There were 151 pedestrian deaths in Pennsylvania in 2013, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. To learn more about issues pertaining to Pennsylvania and New Jersey pedestrians and bikers, check out the Saile & Saile pedestrian and bicycle accidents library. Plan Philly and Azavea partnered together to map the ten most dangerous intersections for pedestrians in the state. Here’s an overview of what they discovered.1. Broad and OlneyBroad and Olney rates as one of the most dangerous intersections in Pennsylvania. In between the years of 2008 and 2013, there were 20 pedestrian accidents in this intersection alone.2. Olney and 5thEven more dangerous than Broad and Olney is Olney and 5th. This dangerous spot saw 25 pedestrian collisions between the years of 2008 and 2013.3. Cottman and Bustleton According to data, the intersection at Cottman and Bustleton was the deadliest intersection in 2013, with eight intersection collisions and seven mid-block…
Plan Philly Identifies 10 Most Dangerous Intersections in Philadelphia
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Twitter's "Pothead Princess" Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Fatal DUI Crash
According to a recent news article from The Washington Post, a woman who allegedly called herself the "Pothead Princess" was just convicted of drunk driving resulting in two fatalities and sentenced by the court to 24 years in state prison followed by a long period of probation. Authorities say defendant Tweeted "2 Drunk 2 Care" before getting behind the wheel of her car and driving at speeds up to 80mph. While driving in the wrong direction on Florida's Sawgrass Expressway at such high rates of speed, she crashed head-on into a car carrying two 21-year-old women returning from a night out. One of the victims died on the scene of the fatal drunk driving accident, and the other died several days later at a local hospital. As for defendant, she was underage at the time of accident and did not have a driver's license. Court records show she consumed two "fishbowl sized" margaritas and also had traces of marijuana in her system at the…
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Deterrence, jurisdiction and the death penalty after many murders in Waco bar brawl
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Father Walks to Highlight the Abuse of Parental Alienation
Patrick Glynn is on a mission. He wants the world to know that parental alienation is rampant in North America and that he is just one its many victims. Emotionally and financially spent after his divorce, Patrick’s website, walkforlostkids.com tells his story. As a working father Patrick was not his children’s primary caretaker, but he never dreamed he would become an occasional father. With the financial pressure of paying for two households he was forced to move and take a job 300 miles away from his children, nonetheless, he drove ten-hours roundtrip every weekend to see them. Worst of all was that the game played by his wife meant he had to prove he was a worthy father, a cunning ploy that saw his wife and her lawyer convince the Court to curtail his visits to six weeks a year. He says: “I went from being an involved, hands-on dad to the courts relegating me to seeing my two daughters for six weeks a year, all because my wife wanted a divorce”.…
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Respondent lived in Arkansas
Page 1 2006 NY Slip Op 52580(U) IN THE MATTER OF M.N., M.H., J.H., T.W., C.H., and N.H., Children Under Eighteen Years of Age Alleged to be Severely Abused and Neglected by J.H. and M.H.S., Respondents. NA-11072-05. Family Court of the City of New York, Monroe County. Decided November 2, 2006. Monroe County Law Department, by Peter A. Essley, Esq., for Petitioner. Public Defender's Office, by Michael A. Lacignina, Esq., for Respondent. J.H. Legal Aid Society, by Deral D. Givens, Esq., Law Guardian. DANDREA L. RUHLMANN, J. This case addresses whether an incarcerated mother, imprisoned based upon her conviction to first degree assault against her step-son after a guilty plea, should have any contact with her four biological children. Based upon such criminal conviction, this Court granted Petitioner Monroe County Department of Social Service's (Petitioner) motion for summary judgment finding that Respondent J.H. (Respondent) severely abused step-son J.H. and…
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New York City Housing Authority
Page 1 2004 NY Slip Op 30307(U) In the Matter of the Application of GWENDA GATES, Petitioner, For a Judgment Pursuant to Article 78 of the C.P.L.R. and §3001 of the C.P.L.R., v. TINO HERNANDEZ, as the Chairman of the NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent. 402276/04. Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County. November 10, 2004. Decision and Order LEWIS BART STONE, Judge. Petitioner, Gwenda Gates ("Gates"), a resident of Apartment 2F at 738 Stanley Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (the "Apartment") which is owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority ("NYCHA"), commenced this proceeding under Civil Practice Law and Rules ("CPLR") Article 78 and under CPLR §3001, against Respondent, Tino Hernandez, as Chairman of NYCHA, to challenge certain policies, proceedings and practices of NYCHA, and to compel NYCHA to establish "specific criteria and definitions of non-desirability and clear guidlines and…
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Adams, J.P., Skelos, Fisher and Covello, JJ., concur.
