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Ninth Circuit Rejects Call for Joint and Several Liability for Child Porn...
Last week, I wrote in this space about a child pornography possession case in which a dispute arose over financial compensation to the victims of the child porn. As I’ve noted here before, there are at...
View ArticleInvasion of Privacy in Utah
When you use your cell phone in public, don’t be surprised if others overhear your conversation—that’s not considered illegal invasion of privacy. However, it is possible to be charged with a crime if...
View ArticleAnonymous, Islamist Hackers Plan Major Assault for Tuesday
Anonymous and various Islamist groups claim that they will take down nine U.S. government websites on May 7, including those of the Pentagon, the National Security Agency, the FBI and the White House,...
View ArticleAppraiser Gets Probation for Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy
Bryan Joseph Lenton, 33, Oakdale, Minnesota, was sentenced for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses to lenders exceeding $7 million. On May 2, 2013, United States District Court...
View ArticleFallout Continues From Massive Indian Ponzi Scheme As Details Emerge,...
As investors begin to come to terms with a Ponzi scheme that is estimated to have duped hundreds of thousands of Indian investors out of billions of dollars, details are beginning to emerge about the...
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Will Tamerlan Tsarnaev Be Sent to Russia?
Update: A Denver mosque has offered to bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev. How exactly does one go about sending a body back to Russia for burial? In Boston, there's at least one company, Casper Funeral Services,...
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FL - Leaders mull changes to sex offender policies
See Also:Orlando wants to distance sex offenders even farther from schools Video Link© 2006-2013 | Sex Offender Issues
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Teen sex offenders remain on sex offender registry for years
See Also:US: More Harm Than Good (Human Rights Watch) Video Link© 2006-2013 | Sex Offender Issues
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New Bill Would Send Sex Offenders Back to Prison
Some sex offenders are required as part of their probation to wear GPS tracking devices. It is against the law to tamper with a GPS tracker and a new bill that is currently under consideration will...
View ArticleSwan on Triangulating Rape
Sarah Lynnda Swan (Columbia University - Law School) has posted Triangulating Rape (New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Civil actions for...
View ArticleWhitten on Marijuana Possession and Jury Trial
Taylor E. Whitten has posted Under the Guise of Reform: How Marijuana Possession Is Exposing the Flaws in the Criminal Justice System's Guarantee of a Right to a Jury Trial (Iowa Law Review,...
View ArticleKrent on Retroactivity and Crack Sentencing Reform
Harold J. Krent (Chicago-Kent College of Law) has posted Retroactivity and Crack Sentencing Reform on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article argues that the strong presumption against retroactive...
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More Surveillance Not the Answer to Terror Threats
Cindy Cohn and Trevor Timm have an excellent article at Electronic Frontier Foundation explaining why more government surveillance is not the appropriate response to the Boston bombings or terrorism....
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Monday Night Open Thread
Time for an open thread for those who are interested in topics other than the Boston bombing. All topics welcome. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and...
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Los Angeles Petty Theft News: Elderly Woman’s Theft Trial Costs Nearly 30...
The courts have financial incentive to avoid dealing with trivial Los Angeles petty theft cases. Here's a bold illustration why. Up in Monterey, 75-year-old Lilia Estoesta just got convicted of a...
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Defendant argues WI child porn law unconstitutional; if you're texted CP and...
Could someone texting you child porn, a text you unwittingly open, get you charged with a felony? Also, is it fair to charge adult males with child porn possession but not the underage females that...
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The Impact of McNeely: Fundamental Changes For Minnesota DWI Law
Nobody can deny the tremendous impact the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Missouri v. McNeely will have on how we handle Minnesota DWIs in the future. The McNeely decision breathed some much needed...
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The Impact of McNeely: Fundamental Changes For Minnesota DWI Law
Nobody can deny the tremendous impact the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Missouri v. McNeely will have on how we handle Minnesota DWIs in the future. The McNeely decision breathed some much needed...
View ArticleUtah Public Servant Misconduct and Illegal Legislative Bill Alterations
Many people serve as public servants throughout Utah, and you can count on the average public servant to do his job well and without misconduct. There are laws, however, to help deter a public servant...
View ArticleTracey Maclin's new book on the exclusionary rule (Dripps)
Anyone teaching crim pro/police who has not already seen Tracey Maclin’s new book, The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment Exclusionary Rule (OUP 2013) should do so before teaching Mapp, Linkletter,...
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