The title of this post is the headline of this notable Science Daily release that reports on this notable newly published research in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry that surely should be getting lots and lots of attention from marijuana reform advocates. Here are...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/R1SdCBhuwY0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
"As more states legalize marijuana, adolescents' problems with pot decline: Fewer adolescents also report using marijuana"
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Federal prosecutors (FINALLY!) decide to pursue death penalty for Charleston mass murderer Dylann Roof
Almost a year after Dylann Roof committed one of the worst mass murder hate crimes in modern US history, federal prosecutors have offically decided to make his federal prosecution a capital one. Here are excerpts from this CNN report about this (too-long-in-development) decision: Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, who is accused of killing nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, in July 2015. Roof, who is white, is charged with 33 federal offenses, including hate crime charges for allegedly targeting his victims on the basis of their race and religion. A judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in July 2015. "The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this decision," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. Roof, 22, is accused of shooting participants of a Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, known as Mother Emanuel, in downtown Charleston…
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Final Update - Traffic Again Flowing Smoothly on Interstate 15, North of Blackfoot
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 UPDATE: For Immediate Release: 5/24/2016 at 6:45 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office *****Update***** On May 24, 2016, at approximately 3:16 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle injury crash northbound on Interstate 15 at milepost 97, north of Blackfoot. David Salmond, age 63, of Clinton, UT, was driving northbound on Interstate 15 in a 2008 Toyota Tundra pulling a trailer. Cheryl Gneiting, age 67, of Idaho Falls, ID, was driving northbound on Interstate 15 in a 2009 Subaru Forester. Salmond lost control of his trailer. Gneiting left the roadway and came back onto the roadway. Gneiting's vehicle overturned after striking Salmond's trailer. Gneiting was…
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Andraka-Christou on Drug Courts and Medeication-Assisted Treatment
Barbara Teresa Andraka-Christou has posted Essay: Improving Drug Courts Through Medication-Assisted Treatment for Addiction on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Empirical studies demonstrate that medication-assisted treatment (including the use of methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone) is more effective at preventing opiate...
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"Dylann Roof Will Face Federal Death Penalty in Charleston Church Killings"
From The New York Times. In part: In a separate seven-page filing in Federal District Court in Charleston, prosecutors cited nine aggravating factors, including that Mr. Roof had “expressed hatred and contempt towards African-Americans, as well as other groups, and...
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The Ferguson Effect and the Future of Sentencing Reform
I wrote earlier today about the surge in violent crime across America and its roots in the "Ferguson effect," i.e., the intimidation of proactive policing. Paul Mirengoff follows up with observations from this morning's American Enterprise Institute forum The importance of proactive policing, which is what the Ferguson effect deters, is sufficiently obvious that even liberals understand it. Today at an AEI conference on sentencing reform, Steven Teles, a leading proponent of softer sentencing, expressed his concern that the sentencing reform movement, which has carried the day in some states, will be set back if the crime rate continues to rise and/or if those released pursuant to the reforms commit horrific crimes.Teles therefore stressed the importance of coupling softer (he calls it "smarter") sentencing with measures to prevent crime, including proactive policing. In other words, sentencing reform, an important agenda item for the left…
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Rollover crash near Wendell injures driver.
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: 5/25/16 - 1:15 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On Tuesday, May 24th, 2015 at approximately 10:23 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle, rollover crash on Interstate 84 near milepost 159, just east of Wendell. Ross Poole, age 25, of Claremont, California, was driving westbound on Interstate 84 in a 2005 Hyundai Tiburon. Poole drove off the road into the median where his vehicle rolled, coming to rest on its driver's side. Poole was wearing a seatbelt. Poole was transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls. sc/nh -------------
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Is Risperdal gynecomastia reversible?
Having gynecomastia after taking Risperdal is not life threatening, but the physical changes can be upsetting, especially if you don’t know if it is reversible. Prescribed medication like Risperdal is designed to help you cope with mental illnesses like schizophrenia. Suffering from gynecomastia because of Risperdal can be counter-productive to your mental well–being. In most cases gynecomastia is reversible by changing medication or taking prescribed drugs to decrease your estrogen levels. Continue reading
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What to do if you are hit by an uninsured driver [checklist]
Being involved in a car crash is bad enough, but discovering you’ve been hit by an uninsured driver can make it feel even worse. Automobile liability insurance is created to protect all parties involved in an accident. When an uninsured driver causes an accident, it leaves you, the innocent driver, in a position of uncertainty. In Mississippi there are regulations all drivers should follow. From January 2001, it was required for all drivers to have insurance and carry a card in their vehicle at all times to prove they are insured. This card can be in paper or electronic format. From January 2006, the minimum liability requirements increased to 25/50/25: Continue reading
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Is There Chaos in the Dallas Criminal Justice System? Consider These Five News Stories in May 2016
Criminal defense lawyers tend to see the world a bit differently than most. Maybe that’s because we are privy to things that most of the general public is not and it skews our perspective. However, if anyone has been reading the news stories for the past three or four weeks coming out of Dallas County, it’s hard to think that they wouldn’t be concerned and curious about what the heck is happening here. Consider these five news stories from the past few weeks. What do you think? Dallas Police Department Reveal Names of Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Online (With Age and Home Address) The Dallas Police Department has its own website (you can check it out here). Part of the Dallas Police site provides an online search function, where you can pull up information about incident reports filed by the DPD as well as stuff like arrest records. Apparently, mistakes were made somewhere within the department recently because if you searched its Offense…
