A company in Israel, Odortec, makes a substance that is non-toxic and, the developers maintain, even drinkable. It’s only got one drawback: IT SMELLS like raw sewage mixed with putrefying cow’s carcass… And, apparently, it doesn’t wash out of clothing easily. On the bright side, the substance, called Skunk, is remarkably effective as a riot control measure. Skunk, as it is appositely called, has been used by Israeli soldiers since 2008 to disperse Palestinian protesters. Now it has attracted the interest of law-enforcement agencies in America which, after riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, crave better ways to scatter rioters without killing or injuring them. In Israel, where it’s been in use since 2008, the main complaint against it is that it’s been used against Palestinians. Skunk has been used mainly to deal with the weekly protests against Israel’s “separation fence” that cuts through the West Bank; and…
What Does The Skunk Say?
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How has, can, should and will marijuana reform impact the work of defense attorneys?
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How has, can, should and will marijuana reform impact the work of defense attorneys?
The question in the title of this post is the central topic of a presentation I am honored to be giving today at the Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association's annual meeting. As is often true when I speak to a group of experienced defense attorneys, I expect I will learn...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/ChvGIQUhxcs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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What Are Pre-Petition and Post-Petition Debts?
The recent economic recession has affected Americans all over the country, causing hundreds of thousands of our friends and neighbors to take on multiple jobs or take out loans in order to make ends meet. Unfortunately, Georgia is no exception and many Georgian residents have found that they simply cannot meet their monthly debt obligations. Because of these financial issues, several individuals have contacted our office to discuss the prospect of filing for bankruptcy and how doing so may help them alleviate their families’ debts and get back on sound financial footing. Our office is happy to answer any and all bankruptcy-related questions. One question that we frequently receive is “What are pre-petition and post-petition debts?” The Difference Between Pre-Petition and Post-Petition Debts In general, the great advantage to filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy is that the debts the person incurred before date the person submitted the bankruptcy…
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Lori G. Levin's Law Office 6th Anniversary
Six years ago today, I started my private practice. I had left a rewarding career in public services, first as a prosecutor and then as Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. When I started this law office, I never knew that this chapter of my professional life would be the most rewarding. I represent adults and juveniles who are accused of offenses as well as family members who may need assistance dealing with their disabled loved ones. I have helped to change lives and welcome the opportunity to continue to do so. Thank you for reading this and helping me continue to practice law in the best possible way.Lori G. LevinAttorney at Law180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 3700Chicago, IL 60601888-748-4095levin@lorilevinlaw.comwww.lorilevinlaw.com
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"Recent pot legalization ... has galvanized some to mix weed and sex to make some money."
The title of this post is from a sentence in this notable new OZY article, which is headlined "Getting Stoned, Getting Freaky." Here are some (amusing? prurient? silly?) excerpts: [G]etting intimate while getting high is not exactly a 21st-century invention. Cannabis was used for a range of medicinal purposes more...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/xT0Qj38TjWc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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But For Video: Why Dillon Taylor Had To Die
It was one of those videos that didn’t seem to make much sense, the shooting and killing of Dillon Taylor by Salt Lake City Police Officer Bron Cruz. Shaun King at the Daily Kos gave a moment by moment run down of what happened, but it clarified nothing. At 0:17, Officer Bron Cruz gets out of his vehicle. You will notice people confused by his presence. At 0:22, Officer Cruz walks past two men who were friends with Dillon Taylor. At 0:24, Officer Cruz walks behind Taylor, who has on a white T-shirt and is listening to music. At 0:33, we see the officer has his gun drawn and is yelling at Taylor, who’s holding his sagging pants up and does not appear to hear Cruz. At 0:36, the officer shoots Taylor. It would be fatal. Starting at 0:41, you will notice the headphone cord coming out of Taylor’s pocket. At 0:48, you will see that the headphones were clearly going up to Taylor’s ears. At 0:52, the officer asks Dillon to “give me your…
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Strutin on DNA Without Warrant
Ken Strutin has posted DNA Without Warrant: Decoding Privacy, Probable Cause and Personhood (Richmond Journal of Law and Public Interest, Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 319, 2015) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: An arrest is not a medical procedure...
