I made it through the last 10 minutes of Eric Trump's speech. I actually thought he did a credible job. While waiting for the next speaker, I learned from the CBS crew that Ted Cruz didn't endorse Trump when he spoke and got booed, and that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Unwatchable RNC
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Three Vehicle Crash With Blockage On Northbound I15
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 For Immediate Release: 7/21/16 - 1:06 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office Idaho State Police is currently investigating a three vehicle crash on northbound Interstate 15 at milepost 96, north of Blackfoot. The left lane of travel is currently blocked at this time. More information will be released as it becomes available. AM/NG -------------
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FORMER HAVERHILL CITY COUNCILLOR GOES TO PRISON FOR THEFT
If you are one of the many who still believe that convictions for “white collar crime” such as embezzlement or larceny do not bring jail or prison sentences…think again. As we have discussed in the past, the authorities have been working very hard to dispel that belief. Take Robert Scatamacchia (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) for example. The Defendant is not the type of man you would expect to see either at the defense table in court or wearing the appropriate garb in a Massachusetts prison. But now, he has done both. According to the Boston Herald , the Defendant is a former Haverhill, Massachusetts city councillor. He was also a business partner in a funeral home business. On Tuesday, the Defendant pleaded guilty in Lawrence Superior Court to stealing more than $270,000 from his business partner and customers of the funeral home. The 66-year-old Defendant was sentenced to one year in prison as well as five years…
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Thursday Open Thread
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News Scan
7 Charged for Aiding FL Murder Suspect's Escape: Several people have been charged as accomplices for assisting a Florida murder suspect and death row inmate escape from a crowded courtroom last Friday. The AP reports that Francine Mesadieu, 31, provided prisoner Dayonte Resiles, 21, with a wig, clothes and colored contact lenses to disguise himself, while Paige Jackson, 18, helped to plan the escape through three-way jail phone calls. Resiles was sitting in the jury box when he slipped out of his shackles, jumped a courtroom barrier and ran past two unarmed bailiffs towards downtown where a car was waiting for him. Fellow inmate, Walter M. Hart II, 22, has also been charged for holding Resiles' shackles while he manipulated them along with Resiles' girlfriend, LaQuay Stern, 18, who was driving the getaway car. Resiles has been rearrested. Sheriff Scott Israel stated that armed deputies will now accompany maximum-security…
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What is the Scope of a Gramma Request?
What Exactly can be Obtained Through a Gramma Request? One can obtain even individual financial records through a GRAMMA request. Article I, section 14 of the Utah Constitution prohibits state actors from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures. The state can seize evidence without violating section 14 if it uses a valid warrant or subpoena. In Shroeder v. Utah Atty. General’s Office, 2015 UT 77 David Schroeder filed a public records request under the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA). He was seeking bank records the state had seized lawfully during a criminal investigation that arose from the City raising funds that were intended to promote the City as a destination for tourists and entrepreneurs, but instead they used a significant amount of those funds for expenses in support of local political campaigns. The district court denied the request and held that section 14 has a broad right of privacy that prevents the state from disclosing bank…
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Update: Notice of Claim Filed in George Tillman Case
Last week, the Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman along with the Law Office of Marc Fernich filed a notice of claim against the New York City Police Department on behalf of the wife and mother of George Tillman, charging wrongful death and excessive force by the NYPD officers who gunned Mr. Tillman down after he was initially spotted drinking from an open container in Queens in April of this year. Chasing Mr. Tillman down the street, multiple police officers opened fire when they claimed Mr. Tillman pulled a gun on them. Not a single, non-police witness has claimed Mr. Tillman possessed a weapon that night and no one present at the scene heard officers scream at Mr. Tillman to drop any gun. Instead, the officers opened fire, hitting him with more than 10 shots – without a single shot fired by Mr. Tillman. Shot to Death By the NYPD — After Suspicion of Having an Open Container The one eyewitness who was with George at the time the NYPD officers…
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Uttering a False Check in Massachusetts
In Commonwealth v. Robinson, the defendant was convicted of two counts of uttering a false check. The defendant came into a bank in Cambridge in 2011 and presented a check at a teller window. The $8,539.29 check made out to Bonnie Green was to be deposited into a savings account held by Bonnie Green. It was drawn on another bank account held by the Clark S. Binkley Company. A few days later, the defendant withdrew money from Bonnie Green’s savings account. On the same day, the bank from which the check had been drawn returned the check and marked it as an altered fictitious check. An investigator for bank fraud found that the other bank hadn’t returned the check, based on insufficient funds. He obtained surveillance footage associated with the deposit. A few days later, the defendant came to another bank branch and presented a check to be deposited into Megan Neilson’s bank account for over $8,000. It was drawn on a company account at another bank. The check…
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Pang & Pavlou on Technology and Police Shootings
Min-Seok Pang and Paul A. Pavlou (Temple University - Department of Management Information Systems and Temple University - Department of Management Information Systems) have posted Armed with Technology: The Effects on Fatal Shootings of Civilians by the Police on SSRN....
