Over the past two days, I’ve had much to say about the relationship of the tragic murder of two cops in New York City, the insane and inflammatory rhetoric and blame by PBA President Patrick Lynch, the similarly insane threats made by other crazies against police, and the ratcheting up of antagonism all around. But I haven’t been able to do so because of computer problems. I’ve been on the road this week, and for reasons that have no good explanation, my laptop picked two days ago to decide that its operating system didn’t like its programs, and so they failed to function. The failures were pervasive, and even now as I type it’s via a few workarounds that I’ve found, using highly limited functionality. It’s not good. I blame Microsoft and Dell, the manufacturer of this ultrabook, not that blaming anyone does any good. After hours of talking to a pretty good tech guy at Dell, it appears that the answer is the Windows 8.1 has…
Silent Night
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Update: Westbound Interstate 84 at milepost 191 blocked
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000 Fax (208) 324-7897 For Immediate Release: 12/22/14 3:51 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office *****Update****** Both lanes of westbound Interstate 84 are now open. Motorists are still encouraged to avoid travel throughout the majority of the Magic Valley until the winter weather conditions improve. KM / LN *****End of Update**** At this time, the Idaho State Police is investigating a semi crash that is blocking both lanes of traffic, westbound I84 at milepost 191, just east of the Valley Road Exit. Motorists should use caution in the area and expect delays. Motorists should also be advised of winter weather which includes whiteout conditions and zero visibility throughout the majority of the Magic…
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Merry Christmas from AQAP and Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri
AQAP (Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula) has released Issue 13 of its Inspire Magazine. I moved some parts of the cover around in the above picture, here's the actual cover. It's been a long time since AQAP released an issue of Inspire.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Correction on Date for Update: Westbound Interstate 84 at milepost 191 blocked
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000 Fax (208) 324-7897 *****Update - Correction ****** For Immediate Release: 12/25/14 at 10:55 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office This information was released with an incorrect incident date. This occurred 12/25/2014. We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused. do *****End of Update**** For Immediate Release: 12/22/14 3:51 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office *****Update****** Both lanes of westbound Interstate 84 are now open. Motorists are still encouraged to avoid travel throughout the majority of the Magic Valley until the winter weather conditions improve. KM / LN *****End of Update**** At this time, the Idaho State Police is investigating a semi crash…
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RCC South - District 5 Template
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: 12/25/2014 at 11:55 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office The Idaho State Police is currently investigating a one vehicle crash on I-15 south of Pocatello. The north and south bound left lanes are currently blocked. More information will be available later in the day. mm/do -------------
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I15 Road Blockage - South of Pocatello
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: 12/25/2014 at 11:55 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office The Idaho State Police is currently investigating a one vehicle crash on I-15 south of Pocatello. The north and south bound left lanes are currently blocked. More information will be available later in the day. mm/do -------------
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Ohio officials (and taxpayers) get a lethal injection lawsuit for the holidays
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Fatal Injury Crash Claims Two, South of Pocatello
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299 (208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068 For Immediate Release: 12/25/2014 at 1:40 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On December 25, 2014, at 11:00 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 15, near milepost 65, on the south end of Pocatello, ID. Rachel T. Hollibaugh, 38, of Dietrich, ID., was driving southbound on Interstate 15, near milepost 65, in a 2001 Ford F250 pickup. Rachel lost control of the vehicle and drove off the left side of the road, into the median. The vehicle rolled, coming to rest on its top. Rachel T. Hollibaugh and her daughter, Tanessa Hollibaugh, 14, were pronounced dead at the crash scene. Five minor children of Rachel were transported by ground ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, ID. Next of kin has been notified. DSP Initials do / sc -------------
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DUI Legal Fees (or, "How Much do you Charge?)