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"Ditch the Geezer Judges"
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Police increasing presence on Clay County highway after several accidents
State and local police say they’ll be out in full force on a well-travelled Clay County highway after a string of serious accidents in recent weeks. Patrol officers and others are out along the highway, checking speeds and watching for drivers who run red lights in the area, according to a report on News4Jax.com. While nothing has been reported yet in the local news media, expect a news release in the upcoming weeks about the number of violations and tickets issued in the area due to the increased patrols. Police can’t be everywhere and by no means can they prevent every traffic accident that may occur. But the presence of police officers will undoubtedly make drivers slow down. How many times have you seen a string of brake lights on the highway, only to see a highway patrol officer in the median a few hundred yards up? If drivers do not feel there are consequences for exceeding the speed limit, they likely will. And while Clay County Traffic Violations…
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5 Reasons to Fire Your Divorce Lawyer
Why do clients of divorce lawyers change lawyers so frequently? It’s because they are caught in an emotional vortex, facing the unknown and dreading the journey. However, there are legitimate reasons to fire your divorce lawyer. Consider the following: 1. YOUR LAWYER PULLS A BAIT AND SWITCH This occurs when you hire a lawyer with a big reputation and never see him or her after your first consultation. Many busy, successful lawyers work with junior lawyers and paralegals and this is beneficial for a client. The usual, mundane paper-pushing can easily be done by a junior and at a far cheaper rate than “big lawyer’s” rate. However, if this is the way your lawyer works you need to know up front. I always tell my clients that what they need from me is strategy and courtroom presence. The rest can be done by others with my supervision. Far better to have basic family law forms filled out by a junior who bills $250.00 an hour than by “big…
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Two Down; Thousands To Go
It was September last year when a judge in North Carolina declared Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown innocent of the horrific rape and murder of 11-year-old Sabrina Buie. I wrote about it at the time, quoting Scalia explaining why Lee McCollum ought to be killed (without actually hearing his appeal). He wrote that an 11-year-old girl [was] raped by four men and then killed by stuffing her panties down her throat.And I noted that he barely touched the surface. I quoted the North Carolina Supreme Court.An autopsy was performed upon the body of Sabrina Buie. Linear abrasions on her back and buttocks revealed a pattern indicating that the body had been dragged over a rough surface. There was a tear or laceration deep within the victim's vagina and a tear or laceration in her anal canal. Petechial hemorrhaging, characterized as the bursting of small blood vessels caused by pressure, was observed in the victim's eyes. Similar hemorrhaging…
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Saturday Open Thread
TalkLeft was down last night and today until just now. All should be fine now. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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South Florida home health care business owner agrees to exclusion from federal health care programs
On May 27, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services announced (no permalink available) that a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, businesswoman had agreed to be excluded following the settlement of civil charges against her companies. According to the OIG-HHS’s press release: Tracy Nemerofsky – a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida private business owner – agreed to be excluded from participation in all Federal health care programs for a period of five years. OIG conducted an investigation of Nemerofsky for knowingly submitting or causing to be submitted to Medicare false claims in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Based upon that investigation, OIG alleged that Nemerofsky violated the Anti-Kickback Statute through her company A Plus Home Healthcare, Inc. (A Plus), when she directed and managed A Plus’ payments to eight different physicians’ spouses, in exchange for the physicians’ Medicare referrals. OIG alleged…
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STOP ALREADY