34 A.D.3d 850 824 N.Y.S.2d 684 2006 NY Slip Op 9024 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSEPH RUSSELL, Appellant. 2004-04143. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department. Decided November 28, 2006. [34 A.D.3d 851] Appeal by the criminal defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Erlbaum, J.), rendered May 3, 2004, convicting him of assault in the first degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by vacating the defendant's conviction of assault in the first degree and the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissing that count; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed. The evidence at trial established that, in an act of domestic violence, the defendant punched the complainant some 20 times, causing, inter alia, the loss of her right eye. Without objection, the trial…
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Injury Crash EB SH53 at milepost 3.4
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho State Police Regional Communication Center - North 615 W Wilbur Ave Suite A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815 Please direct questions to the appropriate District Offices District 1 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209- 8618 District 2 (208) 799-5150 PRESS RELEASE FOR DISTRICT One CASE # C15-1000 --------------------- PRESS RELEASE ----------------------------- DATE: May 18th, 2015 TIME: 09:56 am LOCATION: EB SH53 at milepost 3.4 McGuire Road ASSISTING AGENCIES: Kootenai County, Rathdrum PD, Idaho Transportation Department VEHICLE #1 ------------- DRIVER Jessica N. Lee AGE 22 ADDRESS Oldtown,Idaho INJURIES? - Yes HOSPITAL/LOCATION TAKEN ? Kootenai Health VEHICLE YEAR 2000 VEHICLE MAKE Ford VEHICLE MODEL Focus WRECKER Sunset Towing …
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Spreading HIV is Illegal in Utah
Having protected sex or practicing abstinence is not only a good idea to prevent unwanted pregnancies, it is the law in Utah for those that knowingly have a sexually transmitted disease, especially HIV. What happens behind closed doors is everybody’s business 35 states have laws to help prevent the spread of STD’s such as HIV. […] The post Spreading HIV is Illegal in Utah appeared first on Salt Lake Criminal Defense.
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Mitigating in whose opinion?
I have downloaded the Tsarnaev jury verdict form from PACER and uploaded it here. There are several interesting things about this form, but one that I particularly want to note is the deficiency in what the jurors are asked to find about "catchall" mitigating factors.The Supreme Court has mandated since 1978 that the defendant can proffer to the jury any aspect of his character, background, or record that he wants to argue as mitigating. When he does, there are actually three decisions to be made. (1) Is the factor factually true? (2) If so, is it actually mitigating? (3) If so, how much weight should it be given?It seems to me that there is not enough attention given to the second step. Supposedly mitigating factor 16 on page 18, for example is, "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's mother facilitated his brother Tamerlan's radicalization." Ten jurors found that factually true. How many considered it mitigating? Did all 10…
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Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead, The Witch Is Dead, The Witch Is Dead
Hicks resigns.
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Secrets to Fighting Greenwich & Stamford Connecticut Cell Phone Tickets
Would you believe that 10% of Connecticut drivers are talking or texting on cell phones at any given moment in time? That’s 11.1 million separate instances of distracted driving per day, according to a recent Department of Transportation study. In the first two weeks of April alone, over 275 cell phone tickets were issued in Connecticut. As a result, Stamford, Darien, New Canaan and Greenwich drivers are paying hefty fines—$150 for a first offense, $300 for a second, and $500 for any offense after that. Even worse, and as the top Stamford Connecticut cell phone and speeding ticket lawyers know all too well, these tickets are also raising havoc with your auto insurance premiums and, in some cases, getting your Connecticut driver’s license suspended. Which then begs the question—how do I fight my Greenwich, Darien or Stamford cell phone ticket? Have hope. Here are a few little-known secrets that can help you get your Stamford cell phone ticket…
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Doleac & Sanders on How Ambient Light Influences Criminal Activity
Jennifer L. Doleac and Nicholas J. Sanders (University of Virginia (UVA) - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and College of William and Mary) have posted Under the Cover of Darkness: How Ambient Light Influences Criminal Activity on...
