IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642 (208) 846-7550 Fax (208) 846-7520 For Immediate Release: 09/25/15 5:30 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On Friday, September 25, 2015, at 2:20 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle fatality crash eastbound on State Highway 25 at milepost 13, east of Jerome. Kathryn Grant, 83 of Hazelton, was headed eastbound on State Highway 25 in a 2015 Chevrolet Traverse. Vicente Magana-Vergara, 49 of Jerome, was headed westbound on State Highway 25 in a 2004 Kenworth semi. Grant crossed the center line colliding head-on with Magana-Vergara. Both lanes of traffic were blocked for approximately 3 hours. Magana-Vergara was wearing his seatbelt and was transported to Saint Luke's Magic Valley Hospital.…
Fatal crash on SH25
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"Massachusetts Senate unanimously repeals drug-related driver's license suspension law"
From Jurist: The Massachusetts state Senate [official website] unanimously passed [docket] aresolution [text] Thursday to repeal a law requiring a driver's license suspension of at least six months for anyone convicted of a drug crime. The law required the driver's...
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What to do when Arrested for DUI with a CDL (Arizona Commercial Drivers License)
If you have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and are arrested for a DUI in your personal vehicle, it’s going to have an impact on your license. Today I’m going to walk you through potential outcomes of a Phoenix DUI and discuss your options for dealing with a DUI with a CDL.If you’re stopped while driving and willingly provide a blood, breath or urine test above .08 percent Blood Alcohol Content (BAC), your license will be suspended for 90 days. Instead, if you meet certain criteria, you may be eligible for a 30/60 day permit. A 30/60 day permit means 30 days of no driving and 60 days of driving restricted to going to and from work, school or a doctor’s office. This is preferable to a 90-day suspension. This suspension is called an “Administrative Per Se” suspension, or “admin per se” for short. In order to qualify for the restricted driving permit after the first 30 days, you’ll have to go through alcohol…
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Fatal crash on SH25
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: 09/25/15 6:00 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On Friday, September 25, 2015, at 2:20 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle fatality crash eastbound on State Highway 25 at milepost 13, east of Jerome. Kathryn Grant, 83 of Hazelton, was headed eastbound on State Highway 25 in a 2015 Chevrolet Traverse. Vicente Magana-Vergara, 49 of Jerome, was headed westbound on State Highway 25 in a 2004 Kenworth semi. Grant crossed the center line colliding head-on with Magana-Vergara. Both lanes of traffic were blocked for approximately 3 hours. Magana-Vergara was wearing his seatbelt and was transported to Saint Luke's Magic Valley…
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Shaker Aamer Will Be Transferred Home After 13 Years in Guantanamo
This is big news. At long last, the Obama administration has reportedly notified both Congress and the UK government that Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer will be transferred home to the UK after 13 years. Shaker’s case has for years compelled the Amnesty movement, along with many others, to call loudly for him to be transferred back to the UK. So today’s news is, to say the least, heartening. But as we celebrate, let us not forget – there is much more to be done, and not much time left to do it. The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay continues to house many who, like Shaker, have been approved for transfer. About half of the current detainees, in fact, are waiting for their own transfer. Although the U.S. national security agencies have conducted stringent reviews and cleared these people for transfer out of the prison, they are still there. They languish behind bars even though many have been cleared for years. Some, like Shaker, were cleared both by the…
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What to Do After a Bike Accident
From the point that you feel the impact of a car as it hits you while biking, your actions will be under the watchful eye of the other driver, his or her insurance company, and the police called to the scene. Protect the integrity of the truth in your pedestrian/bicycle accident claim and your innocence by completing each action on this “What to Do after a Bike Accident” checklist. Call the PoliceIf you’re able and have access to a phone, call the cops to report the accident immediately. Even if you don’t think that your injuries are severe enough to require medical attention, you should still report the accident. As you wait for the arrival of the police, get the information of the driver involved in the crash.Important information to collect includes these things.Driver’s nameDriver’s license numberVehicle typeVehicle license plate numberTalk to EyewitnessesIf there are any witnesses to the accident, speak to them as soon as you can.…
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Filing a Wrongful Death Claim against Drunk Driver
More than 10,000 people were killed in alcohol-related traffic accidents in 2013, according to data published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Not partial in victims, drunk driving accidents have taken the lives of children and adults, men and women, family members and more.When a drunk driving accident leads to a fatality, surviving family members of the victim can file a wrongful death claim against drunk driver to pay for their damages. Often, a wrongful death claim against the at-fault driver covers more costs associated with the wrongful death than filing a claim with the insurance company alone.What is a wrongful death lawsuit?A wrongful death claim is a type of civil action that is filed on the behalf of the deceased, and resembles a personal injury lawsuit in that damages for an injury could have been sought had death not befallen the individual. In other words, a wrongful death action is a type of legal action that’s filed against an…
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"Mother of Patrick Kane’s Accuser Lied About Evidence Tampering, District Attorney Says"
This bizarre story is from The New York Times: At a news conference at his office, the district attorney, Frank A. Sedita III, broke a self-imposed public silence to describe the mother’s claims that she had found an evidence bag...