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Add Probating Your Will to Your Bucket List
Susan G. Thatch, Ante-Mortem Probate in New Jersey—An Idea Resurrected?, 39 Seton Hall Legis. J. 331 (2015). Gerry W. Beyer Ante-mortem probate addresses a glaring deficiency with the post-mortem probate model prevalently used in the United States. In post-mortem probate contests the key witness—the testator—is deceased, leaving the courts with only indirect evidence of the testator’s capacity and freedom from undue influence. The relative ease with which individuals dissatisfied with the testator’s choice of beneficiaries may manipulate this indirect evidence encourages spurious will contests. In ante-mortem probate the testator executes a will and then asks for a declaratory judgment ruling that the will is valid, that all technical formalities were satisfied, that the testator had the required testamentary capacity to execute a will, and was not under undue influence. The beneficiaries of the will and the heirs apparent are given notice so…
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Passionate Is Never An Excuse to Be Ineffective
It’s reminiscent of a particularly moronic discussion of lawyers acting like “jerks.” Some were simplistic enough to arrive at an easy answer: jerks are bad, so don’t be one. Others recognized that being a jerk can be one tactic in the toolbox. Be one when it inures to the client’s benefit. The thing is, being a jerk all the time doesn’t make you a jerk, it makes you an asshole. It’s just not necessary. All attorneys should lead with civility and courtesy when initially interacting with opposing counsel. And they should strive to maintain that civility as best they can. But ultimately, the practice of law is not about you or your feelings. The practice of law is about what’s best for your client. The line between the shallow thought at the surface and the deeper thought below may be thin, but it’s the difference between being effective and being narcissistic, indulging oneself at the expense of one’s…
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PROYECTO DEL CÓDIGO PENAL - ABORTO
Como quiera que las mujeres peruanas o un sector de ellas, probablemente algunos varones no estén de acuerdo con la penalización del aborto, me permito compartir con ustedes el Título II de la Sección II del Proyecto del Código Penal. Antes, declaro que no comparto el aborto en ninguna de sus formas, salvo el terapéutico, por tanto más de una/o cuestionará mi posición jurídica, pueden o no tener razón al pensar de tal manera, más si deseamos contribuir a mejorar la norma quien desee opinar tendrá toda la libertad para hacerlo fundamentado su punto de vista. En puridad los “pro abortistas” solicitan licencia para matar sin el menor remordimiento y por supuesto sin condena, semejante aspiración contradice la natural defensa de la perpetuación de la especie para NO invocar la inmoralidad que representa quitarle la vida a un…
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Peter Thiel Was Hulk Hogan’s Pay Pal
How often do you get to think about champerty and maintenance these days? The words ring vaguely from the first year of law school, but they play little role in modern litigation, as they are archaic notions, that some outsider would finance litigation, whether for a piece of the action or other reasons. Those “other reasons” could be a belief in a socially utilitarian outcome, or to vindicate some personal butthurt. Enter Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and a billionaire as a result. Thiel had a special hate on Gawker. Not like your hate because it’s such a horrible, disgusting, low-brow online media outlet reflecting our taste for the sordid. Thiel’s hate came from a Gawker subsidiary, Valleywag’s, effort to out him. “Valleywag is the Silicon Valley equivalent of Al Qaeda,” Thiel said at the time. Somebody really hated Gawker, and had the money to turn his hate into lawfare. Then came some clown in a bandana, and boom! One…
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What Is Acquaintance Rape? Is It Prosecuted Differently?
Acquaintance Rape Laws in Texas In the state of Texas, the crime of rape is legally known as sexual assault. A person who engages in any type of sexual contact or intercourse with another person without that person’s consent may be charged with sexual assault. It is also a crime to engage in sexual intercourse with a person who legally cannot give consent. This includes people who are unconscious, mentally incapable of understanding sexual activity or minors below the age of consent. Although some people may believe that sexual assault crimes are often perpetrated by strangers, this is not necessarily the case. In fact, in many cases, a person may be sexually assaulted by someone that they know and trust. Known as acquaintance rape, this is a very serious type of sexual assault. Is Acquaintance Rape Different from Sexual Assault? The Texas Penal Code spells out the definition of sexual assault clearly. Specifically, it defines rape as sexual contact which is initiated or…
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Morning Radio: His Master's Voice
It's Wednesday. My heart is full of love.My cup runneth over.Is yours?Here is His Master's Voice:And a bonus:
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People With Power
People with power have power over peopleFor a short timeBut the people they have power over also have powerThe most important power of allThey have the power to controlThe legacy of the people who once had power over them.And how those people who once had power will be rememberedBy the millions who will live afterward.And that power is not for a short timeBut is forever.It is the most powerful power of all.
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W.D.Tex.: Criminal defense lawyers state 4A claim against jail phone co. for recording attorney-client calls
The plaintiff lawyers group, an association of criminal defense lawyers, have standing in their own right and individually to complain of recording of attorney-client telephone calls from the Travis County Jail. They also state a claim under the Fourth Amendment … Continue reading →
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The Sleeper Issue for 2016: Our New Crime Wave
Crime has a predictable history as a campaign issue. For the past couple of elections, when crime was low and falling, it was barely mentioned. But when crime is surging, as it was in 1968, 1972, and 1988, crime policy became a major battleground. Richard Nixon, though widely thought to be a shady character, rode it to two easy victories.Will something similar happen this time, as Donald Trump talks tough while Hillary Clinton embraces the mantra of "over-incarceration"? Sen. Jeff Sessions thinks it might. As the Washington Examiner reports:FBI Director James B. Comey had an odd plea to Washington reporters when he met them earlier this month. Please, he said, write about the surge of murders rocking the nation's cities."I raise it with you all because I hope it's being reported on at local levels, but in my view, it's not in the attention of the national level it deserves," he said. "I am in many ways more…
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Rolnick on Indian Criminal and Juvenile Law
Addie Rolnick (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law) has posted two pieces on Indian criminal law. The first is Untangling the Web: Juvenile Justice in Indian Country (19 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 49,...
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