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Supreme Court rules on forced DNA swabbing as part of booking procedure
The Supreme Court held today that taking and analyzing an arrestee's cheek swab for DNA is like fingerprinting and photographing and is a legitimate booking procedure, reasonable under the Fourth...
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Another Baltimore Police Officer Faces Federal Charges
Just two months ago the Blog posted an article about a police officer that was indicted on federal drug conspiracy and robbery charges. That particular officer, a 36-year-old man, will learn his fate...
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California Voluntary Manslaughter Law: Supreme Court Clarifies That “Heat of...
In the case of People v. Beltran, the California Supreme Court said that provocation is adequate to reduce an unlawful killing from murder to voluntary manslaughter. However it must be one that would...
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More Than 500 Drivers Arrested Over Memorial Day Weekend
More than 500 people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles County over the busy Memorial Day weekend. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, 529 people were...
View ArticleHabitual Violent Offender in Utah
There are many laws covering a variety of crimes that could be committed in Utah, but there’s one law that can punish a person who is considered a habitual violent offender. You would be considered a...
View ArticleMan Charged with Converting Collateral Used to Secure Loan
Patrick Charles Thomas, 55, Cut Bank, Montana, appeared on charges of violation of the False Claims Act, conversion of secured property, and federal loan fraud/false writing. He is currently released...
View ArticleBusiness Partners Indicted for Loan Elimination Scam
Juan Curiel, 34, Visalia, California, and Santiago Palacios, 44, Salinas, California, have been charged in an 11-count indicted for their roles in an alleged foreclosure rescue scheme. The Indictment,...
View Article"Justifiable praise for Virginia Gov for new order restoring some felon...
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy has this post, excerpting a New York Times editorial. In part: Nearly two dozen states have softened their disenfranchisement policies since the late 1990s,...
View ArticleOfficer is proven to be justified
The defendant, is charged with two counts of (DWI) Driving While Intoxicated in violation of VTL §1192 (2), (3), and Speeding in violation of VTL §1180(d). A pre-trial hearing was ordered to determine...
View ArticleInjury crash US12 @ Cherry Lane
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View Article$11 Million Movie Production Ponzi Scheme Nets 27-Year Sentence for Mastermind
A film producer who promised investors exorbitant returns through the production of independent movies, including one starring reality TV star Flavor Flav, was sentenced to serve 27 years in prison....
View ArticleNYT: Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests
NYT: Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests by Ian Urbina: WASHINGTON — Black Americans were nearly four times as likely than whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana...
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The War on Food Stamps, Ex-Felon Edition
6-3-2013 National: Paul Krugman wrote a poignant piece earlier this week in The New York Times on what he called “the ugly, destructive war on food stamps.” Citing a recent study on the growing......
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DUI in Los Angeles News of the Weird (Part III)
In this Los Angeles DUI blog’s last homage to Funny Or Die’s October 5, 2010 article, “The 6 Weirdest DUI Arrests Ever Made,” we’re going to take a look at two more crazy cases and extract general...
View ArticleIs truancy illegal?
Free legal answers from attorneys - Is it technically illegal to skip school (public)? Or is it something dealt with within the school system? My child has
View ArticleFacebook Rapper Arrested on Terrorism Charges Jailed Another Month
D’Ambrosio, a student at Methuen High School in Methuen, Mass., was arrested early last month after posting lyrics referring to the Boston bombing from his amateur rap video to Facebook. D’Ambrosio has...
View ArticleFacebook Friendship Alone Not Enough for Recusal
So long as a judge’s Facebook “friend” is only an acquaintance, there is no appearance of impropriety, a New York ethics committee said. Read more..
View ArticleJeremy Hammond Case Demonstrates the Draconian Nature of the CFAA
In the months since Aaron Swartz’s death, it’s become clear to the American public that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (‘CFAA’) has become one of the most dangerous and abused criminal laws available...
View ArticleHitchhiking YouTube star arraigned in lawyer slaying, says he couldn’t call...
A hitchhiking YouTube star charged with murder in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer at his home last month sought to have his Monday arraignment delayed because, he said, he has not been allowed...
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