From: Rumple (semi-influential legal blogger)To: CEO's CorporationsRE: Just stop itThe Scene: Burger Fi (we like it green-style with the lettuce replacing the bun)R: I'll have the burger, green style, with onions, and tomatoes.Counter person: Ok, burger with onions and tomato, green style. Would you like mushrooms with that?R: No.Counterperson: French fries?R: No.Counterperson: A shake?R: Just stop. I have spent a moment reviewing the menu. I can read. I didn't walk in here and order and forget french fries or a shake.Enough already with the ridiculous up-selling. Not one time has anyone offered us french fries and have we said "OMG thank you so much. I totally forgot to order french fries."This up-selling demeans your workers and it causes us resentment and makes us less likely to return. And it wastes our time. Thirty years ago cars salesmen were trying to sell us floor mats and undercoating. Today Starbucks won't sell us a small cup…
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Las Cruces County Clerk's Office Case Grows Murkier
The Journal reports on an arrest that grew out of the investigation.http://www.abqjournal.com/595112/news/alleged-false-claim-means-jail-for-exclerk.html
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Your Breath to Keep Me Up
Many years ago, our mother had to go to the hospital, and it took the doctors a long time to figure out what was wrong with her. During that time, she was running a very high fever and was delirious. She was also being difficult, which was uncharacteristic for her. They took her children out in the hall separately to ask us questions, and we realized they suspected that she was also suffering from alcohol withdrawal. They interviewed Ray and me together. No matter what the questions were, they kept coming back to her drinking habits. Yes, Ray said, she did occasionally have a glass of wine with dinner. He put his thumb an inch from his pointer finger to show them just how small the wine glass was. Of course their eyes lit up. They were convinced they had the found their answer. Ray and I could only laugh. It was funny for us to think that this daughter of a tee-totaling Presbyterian minister had a drinking problem. Of course they finally figured out that what she really had was…
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State v. Sanchez, New Mexico Court of Appeals
The New Mexico Court of Appeals just issued State v. Sanchez, which analyzes whether exigent circumstances existed for a seizure of a vehicle after the officer saw, in plain view, a bag of prescription pills on the floorboard of the vehicle.The officer initially pulled the defendant's car over for a routine traffic stop.The trial court denied the defendant's motion to suppress. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and remanded the case back to the trial court.Holdings Regarding Appellate Review of Issues Presented to the Trail Court[An appellate court's] policy of judicial restraint, as well as the rule requiring preservation, mandates that an appellate court should decide only preserved issues and should decide those issues on the narrowest grounds possible. Rule 12-216(A) NMRA {"To preserve a question for review it must appear that a ruling or decision by the district court was fairly invoked[.]"); Allen v. Lemaster, 2012-NMSC-001, p.…
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Cleveland is the Latest City to Enter Into Police-Related Consent Decree with USDOJ
Cleveland, Ohio has become the latest city to enter into a consent decree with the United States Justice Department (“DOJ”) concerning the conduct of its police force. Other cities that have previously entered into similar agreements include New Orleans, Seattle and Detroit. The consent decree stemmed from a DOJ investigation that found Cleveland police officers had routinely used excessive force (e.g., tasers, pepper spray and guns) against mentally ill, unarmed and already-handcuffed suspects. DOJ investigators reviewed approximately 600 use-of-force incidents that occurred between 2010 and 2013 and concluded that officers almost routinely used guns in a “careless and dangerous manner”. Other problems with the police department included its apparent inability and/or unwillingness to investigate complaints against itself. The consent decree will cover such topics as use of force by police officers, community policing and engagement,…
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Selbstleseverfahren, Band 113
Immer wieder sonntags: Unser juristischer Wochenrückblick im Selbstleseverfahren Foto: PlaceIt.net Das Recht liegt beim Richter: Der Richterkönig lebt! Was geschah auf der Matratze? Von der Staatsanwaltschaft nicht hinnehmbar „zur Schau gestellt und vorverurteilt“ Kleine Brüste sollten auf dem Rücken liegen — Ich rette Deutschland! Warum so kompliziert? ZDF-Doku beendet den NSU-Prozess Vorratsdatenspeicherung führt das Prinzip der Unschuldsvermutung ad absurdum Nacktprotest im Kölner Dom: Frühere Femen-Aktivistin muss Geldstrafe zahlen Jörg L. nimmt Revision zurück: Urteil zu 5 Jahren Freiheitsstrafe rechtskräftig Ich bin immer noch da Rechtsprechungsüberblick in Strafsachen 05/2015 Auch ohne Vorratsdatenspeicherung kann Kinderpornografie aufgeklärt werden Als es ein Generalstaatsanwalt noch gerechtfertigt fand, Bildzeitungs-LKWs anzuzünden „Bild“ lässt Leser auf Presserat…
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