The issue of legal fees and how much you should pay for a DUI is a complicated subject, but some people just want a direct answer. This very short article will answer the question, "How much do you charge?" I decided to put this article in front of the one that follows, although it covers the very same subject. As I noted, this can turn into a rather detailed discussion, and for the person pondering who to hire, and what he or she should pay, I think that a more detailed analysis is warranted. Yet I cannot deny that some people want to get right to the point, so this is my salute to them. Even here, I am really fighting back the urge to explain a little more, so perhaps the reader will agree to a compromise: I will list my legal fees in DUI cases without further adieu, and then provide a very brief "explanation" thereafter. First, however, I need to include 1 big, important disclaimer: This is my fee schedule as of the day I write this. It will…
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UPDATED - Rollover crash on Interstate 15 at mile post 71, near Pocatello Creek
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299 (208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068 For Immediate Release: 12/25/14 22:36 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office *****Final Update***** On Thursday, December 25, 2014, at 4:47 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle crash on Interstate 15 at mile post 71, near Pocatello Creek. Lura H. Davis, 27, of Pocatello, was traveling northbound in a 2005 Dodge pickup when she went off the left shoulder of the road and struck the guardrail. Davis and her passengers were transported by ground ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center. Davis was not wearing her seatbelt. Davis's two occupants were wearing their seatbelts. This crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police. *****End of Final Update***** At this time, the Idaho State Police is investigating a rollover injury crash that occurred on Interstate 15 at mile post 71, near Pocatello Creek. The vehicle has been removed, and no…
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Mandatory minimum sentences in Louisiana
While marijuana is now able to be used legally for medicinal purposes in some states, being charged with possession of marijuana is not as minor as many people may think. Because the state of Louisiana has mandatory minimum sentences, even a first-time offender can face years in prison depending on the amount of marijuana in his or her possession. If you are found in possession of 60 pounds or more of marijuana, it is classified as a felony drug possession offense, and the mandatory minimum sentence starts at five years in prison. Those possessing 2,000 to 10,000 pounds of marijuana are subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, and the minimum sentence for more than 10,000 pounds is 25 years. Charges of distributing marijuana also carry mandatory minimum sentences, no matter the amount of the substance. The mandatory minimum for a first-time offender is five years in prison. A conviction of a second distribution or trafficking offense will get the…
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A Lifestyle Choice
When William Desmond contended that he and his fellow Harvard law students deserved to have their final exams delayed so they would “no longer be spectators to injustice,” was he suggesting they would be hitting the road to Ferguson to chant “hands up, don’t shoot”? We recognize that this is a moment for change. If not us, then who? Nowhere in his inelegant apologia does he mention how “us” plans to achieve this role in history. In the 1960s, Freedom Riders took the road, and some paid with their life for their efforts. Desmond sought to don the mantle, but what was he going to do with it? Create a Facebook page? Maybe a Twitter account? Perhaps he would feel strongly about the propriety of defacing a door? Action, as long as it wasn’t too far from home and didn’t take much effort, if any. At the New York Times Room for Debate, the question is posed: Adulthood, Delayed or Forgone? Are young people being smart by…
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The Line Between Black and Blue
The execution of New York police officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, came at a politically expeditious time. This will bring no comfort to their families, even if it gives PBA boss Pat Lynch an excuse to blame Mayor Bill de Blasio, protesters, for the war about to come. But another story, a tale of an internal rift between black police officers and their lighter skinned brothers, suggests that having a shield isn’t enough to protect them. So if there’s a war, which side are they on? Reuters interviewed 25 African American male officers on the NYPD, 15 of whom are retired and 10 of whom are still serving. All but one said that, when off duty and out of uniform, they had been victims of racial profiling, which refers to using race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed a crime. The officers said this included being pulled over for no reason, having their heads slammed against their cars, getting guns brandished in their…
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Deitch on juveniles tried as adults
See the LBJ School's Michele Deitch's TedX talk at Amherst College on juveniles being tried as adults, taking a national look at a process which in Texas recently became more rigorous in the wake of a recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling.
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Indian Police: Shami Witness Just a Cheerleader
Indian police, with the help of Twitter, have now gone through Shami Witness' (Mehdi Masroor Biswas)list of 17,000 plus followers and his tweets. What have they found? Sources privy to the investigation, meanwhile, admitted that sleuths are yet... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Clay County Sheriff's Office pays settlement to another innocent person wrongly jailed, accused of serious felony
For the second time this year, the Clay County Sheriff's Office has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a person who had the same name as a suspect, but was still held in jail for a crime he or she did not commit. The second settlement was announced this month, as police paid $50,000 after a teen sued following a month in jail accused of sexual battery on a child younger than 12, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Police were looking for another teen with the same name at the same high school, but did not show the alleged victim a photo of the person they arrested before they locked him up, the newspaper reported. Earlier this year, the sheriff's office settled another suit, paying $67,000 to a woman who was extradited from Louisiana on a charge and was falsely arrested twice, the newspaper reported. She, too, had the same name of a person who was wanted on various felony charges. The two incidents were several months apart and led to suspensions for…
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Teen Marijuana Use Drops Even as States Embrace Legalization
Our criminal defense lawyers at the Law Offices of Leifert & Leifert are fascinated, though not surprised, by recent research showing that teenage marijuana use in America is dropping, despite more and more states embracing legal access to marijuana. To be sure, this is part of a much larger, and encouraging, trend. As reported by the Washington Post, teenagers are smoking cigarettes far less than they used to, they're drinking way less alcohol, and, as noted above, they're smoking less pot. What's notable here is that of the three substances mentioned above, the only one that's recently become legal in a number of states is marijuana. Critics of marijuana legalization have argued, since the days of Richard Nixon and still today, that legalizing pot will make it more accessible, and more susceptible to abuse, especially by the younger members of society. Moreover, they have said, doing so will "send the wrong message." This 2014 study, carried…
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South Dakota legislator suggests using drug war proceeds to fund public defenders
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ISIS and the Jordanian Pilot Hostage
The father of 1st Lt. Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh, the Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS, has issued a plea for his return. "I direct a message to our generous brothers of the Islamic State in Syria: to host my son, the pilot Mu'ath, with generous... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Pennsylvania chief justice blames federal public defenders for death penalty problems
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