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Mending, Not Ending, California's Death Penalty
Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert has this op-ed in the Sacramento Bee, responding to an earlier piece by Ron Briggs. Unfortunately, it is behind the Bee's paywall.The reason that no executions have occurred in California for 10 years is the state's delay in drafting regulations for a method of execution. Otherwise, there could have been at least 15 sentences carried out during the past decade. It's outrageous that victims' families were forced to sue the state to draft these regulations. Proposition 66 will prevent biased and unsympathetic politicians and government bureaucrats from interfering with this process.* * *Briggs believes abolition will benefit victims' survivors by…
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Avery Gets Reckless Driving Charges Tossed For Two Clients
If you’ve been following the news, you may have heard about the alleged “exotic car” speeding case. According to police, a dozen drivers in exotic cars topped over 100 miles per hour while driving from the west metro to a gas station in Maple Plain. Two of those individuals charged in the case were Alfredo Santiago of Andover and Gholam Hossein Vatanioskooi of Victoria. When Santiago and Vatanioskooi were charged, they did the smart thing and hired an attorney. Even better for them, they hired Appelman Law Firm. From the get-go it was clear that police were simply lumping all the drivers together and giving them all the same citation. One driver pleaded guilty, but others stated that they weren’t driving recklessly and said they were being unfairly targeted by the police simply because they were driving an exotic sports car. To see if what his clients were saying was true, Avery examined dash cam footage to see if video evidence caught his clients behind…
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FINAL UPDATE: Three Vehicle Crash With Blockage On Northbound I15
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 For Immediate Release: 7/21/16 - 3:28 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office *****BEGINNING OF FINAL UPDATE***** On Thursday, July 21, 2016, at approximately 12:41 PM, the Idaho State Police investigated a three vehicle property damage crash on northbound interstate 15 at milepost 96, north of Blackfoot. Simon White, 50, of the United Kingdom, was traveling northbound in a 2017 Hyundai Elantra when he struck the rear of a 2002 Honda Accord driven by Chad Neilson, 77, of Ashton, Idaho. Neilson's vehicle was then pushed into a 2013 Nissan Juke driven by Mark Kindler, 41, of Idaho Falls. No injuries were associated with this crash. Occupants of all three vehicles were wearing their…
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Brennan-Marquez on Private Searches and Big Data
Kiel Robert Brennan-Marquez has posted Private Searches in the Age of Big Data on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Dragnet surveillance is the bogeyman of Fourth Amendment law. But in today’s world, much dragnet surveillance — particularly related to data...
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Is an Extreme DUI the same as an Aggravated DUI in Arizona?
Extreme DUI vs. Aggravated DUI in ArizonaIn Arizona, being charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol (DUI) is not as simple as one set of charges and penalties. There are a multitude of factors that can lead to felony charges when you are pulled over for a DUI. A DUI in the state of Arizona can be considered “extreme” or “aggravated,” beyond just a regular DUI case.Extreme DUI penalties in Arizona are determined according to the severity of the crime, with a DUI rated as a regular misdemeanor, an aggravated DUI or extreme DUI.Some of the possible penalties of a conviction for driving under the influence (DUI) include:Jail or prison timeProbation or paroleSuspension or revocation of your driver’s licenseMandatory use of an ignition interlock device in each personally owned vehicleLoss of automotive insurance with requirement for SR22 auto insuranceCourt required driving schoolCommunity serviceImpounding of your vehicleThousands of…
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Accomplices in the Bastille Day Massacre
William Horobin and Inti Landauro report for the WSJ:The man who killed 84 people in Nice on Bastille Day appeared to be planning the attack since last year and had the help of several people, France's top antiterror prosecutor said Thursday.Investigative magistrates on Thursday were interrogating five people suspected of providing support to 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, said Paris Prosecutor François Molins, who laid out a timeline suggesting the attacker and his suspected accomplices had embraced Islamic extremism as early as the Charlie Hebdo attack in January of last year.The details disclosed by Mr. Molins threaten to fuel public anger at French President François Hollande and his ministers, who have spent days defending their handling of the terror attack.The new evidence appears to contradict claims made by top French officials immediately after the rampage that Lahouaiej Bouhlel was radicalized in a matter of weeks, leaving security services…
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New psychology research suggests why we ought to consider encouraging adults to use more marijuana and less alcohol
As highlighted by this Washington Post piece, headlined "Researchers got people drunk or high, then made a fascinating discovery about how we respond," some notable new research provide yet another reason why society might be better off encouraging marijuana use rather than alcohol use. Here are the basics from the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/nidB4f-Pxb8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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California DA makes the case for mending rather than ending California's capital punishment system
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Macfarlane on Utah v. Strieff's Impact
Katherine Macfarlane has posted Predicting Utah v. Strieff's Civil Rights Impact on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s recent Utah v. Strieff decision, which declined to apply the exclusionary rule to evidence seized as a result of an...
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DNC Announces Additional Speakers
Hillary Clinton is doing a good job of keeping people guessing as to her Vice Presidential choice. The DNC today announced this list of additional speakers for the Convention. The previously released list of headliner speakers for the convention... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Trump's Dark and Stormy Speech
Bump and Update: Call the plagiarism cops -- I think Dick Wolf wrote Donald Trump's speech. Funniest lines so far: "How great are the police? How great is Cleveland?" and "I am your law and order candidate." He's dreaming if he thinks Bernie... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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