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<em>New York Daily News</em> says "End the war on pot"

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For many reasons, New York is an important and interesting state to watch in the array of debates over marijuana reform. And another notable voice chimed in yesterday in the form of the New York Daily News editorial board, which published this editorial headlined "End the war on pot: We...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/zIFA42Hk4TI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Noting the distinctive juve sentencing realities to face the Texas school mass murderer

AZ: By not stopping until he got to driveway, def impliedly consented to officer following there

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Defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his girlfriend’s driveway because he was a frequent overnight guest there, and he was coming there to spend the night. (There is a discussion of the semi-private nature of a driveway under … Continue reading →

You're getting sleepy, so you won't notice Texas is still using junk science like 'forensic hypnosis' in death penalty cases

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Before reading the rest of this post, relax, breathe, and follow the swinging pocket watch.Feeling suggestible? Great, now we can begin!Junkiest of junk scienceWhile Grits was out of pocket this last week, Lauren McGaughy of the Dallas News had a feature on forensic hypnosis in light of the looming execution of "Charles Don Flores, 48, [who] was convicted in the 1998 slaying of Elizabeth “Betty” Black after a neighbor was hypnotized to recall the features of two men she’d seen going into the victim’s Farmers Branch home the morning of the murder."A Farmer's Branch police officer who'd never hypnotized anyone before failed to follow a number of mandatory requirements under Texas Court of Criminal Appeals jurisprudence in Zani v. Texas, and even those today seem absurdly outdated.For more background, Mandy Marzullo and I discussed the case in the November episode of Just Liberty's Reasonably Suspicious podcast, and the Dallas…

The latest political back and forth, on both sides of the aisle, as federal prison reform efforts gain momentum

Make The Connection, Or Case Dismissed

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“Awww, come on guys, it’s so simple maybe you need a refresher course.  It’s all ball bearings nowadays.  Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads, and I’m gonna need ’bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone“.  — Fletch (film, Chevy Chase) Have you ever met someone who thinks they know what they’re talking about, yet something in your gut tells you they don’t really have it all figured out? Scientists are notorious for this sort of thing.  They throw around a few equations, or big words, and we all assume they’ve got it all figured out. I recently ran into a blantant example of this regarding the research on the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of mental health conditions  (psilocybin mushrooms, DMT/Ayahuasca, LSD, etc.). All of these drugs react in/on the brain’s 5-HT2B receptor.  Amazing, right?  What a technical…

Fatality Crash NB SH57 at milepost 5.1, north of Priest River

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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: 05/19/2018 4:26 PM On May 19th, 2018 at 11:10 am, the Idaho State Police investigated a fatality crash on SH57 at milepost 5.1, north of Priest River, Idaho. Judi K. Conrad, 76 years old, of Liberty Lake, Washington, was driving a maroon 2003 Toyota Tacoma northbound when she drove off the right shoulder. Conrad?s vehicle struck a power pole and then a tree. Her passenger, Robert H. Conrad, 81 years old, of Liberty Lake Washington, succumbed to his injuries at the scene. Judi Conrad was flown to Kootenai Medical Center. Both were wearing their seatbelts. Next of kin have been notified. The investigation is continuing. MRW -------------

Correction: Fatality Crash NB SH57 at milepost 5.1, north of Priest River

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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: 05/19/2018 4:26 PM *Correction on spelling of last names.* On May 19th, 2018 at 11:10 am, the Idaho State Police investigated a fatality crash on SH57 at milepost 5.1, north of Priest River, Idaho. Judi K. Conroy, 76 years old, of Liberty Lake, Washington, was driving a maroon 2003 Toyota Tacoma northbound when she drove off the right shoulder. Conroy?s vehicle struck a power pole and then a tree. Her passenger, Robert H. Conroy, 81 years old, of Liberty Lake Washington, succumbed to his injuries at the scene. Judi Conroy was flown to Kootenai Medical Center. Both were wearing their seatbelts. Next of kin have been notified. The investigation is continuing. MRW…

Hot Day Cuddle Request Ends in Battery Charges

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A woman who wanted to snuggle with her significant other on Wednesday morning is facing charges for domestic battery after her boyfriend turned her down due to the fact that he was too overheated from the warm weather. Kristy Misty Mudd and her boyfriend, Jared Thompson, reside together in Clearwood, Florida. Around 11:30 am on May 16, Mudd reportedly wanted Thompson to join her in cuddling together, but he declined her invitation. The temperature outside was near 90 degrees and he explained that he felt too hot to comply at the time. Mudd allegedly became agitated when he turned down her request and began to act out physically. She reportedly pushed Thompson, who was standing in the doorway of the bedroom and scraped her nails on his face leaving a visible wound. She proceeded to overturn furniture and other items in the residence out of anger leaving the living room area in disarray. Continue reading →

Brill’s Blame

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Steven Brill made his bones publishing a rag called “The American Lawyer.” It was nicknamed the American Liar within the bar, kind of the National Enquirer for lawyers. It was like the original, pre-SJW, version of Above The Law when David Lat was still in charge and it was viciously witty, except the American Lawyer wasn’t witty. Brill, a baby boomer, explains in Time magazine why it’s all boomers’ fault (though not his) and why government should chew the Millennials food and gently, lovingly put it in their mouths so they don’t starve. After all, if government does not tie their shoes, wipe their cute little tushies, they will fail. Who is this “they”? The 90% of America who has been frozen out of success by the evil 10%, who has built a “moat” around their success to keep the riff raff out. The protected overmatched, overran and paralyzed the government. The unprotected were left even further behind. And in many…