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Six Long Years
Six years. I've been doing this thing for six years now. The first post was May 18, 2009. I just looked up the numbers. When this one is published, I'll have put up 1198. There are another couple of hundred I've started but abandoned for one reason or another. This is a hobby, not an obligation.I began when I returned to private practice after 5 years as legal director of the ACLU of Ohio. I figured it would generate business. Quickly, I concluded that I had neither interest nor skill at writing the sorts of things that were likely to generate business. I write this because it gives me satisfaction. Bill Otis says I'm so hyperbolically defense oriented that no fair minded people will read this. That's the pot calling the kettle black, but I'm OK. Bill's welcome to drop by or ignore me as he sees fit. So are you, whoever you might be.But my business plan. Pfeh.…
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Resuscitating the Dying
It was 20 years ago when Clifford O'Sullivan sat on the witness stand in a California courtroom. He was six years old. He could barely see above the railing. But he was there to testify. Eighteen months earlier, his mom, Kellie, was on her way to pick him up from day care. She didn't get there. Some time later they found her body. She'd been abducted, taken into the mountains off the Mulholland Highway, and shot to death.Now, six-year-old Clifford was on the witness stand. Mark Scott Thornton had been convicted of the murder. Clifford knew what should happen. He told the jury.All I think is that what the bad man did to my mom should happen to him.The jurors agreed. They voted for death and Thornton went to death rown at San Quentin. Where he remains. 20 years later.Let's pause for a minute to remember happier times. Here's Kellie with Clifford.Here they are again.She was, he…
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Crash South of Ft. Hall Sends One to Hospital
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: 5/18/2015 at 8:20 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On May 18, 2015, at approximately 5:21 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle injury crash on Interstate 15, near milepost 78, south of Ft. Hall, ID. Amelia Brown-Olea, 37, of Pocatello, ID., was stopped on the left shoulder of Interstate 15 in a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse, waiting for a sudden hailstorm to subside. Valeria Martinez, 28, of Blackfoot, ID., was driving northbound in the left lane of Interstate 15, in a 2011 Buick Regal. When Martinez encountered the hailstorm, she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into Brown-Olea's vehicle. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the…
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The Party Seeking Alimony has the Burden of Proof at Trial
The Alimony Statute The Utah Alimony Statute, Utah Code § 30-3-5(8), articulates seven factors that a court must consider in making an alimony determination: (i) the financial condition and needs of the recipient spouse; (ii) the recipient’s earning capacity or ability to produce income; (iii) the ability of the payor spouse to provide support; (iv) the length of the marriage; (v) whether the recipient spouse has custody of minor children requiring support; (vi) whether the recipient spouse worked in a business owned or operated by the payor spouse; and (vii) whether the recipient spouse directly contributed to any increase in the payor spouse’s skill by paying for education received by the payor spouse or enabling the payor spouse to attend school during the marriage. Utah Code § 30-3-5(8)(a). The Jones Factors The first three factors are a codification of the Utah Supreme Court’s analysis in Jones v. Jones, 700 P.2d 1072, 1075 (Utah 1985), and are…
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Defendants Convicted Because of Tainted Evidence Can Get Risk-Free Retrials
In a decision today by the Massachusetts Supreme Court, defendants convicted based on evidence handled by state chemist Annie Dookhan may seek new trials without the risk of additional charges or a more severe sentence previously avoided via a plea agreement. Dookhan pled guilty in 2013 of perjury, obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence for failing to properly test samples alleged to be illegal substances before declaring them positive, mixing up samples, forging signatures and lying about her credentials. She was sentenced to three to five years in prison and two years of probation. More than 300 convictions were vacated after Dookhan’s plea, but according to the New York Times, thousands more could still be thrown out in light of Dookhan’s misconduct. According to Massachusetts American Civil Liberties Union Legal Director Matthew Segal, many defendants have potentially refrained from applying for post-conviction relief because they faced…
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"NY Senate votes to create registry of violent felons"
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"How D.C. pot legalization has become ‘the dealer-protection act of 2015’"
The title of this post is the headline of this fascinating recent Washington Post article. Here are excerpts: Not long ago, a man who had covertly dealt pot in the nation’s capital for three decades approached a young political operative at a birthday party in a downtown Washington steakhouse. He...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/kiMLuXebsgM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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