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Creative Artwork Coursework Writing

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It happens quite many times that college students, finding out with the Department of Artwork, are assigned to write a resourceful art coursework. Quite regularly, students do not ever have any inventive thoughts to include into their artwork courseworks. In addition to, these kinds of group of students is represented by imaginative customers and pretty […] The post Creative Artwork Coursework Writing appeared first on .

Minnesota Woman Earns DUI While Picking Up Sister Who Had Been Arrested For DUI

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A Minnesota woman is making national headlines because of the headline accompanying her arrest. According to police in St. Cloud, a 32-year-old woman was arrested for driving while intoxicated in route to the police station to pick up her sister, who had recently been arrested for DWI. Police in Sartell reported that they pulled over a woman around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday morning on River Avenue South. An officer approached the vehicle, and found Erica Stang behind the wheel. During the traffic stop, the officer learned that Stang was on the way to Stearns County Jail to pick up her sister, who had just been arrested for DWI in Stearns County. After a short conversation with Stang, the officer became suspicious that she may be under the influence of alcohol. Although the story doesn’t go into exact details, it notes that the officer eventually had enough evidence to place Stang under arrest for driving under the influence. Stearns County Police noted that Stang was…

Business Experiments GCSE Coursework

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All GCSE courseworks perform a very important job in students’ life. If a college student wishes to enter a college or even a university, she or he may be to get ready a reliable and worthy Internet marketing business Scientific tests GCSE coursework. We will put together you to the Organisation Scientific tests GCSE courseworks […] The post Business Experiments GCSE Coursework appeared first on .

Grunewald & Zalman on The Innocence Revolution and Modifying the Trial

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Ralph Grunewald and Marvin Zalman (University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies and Wayne State University) have posted Reinventing the Trial: The Innocence Revolution and Proposals to Modify the American Criminal Trial (Texas A &...

Second Circuit panel laments the "Statement of Reasons" form used by sentencing judges

Corporate Intent and Corporate Crime: A Matter of Inference

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Mihailis Evangelos Diamantis, Corporate Criminal Minds, 91 Notre Dame L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2016), available at SSRN. Caroline Bradley The Yates Memo emphasizes the need to fight corporate crime by imposing criminal liability on individual criminal perpetrators. But critiques of corporate deferred prosecution agreements and cascades of examples of corporate criminality involving crimes such as bribery, manipulation, tax evasion and sanctions-busting raise questions about criminal liability of corporations as well as the liability of individual wrongdoers. Whether sanctioning individuals or the corporations they work for would be more effective in achieving deterrence or vindicating society’s interest in ensuring legal compliance and sanctioning legal violations is an empirical question. But improving the rules about corporate criminality does not require abandoning efforts to sanction individual criminality. The problem Mihailis Diamantis addresses in this…

Passports Of The Damned (Update)

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It already passed the House. And the Senate.  It’s now in conference committee, working out the kinks between the two, before it goes to President Obama for his signature. And had it not been for the careful eyes of David Post at Volokh Conspiracy, it might have slipped through unnoticed until havoc was wreaked. The name of the law gives away the problem.  It’s called the International Megan’s Law, drawing upon the rape and murder of Megan Kanka to create all manner of restrictions for sex offenders, to protect the children.  This iteration is marketed to the public as the solution to human sex trafficking and sexual tourism, both horrible and offensive crimes with the proviso that they mean what they say, as opposed to the use of sex trafficking as a euphemism for all manner of prostitution, including the voluntary decision of women to be sex workers. Elizabeth Nolan Brown explains what this law does: Dubbed “International Megan’s…

Megan’s Law in Texas

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Megan’s Law in Texas Every state in the country is required to abide by the rulings of Megan’s Law. One of the major portions of this law is the requirement for each state to maintain an accurate and up-to-date registry of all convicted sex offenders who reside in that state. This registry must contain updated information on each sex offender, including their name, physical characteristics, residence or address and the crimes for which they have been convicted. The law is intended to protect people from being re-victimized by convicted sexual offenders. Texas, like all states, enforces Megan’s Law and all of the conditions that accompany it. History of the Law Megan’s Law was enacted in the aftermath of a horrific crime. In 1994, seven-year-old Megan Kanka was lured into the home of her neighbor, a man named Jesse Timmendequas. When Megan was inside the house, Timmendequas sexually assaulted and murdered her. The crime was especially heinous because…