The Valenti Mystique

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One of the shrillest and least rational of voices for feminism emits from Jessica Valenti’s fingertips. Yet, even Valenti has the occasional point. On Thursday, Gina Haspel, President Trump’s choice to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, was confirmed by the Senate, making her the first woman in that position. That same day, Fox News announced that Suzanne Scott would be the company’s first female chief executive. There is a distinct lack of feminist celebration over these women ascending in these jobs — an absence that Republicans have criticized as hypocrisy. Shouldn’t we feminists be pleased by these shattered glass ceilings? Stop it. You have to wait for Valenti’s answer before you can start screaming at the screen that she’s full of it. While groundbreaking in the literal sense, there is nothing feminist about a woman who oversaw a site where detainees were tortured, someone who refuses to say whether she…

ALONSO SEGURA y el IR para los más pobres

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https://elcomercio.pe/economia/peru/segura-contribuyentes-ingresos-seria-s-20-noticia-521152 Es posible que veinte soles no signifiquen nada para el señor Segura, ni para los señores Vizcarra, Villanueva y Tuesta (a) "PERRO RABIOSO", es posible también, como dicen los señores que suben a los ómnibus para pedir dinero o vender algo, a mayor precio, contando previamente las desgracias que deben superar y que un Sol no "te hará más pobre, padre, madre, ni a mí más rico". Pienso que en el Perú la base tributaria se debe ampliar y que los negocios TODO tipo de negocio, desde la tiendecita más humilde hasta el poderoso señor Roque Benavides Ganoza PAGUEN EL IMPUESTO QUE GRAVE SUS UTILIDADES. Seguramente el señor Segura y demás señores mencionados líneas arriba piensan en lo justo de su propuesta o el respaldo que esta recibe,  sin…

E.D.Ky.: The fact the regular CI was also a drug addict didn’t make him unreliable or unbelievable [on a pretrial release application]

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“The Court does not find this argument persuasive. Cooperation with law enforcement suggests reliability of Mr. Brown’s statements. See, e.g., United States v. Pinson, 321 F.3d 558 (6th Cir. 2003) (upholding search warrant predicated on information from a confidential informant … Continue reading →

PA: Consent to blood draw preceded any alleged Birchfield violation, so no suppression

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“Here, Moser gave his consent to the blood test while he was in the patrol car on the way to the hospital. … Officers read form DL-26 to Moser at the hospital, after he had already consented to the blood … Continue reading →

KS: Parole search waiver permitted suspicionless home searches

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Defendant’s parole search waiver permitted suspicionless searches of his home, despite the fact the statute didn’t specifically mention it. The court balances the state’s need with the intrusion on privacy, and there is a continuum of much lower privacy expectations … Continue reading →

NE: Stopping car leaving house under surveillance for which SW was sought was reasonable just to gather information

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Defendant’s car was leaving a house under surveillance as a place where a gun safe was known to have been taken after a burglary to break it open. A search warrant was being sought. The stop was a seizure, but … Continue reading →

TIPPING

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How much should we tip? Here's what's on our mind. Last year according to our credit cards we used Uber over 150 times for transportation for work in Miami and in many other cities. This year will be close to 200 trips. The difference between tipping $2.00 and $5.00 per trip is a savings of (or expenditure of) $600.00. We use Instacart and food delivery services several times a week. Again, the difference between tipping 10% and 20% is over a thousand dollars a year. We live in a service economy. We use Instacart and Uber Eats because we can make more on a hourly basis working, then shopping or eating lunch or dinner out. So should it matter if we tip an extra ten dollars? But those ten dollars add up to thousands over time. Someone as successful as Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary, a billionaire,  proudly calculates that he can brew a cup of morning coffee for 20 cents and saves and invests the $2.50 Starbucks charges. So…

Vera Institute of Justice reports on "People in Prison 2017"

Wired: A Location-Sharing Disaster Shows How Exposed You Really Are

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Wired: A Location-Sharing Disaster Shows How Exposed You Really Are by Brian Barrett: There are plenty of guides available on how to protect your data, how to secure yourself online, and how to stop digital snoops from tracking you across … Continue reading →

An Explanation of the Illinois Point System

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The Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) created a point system that tracks traffic violations that an individual accumulates on his or her driving record. Every time you receive a moving violation, a number of points are added to your driving record. After accumulating a large amount of points you risk suspension or revocation of your license. In light of this, if you are facing charges for a serious moving violation in Illinois, it is in your best interest to speak with an attorney immediately for legal assistance. How the Points System Works The number of points added to your driving record after a moving violation depends on the severity of the offense. For example, a charge of reckless driving on your record brings 55 points to your record. Failing to obey a stop sign adds 20 points to a driving record. Further, failing to obey a traffic signal or light carries 20 points. Points for speeding depend on the speed at which a driver is traveling, and…
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