moment, and these recent...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/JWJPyZQxsGM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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