Stericycle agrees to $29m settlement in False Claims Act case – MassDevice

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A federal judge in Illinois yesterday approved a settlement agreement between Stericycle (NSDQ:SRCL) and the plaintiff in a  whistleblower lawsuit accusing the medical waste disposal company of overbilling federal and state governments to the tune of some $13.6 million. Jennifer Perez, a government customer relations specialist at YY-based Stericycle from 2004 until March 2008, filed a qui tam lawsuit in 2008 alleging […] Source: Stericycle agrees to $29m settlement in False Claims Act case – MassDevice

Ugly, But Unfair

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It was a cringe-fest.  But of all the cringe-worthy parts of the 60 Minutes story, the worst was when New York lawyer Marc Koplick said this to the undercover investigator for Global Witness: They don’t send the lawyers to jail, because we run the country. That Koplik’s spewing is absurd and wrong doesn’t matter. He said it and it was broadcast to a whole lot of people, confirming every fear, every conspiracy theory, every hate, that people have about lawyers. The best gloss I can put on Koplik’s outrageous and irresponsible mouth is that he uttered the words he felt would sell the investigator on giving him money, making it the pitch of a whore who will say anything for a buck. That’s being nice to this Yale law grad and former Biglaw attorney. What a piece of shit. The 60 Minutes segment was about a setup by Global Witness about money laundering by a putative African public official who sought to spend huge sums of money, he…

Springfield Ohio OVI Defense Attorney Charles M. Rowland II

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If you are arrested on suspicion of OVI (drunk driving) anywhere in Clark County, Ohio, it is important to know your rights. Charles M. Rowland II has been defending the accused drunk driver in the Clark County Municipal Court since 1995. Some of his credentials include: Former city prosecutor (Xenia, Greene County, Ohio) Expert witness in evidential breath testing Certified in the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing machine Trained in Drug Recognition Expert protocol Certified in the BAC DataMaster breath testing machine Certified in the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing protocol AVVO Superb Lawyer (10/10) for over 8 straight years Top Attorney for DUI Defense, Car & Driver (13) and Time (13) Fellow to both the American and Ohio Bar Foundations Super Lawyer rated in the field of OVI defense If you are considering hiring an attorney in your Clark County or Springfield OVI case, please call Charles M. Rowland II today for a free consultation at (937) 318-1DUI or 888-ROWLAND.

Sacharoff on Searches by Deception

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Laurent Sacharoff (University of Arkansas School of Law) has posted Trespass and Deception (Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2015, Issue 2, 2016) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Police routinely use deception to get into people’s homes without warrant...

‘Affluenza Teen’ Drops Appeal in Mexico, Returns to Texas to Face Charges

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Texas criminal appeals attorney Mick Mickelsen weighs in on the recent decision by Ethan Couch to return to the state. The Texas teenager now being widely referred to in the media as the “affluenza teen” recently decided to drop his appeal against being deported from Mexico and return to the U.S. Source: AP Report “‘Affluenza’ teen drops Mexico appeal, returns ... Read More The post ‘Affluenza Teen’ Drops Appeal in Mexico, Returns to Texas to Face Charges appeared first on .

Eyewitness Identification - Landmark Decision Identifies Fallibility of Eyewitness Identifications

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People of the State of Illinois v. Eduardo Lerma, No. 118496.    Editor's Note -  This is an Illinois Supreme Court Opinion.  The issue is whether, in light of the specific facts and circumstances of this case, the circuit court of Cook County abused its discretion when it denied defendant's motion to allow expert testimony concerning the reliability of eyewitness identifications. For the reasons that follow, we hold that it did.   The evidence of defendant's guilt consists solely of two eyewitness identifications.  The first eyewitness identification was made by the victim, Jason Gill, and was admitted into evidence under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule.  The evidence at trial established that, on the night of the shooting, Gill was sitting on the front steps of his home with a friend, Lydia Clark. At approximately 11:20 p.m., a gunman approached the porch and opened fire at Gill and Clark. Gill…

