Sabine Gless , Emily Silverman and Thomas Weigend (University of Basel , Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and University of Cologne) have posted If Robots Cause...
Gless et al. on Robot Crime
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Wilson on Interjural Incommensurability in Criminal Law
Paulina E. Wilson (Queen's University Belfast) has posted Interjural Incommensurability in Criminal Law: Constructing a Framework for Micro-Comparisons for Translation Purposes (in Tessuto G and Salvi R (eds), Language and Law in Social Practice Research (Universitas Studiorum 2015)) on SSRN....
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Broadens Scope of Lawful Stop on Vague Description of Suspect
In a recent decision, the Massachusetts Appeals Court appears to have broadened the scope of “reasonable suspicion to stop” a person in circumstances where he did not match the descriptions of the suspect as provided by eyewitnesses. In the case of Commonweatlh v. Johnson, police responded to several 911 calls of shots fired by multiple shooter in a residential area. One 911 caller reported that the shooters were black and or Spanish, one of which ran towards a nearby park. Another 911 caller reported a shooter as a black male who wore a black jacket, a red bandana, and then ran from the scene (without stating even the general direction of flight). Police responded to the area of the park within 3-4 minutes after the shooting. They saw a person that appeared to be walking away from the officer near a dark area. The police officer shined his flashlight on the person and saw him to be a black male wearing a grey hoodie pulled tight around his face. The…
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Perlin & Lynch on Criminology, Scientific Discoveries and the Criminal Process
Michael L. Perlin and Alison J. Lynch (New York Law School and Disability Rights New York) have posted 'In the Wasteland of Your Mind': Criminology, Scientific Discoveries and the Criminal Process (Virginia Journal of Criminal Law, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here...
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What's Next for the Sex Offender Treatment Clinic Chased Out of Duboce Triangle?
2-12-16 California: They’ve got to go somewhere. Nobody wants Sharper Future, the California-based rehab center for sex offenders, on their block. This week, clinic owners abandoned a bid to move into the vacant space at 100 Church St. citing the neighborhood’s unrestrained (if unsurprising) anger after Hoodline tipped everyone off about it. But no amount of angry emails or petitions can run
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NH House considers ban on sex offender residency restrictions
2-12-16 New Hampshire: HB 1153 would prohibit towns or municipalities in New Hampshire from passing ordinances that restrict where registered sex offenders can reside. The bill is being considered by the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday February 17. Currently, there are no state-level restrictions on where sex offenders may live.
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Brown on Natapoff on Misdemeanor Decriminalization
Darryl K. Brown (University of Virginia School of Law) has posted Decriminalization, Regulation, Privatization: A Response to Professor Natapoff (Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 69, 2016) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This short comment on Natapoff’s “Misdemeanor Decriminalization” (2015) offers...
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Ebony In Ivory: Delusions and Lies About Arrest
Upon reading the Daily Princetonian’s story of the nightmarish racist treatment of a Professor of African Studies, the first thought that popped into my mind was of the absurd complaints surrounding the Aaron Swartz prosecution. His family, friends and supporters thought the system singled him out for abuse, and constructed a narrative as to why. Except there was nothing whatsoever special about Swartz’s treatment. He was treated as poorly as anyone else, as tens of thousands of people have been treated. The “problem” wasn’t that Swartz was treated differently, but that he was treated the same. They just didn’t realize it. They had no clue how anyone was treated because they didn’t give a damn until it touched someone they cared about. It seemed pretty much the same when it happened to a professor at Princeton: Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at the University, was arrested in the borough…
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3 Years Federal Prison for Wire Fraud Suspect in Online Auto Sales Scheme
The man said he was roped into an international fraud after striking up a conversation with a group in a Romanian night club. That was back in 2007. The plan didn’t involve physically hurting anyone, simply separating them from their money. The following year, he was on a flight to Los Angeles, where he was taught how to open phony bank accounts. He was able to return to Romania. From there, federal prosecutors say, he would trick unsuspecting buyers on websites like AutoTrader.com and Craigslist into putting a down payment on a vehicle. Problem was, he didn’t own any vehicles and he never delivered once the cash was transferred. Authorities say there was never any intention on Mihai Postelnicu’s part to engage in a legitimate vehicle purchase transaction. He returned to the U.S. in 2010 and began working out of Broward County, where he set up two bank accounts into which victims sent electronic transfers of cash. Posing as a Czech or Swedish citizen, he…
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Stuart Gibson’s Really Bad Idea
Some of the screams of online outrage are ridiculously adorable. Some are batshit crazy. Some just keep screaming and screaming, supported by the popcorn lobby. Some become legends. Sit down, Mike Masnick. I have something to tell you and it’s going to make you sad. The cries of defamation from Australia by Milorad “Michael” Trkulja fail to rise to any meaningful level of hilarity. They’re banal, boring and silly. We’ve seen so much better, so much funnier, that Trkulja’s complaints don’t make the cut. But that’s not the end of it. Oh, no. Not by a long shot. Because it’s not just about pathetic Milorad Trkulja, but the Aussie solicitor who took up his misbegotten cause, Stuart Gibson. What Trkulja failed to offer, Gibson provides. Funny how that happens. What kind of blithering idiot sends something like this to the guy who came up with the phrase, the Streisand Effect? This kind. According to his firm…
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Nine Very Long Years
Nine years ago today, the first post appeared at SJ. As of today, there have been 7,641 posts (including this one) here. That’s a lot of posts. In internet time, nine years seems like forever. I never kept count of the number of people I’ve angered, disappointed, infuriated and outraged over the years. On the other hand, some of you have enjoyed SJ and found it somewhat useful. Either way, I’m still at it. At least for now. What? You didn’t think it was going to be Revolution 9, did you? That song sucks. Copyright © 2015 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. The use of this feed anywhere else violates copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it means the page you are viewing infringes copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: 51981395c77d7762065ca2c084b63e47)