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Where the Justice System Can Save Money
Justice is expensive. This is a fact we need to understand. But to understand it is not to say that taxpayers should put up with every expense some sorehead litigant can think of to create.And it's not death penalty litigation I'm talking about here. It's the story of a Municipal judge in Cleveland who was suspended by the state Supreme Court for being an abusive, arrogant prig. She's in a trial, of sorts, seeking to undo the suspension. Thus far, Cleveland taxpayers have paid out nearly a million dollars with no end in sight, and no prospect visible in the story that the suspension should or will be overturned.This is not a criminal case, mind you. Indeed, it's not a "case" at all in the conventional sense. But it is Exhibit A for the proposition that procedure has run amok. No sane system would put up with this.Perhaps one reason Cleveland is putting up with it is that the Judge in question is the…
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No Punitive Damages for Children Taken Without a Search Warrant
There are some basic truths in the world of law and legal issues. First, the wheels of justice turn slow, but they do turn. Second, is that DHR and similar agencies around the country have a hard job. I for one am not a fan for DHR. This case is a perfect example of an overzealous agency taking children. Recently in San Franciso, a family won a verdict for more than $3 million. The police had seized a couple’s children without a warrant. The City of San Jose asked the court for a new trial because the city believed the jury did not receive correct jury instructions in the decision process. The court agreed and at the conclusion of the second trial, the jury awarded the family $210,000. The Ninth Circuit ruled that the court was correct in granting a second trial and the lower verdict.The case initiated and centered on a school teacher calling the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services in May, 2005, about an 8-year-old student in her class.…
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New Jersey Supreme Court Lowers Standards for Car Searches
This past week the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed itself from its prior ruling imposing greater restrictions on law enforcement conducting searches of automobiles. In its 5-2 decision, the Supreme Court relaxed this prior precedent. Under the prior decision, authorities could conduct warrantless searches if “exigent circumstances” existed. An exigent circumstance is, in lawyer legalese, is an emergency or the need to act fast in order to preserve evidence. For example, if a police officer hears screaming like someone is in distress in home, the police officer on the street does not need to obtain a search warrant from a judge to enter the home; rather, the law provides that he can enter the home without the warrant due to the emergency, i.e. the woman screaming. The same logic has been applied to car searches up until last Thursday. A police officer could not search a vehicle, he pulled over or walked past unless the officer had the owner’s consent or…
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Texas prison population decline modest, however you measure it
At the Texas Tribune, Julie McCullough has an article titled "Dip in Texas prison population continues trend." In it, she uses numbers from the DOJ to say that:the state's prison population fell by more than 2,200 inmates, or 1.3 percent, between 2013 and 2014, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. The decline was slightly larger than the national drop of one percent. When 2014 ended, 166,043 prisoners were in TDCJ custody, the lowest number since 2002. It was the state's fourth largest annual decline in more than 35 years. (The largest drop came in 2012, when the population fell by nearly 6,000 prisoners from 2011.) The small downward shift continues a trend that began in 2010, when the number of men and women held in Texas prisons peaked at 173,649.Those numbers differ from those in TDCJ Annual Statistical Reports (available here). Here are the annual TDCJ "on hand" population totals as of Aug. 31…
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Saturday College Football Open Thread
Was about even last week- a little under .500 and breakeven for the year. This week's picks: UCLA @ Arizona +4 (3 units), Missouri @ Kentucky -2 (3 units), Mississippi State +3 (3 units) @ Auburn, Texas A&m -7 (3 units) @ Arkansas, San Diego... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Area woman convicted for harassing sex offender