Unmaking Murders, and other exoneration stories

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Your correspondent was briefly quoted in the Dallas News' coverage of the latest annual report from the National Exoneration Registry, available here.Texas saw 54 exonerations in 2015, 42 of which were drug cases from Harris County. Addressing the drug exonerations, the registry report asked the obvious question:Why did these defendants plead guilty?  Inger Chandler offers two explanations: some probably thought the pills or powders they were carrying contained illegal drugs when in fact they didn’t; others — especially defendants with criminal records, who generally cannot post the comparatively high bails that are set for them and who risk substantial terms in prison if convicted — agreed to attractive plea bargains at their initial court appearances, despite their innocence, rather than remain in pretrial custody and risk years in prison. There is some evidence that pretrial detention and the fear of long terms of imprisonment did influence these…

¿Debe ser juzgado Acuña como plagiador? ¿Tiene la complutense la última palabra legal?

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¿Debe ser juzgado Acuña como plagiador? ¿Tiene la complutense la última palabra legal? He escuchado sostener que, sin la decisión de la U.Complutense de Madrid NO es posible tener un caso penal. Muy bien, analicemos a la luz de los hechos el problema: Primero.- La tesis y su aprobación son prerrequisitos para obtener el título  de Doctor, es decir sin su elaboración y  fundamentación el doctorado NO podría darse, en consecuencia, el “título” lo otorga la Casa de Estudios luego de la evaluación ya referida. En pocas palabras, nadie “motu propio” puede autodenominarse “doctor” sin el respaldo que lo asegura. Segundo.- Cómo consecuencia de lo anterior, la tesis es un derecho del aspirante luego de haber estudiado por “x” tiempo (no lo sé, pero es posible averiguarlo) vencido el cual elaborará el mencionado…

"Do sex offenders deserve a scarlet letter on their passport?"

Theft by Deception, the Motion to Dismiss and the Best Evidence Rule

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This post examines a recent opinion from the Court of Appeals of Kansas:  State v. Gauger, 2016 WL 97343 (2016).  The opinion begins by explaining thatRobert Alfred Gauger, III, appeals his conviction for theft by deception. . . . [H]e argues that the district court erred by admitting three exhibits into evidence because they violated the best evidence rule.State v. Gauger, supra.  Gauger was convicted in the Leavenworth District Court.  State v. Gauger, supra.  You can read more about that, and about the case, in the news stories you can find here and here. The Court of Appeals went on to explain how the prosecution arose:Gauger began working for Linaweaver Construction in August 2012. His employment, however, ended on November 5, 2012. At some point after November 5, 2012, Gauger called Mark Linaweaver, the owner of Linaweaver Construction, and asked him for permission to purchase some car batteries on Linaweaver…

St Louis Speeding Ticket $35: What Happens If I Have Already Plead Guilty To Tickets In The Past?

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ONLY $35 FOR ST LOUIS SPEEDING TICKETS!! When you plead guilty to a St Louis traffic ticket, the state of Missouri will automatically assess points to your permanent driving record. This is bad because “points” are like little red flags that make it appear as if you are not a good driver. It is the existence of points on your record that will result in your car insurance exploding. Instead of pleading guilty to the ticket, we would rather get the citation reduced from a moving violation (like “excessive speeding”) down to a non-moving violation (like “illegal parking”). The reason why we make this our goal is because a non-moving violation does not come with any points (and if you don’t have to worry about the points, then you don’t have to worry about rising auto insurance premiums)!! But that doesn’t help if you have already pled guilty to the ticket. So what are your options in this kind of situation? One possible…

The Freedom of Little Joe Cartwright: Tax Crime, Edgar Allan Poe, Noir Film and Lacrosse

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Notes for the week. Prosecuting Individuals Federal criminal tax lawyer Jack Townsend blogs at Federal Tax Crimes.  Here is his note on Prosecuting Corporate Employees, particularly in the tax context: I have previously blogged on Professor Brandon Garrett (UVA Law) who have carved out an academic niche on how the Government deals with corporate crime, particularly large corporate crime (the too big to jail group). See e.g., Judge Jed Rakoff Reviews Brandon Garrett’s Book on Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations (Federal Tax Crimes Blog 2/10/15), here. At the risk of oversimplifying his arguments, I summarize them in part relevant to this blog entry: When the Government goes after corporate misconduct, it too often focuses only on the corporation in terms of criminal sanctions and not the individuals, particularly those higher up the chain, who committed the underlying conduct. Corporations cannot go to jail; individuals can. Prosecuting…
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