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Yet Another Corpus Christi, Nueces County Prosecutorial Misconduct Case
What’s going on with the D.A. Mark Skurka’s Office in Corpus Christi? The Corpus Christi District Attorney’s Office has a serious problem with prosecutorial misconduct, or, at least, the persistent appearance of it. It is a subject we tackled in a recent post. Nueces County criminal court judges appear to be fed up with both the antics and tactics of DA’s office. Three state district court judges have reversed several convictions obtained through prosecutorial misconduct over the past three years. On February 4, 2016, the Thirteenth District Court of Appeals took notice of the District Attorney’s misconduct in its handling of the case of Lee Francis. Class A DWI The Nueces County District Attorney’s Office charged Lee Francis with driving while intoxicated, a class A misdemeanor. Both Sides Announce Ready for Trial From the trial record, the appeals court ascertained that on June 5, 2014, both the…
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Opinion: Bangladesh must abolish the death penalty now
Source: DW (12 February 2016)http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-bangladesh-must-abolish-the-death-penalty-now/a-19044275The Bangladeshi Law Minister Anisul Huq’s remarks on the death penalty came after a meeting with a European Parliament delegation in Dhaka on Thursday. According to reporters present, Huq responded to calls from members of the delegation to abolish the death penalty in his country by categorically ruling out any changes to the law at the present time. This was a coolly calculated slap in the face for his visitors from Europe and a clear sign that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina intends to continue her quest to call Islamist leaders to account for the crimes they allegedly committed during Bangladesh’s war of liberation in 1971.It reinforces the view that the Dhaka government has no intention of rethinking the political impact of the so-called International War Crimes Tribunal. The Tribunal has been underway in the country since 2010 and has imposed a series…
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The Pettiness of Divorce
It is amazing how long former spouses can hold a grudge and exhibit pettiness, particularly when one spouse is obliged by court order to make spousal support payments to the other. The resentment that builds up when one spouse believes the other does not deserve to be supported can lead to piddly antics, such as the behaviour exhibited by New Jersey divorcee Diane Wagner, age 57. Ms. Wagner claimed that she did not have sufficient funds to contest her husband’s claim for spousal support so she consented to pay him $744 a month for six years. However, it was apparent that her payments were made begrudgingly as evidenced by the notations she wrote on the cheques, such as “bum”, “loser”, “adult child support” and she even used the acronym “FOAD”. (If you don’t know what that means better ask one of your teenagers). Her ex-husband’s lawyers found it amusing enough to post a comment and a copy of one cheque on…
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Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads in Criminal Law eJournal
are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 265 The Insanity Defense: Nine Myths that Will Not Go Away Michael L. Perlin New York Law School Date posted to database: 16 Jan 2016 2 197 The Constitution...
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“My Heart Is Exhausted”: A Mother’s Story of Death Row in Saudi Arabia
Ali al-Nimr was just 17 when he was arrested on 14 February 2012 a few months after taking part in anti-government rallies. He was sentenced to death, despite being a minor when he was arrested and following a deeply unfair trial based on “confessions” he says were obtained through torture. He now awaits his execution. His mother, Nassra al-Ahmed, tells their story: When I first heard the verdict to execute my little boy, I felt as if a thunderbolt was hitting my head. It rendered me bereaved and rid of the most cherished and beautiful things I have. His absence has exhausted my heart. My eyes shed tears automatically, yearning for him. I am overtaken by missing his angelic features. His smile never leaves my mind and memories prompt me to weep each time I see one of his pictures. Everything that was beautiful Before Ali’s arrest, my family led a normal life. He was a nice beautiful child who never ceased to become even more beautiful as he grew up. His…
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GOODBYE
In 1989, history reveals that a woman named Elaine had an encounter with an alien in a bar in a Holiday Inn in Paramus, New Jersey. The alien told Elaine that the world would end on Valentine's Day, 2016. If you're like us, you aren't prepared. There's four pounds of stone crabs that a client gave us recently, still in the freezer. Can't let those go to waste. And we have stuff at the dry cleansers we haven't picked up and don't you know, they're closed on Sunday. And there's that sentencing in a few weeks before Judge Cooke and we haven't filed a motion to continue. There's a price to pay for procrastination. The revelation of the ends of days comes from the culturally significant piece of cinema verite: Ghostbusters, II. This could not come at a worse time. Monday's a holiday, and now that's a waste. And we just had that difficult trial in Tampa, which if the world had ended a few…
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Just why is DOJ still uncertain about seeking death penalty against Charleston mass murderer Dylann Roof?
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Suing Casino Charter Bus Companies for Connecticut I-95 Bus Crashes
Last week’s Mohegan Sun Dahlia bus crash accident on I-95 North in Madison Connecticut reminded many of the top personal injury law firms in Connecticut that the Connecticut casino bus industry business is still riddled with transportation problems like sub-par safety protocols, safe driving and nasty accidents up and down Connecticut’s I-95 corridor. So if you have been injured in a Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun bus crash accident, then you should consider contacting a top Connecticut personal injury lawyer attorney to recover money damages for your injuries, pain, suffering and emotional distress. Without accountability in the form of substantial six and seven figure settlements attained by the best Connecticut bus crash personal injury law firms, then some of these fly-by-night casino bus companies will never make any meaningful changes to their safety protocols. Keep reading to learn more about suing these casino bus companies… Should I Sue the…
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Justice Scalia Dead at 79
I was shocked to learn just now that Justice Antonin Scalia died while on a trip to Texas.I knew him slightly. My wife clerked for him both on the DC Circuit and on the Supreme Court.Public life has seldom seen an intellect of his power. The country is fortunate to have had his years of service.
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