9-26-15 Virginia: FRONT ROYAL – All she wanted to do, Delores Ann Harris told a jury Friday, was to protect herself and her granddaughter from a man who had been convicted 21 years ago of aggravated sexual battery, a man who has been on the state’s sex offender registry since 1997. But the convicted sex offender in the courtroom was the victim in the jury trial. And Harris, 61, was the
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Latest Glossip kerfuffle concerns whether Texas could make and export "better" execution drugs
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How to Write About Free Speech Without Being Called a Misogynist
As someone who has written about free speech for a decade or so, I've seen people come and go. I've seen the quality of writing decline. Men are afraid of writing about free speech candidly as currently it's women who are making the push for censorship. If you criticize a woman, you will be called a misogynist. How can you maintain your intellectual integrity without being called mean names? It's hard, and these rules won't last forever. But there's a way to thread the needle. For now, anyway. Rule 1. Virtue signal hard. Yes, you know that boys drool and girls rule! Let people know that harassment against women is a huge issue, and you totally oppose it. You just also believe in free speech. Wring your hands for several paragraphs, explaining how much you love and adore women. Make sure you write harassment against women is a problem. Do not talk about harassment generally. Do not point out that men are harassed online by men and women. No,…
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¿Que tal si pensamos un minuto II?
¿Qué tal si pensamos un minuto -2-? El sistema corrupto, instalado -diría- desde siempre en nuestra sociedad, NO permite al ciudadano de a pie ver el bosque y las inequidades cometidas, las que se están cometiendo y las que, sin duda alguna, se cometerán; Son los medios, “cabecera de playa del poder” los que dictan las pautas a seguir, inevitablemente nos muestran un árbol que, por sus características y las del peruano promedio, impide ver lo que se oculta tras ese inmenso semillero de cuitas y reuniones salvadoras de la Nación. Para entender mi afirmación debemos saber la conformación de la sociedad peruana en función a sus intereses y ello, como dudarlo, corresponde a la edad de quienes la constituyen, veamos: Los intereses de un niño difieren de los de un joven, los que motivan al joven difieren de los de un adulto y lo que pretende el adulto es…
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"Chain Gang 2.0: If You Can’t Afford This GPS Ankle Bracelet, You Get Thrown In Jail"
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These Two Teenagers Were Charged with Sex Crimes. Check-Out the Ridiculous Reason WHY
9-26-15 North Carolina: Our legal system is a mess. Without a shred of logical congruency, America’s legal system is a wacky quagmire of differing penalties and contradictory laws. The same country where all fifty states recognize driver’s licenses from the other states in the union is patched-together with a hodgepodge of different laws concerning the recognition of another state’s concealed
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Referat von Mark Branson - Aufsichtsrecht und Fintech
Am 10. September 2015 hielt Mark Branson, Direktor der Eidg. Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA, ein Referat vor dem Zürcher Business Club. Das Referat befasst sich mit dem technologischen Wandel und der Innovation in der Finanzindustrie. Herr Branson betont, dass die FINMA an einem innovativen und wettbewerbsfähigen Schweizer Finanzplatz interessiert ist. Gleichzeitig bekräftigt er, dass die Finanzmarktregulierung ihre Berechtigung hat, sie jedoch nicht protektionistischen Zwecken dient und die FINMA nicht den Erfolg der heute dominanten Akteure sichern, sondern regulatorische Hürden abbauen soll, um den Raum für Innovationen und damit einen nachhaltig erfolgreichen Schweizer Finanzplatz zu schaffen. Nach Branson haben sich die aufsichtsrechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen nach folgenden Grundsätzen zu beurteilen: Erstens soll das Aufsichtsrecht technologischen Entwicklungen neutral gegenüberstehen und sie weder aktiv fördern noch behindern. Zweitens…
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