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House OKs sex-offender registry plan
7-7-2013 Oregon: Lawmakers are poised to overhaul how Oregon classifies thousands of sex offenders and how they get on and off a state registry. The House approved House Bill 2549 on a 48-11......
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June 28, 2013, MichiganVotes org Weekly Vote Report
7-7-2013 Michigan: Senate Bill 221, Increase sex offender registry fees: Passed 33 to 2 in the Senate To require individuals on the public sex offender registry to pay $50 each year, rather......
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SERIOUS STROKE VICTIM MISTAKEN AS DRUNK IS KILLED BY POLICE & A FAILING...
It's not unusual for a Clearwater criminal defense attorney to learn of incidents where Tampa Bay jails provide cruel and unusual punishment. But for the victim of a stroke who committed no crime at...
View ArticleAtlantic: If PRISM Is Good Policy, Why Stop With Terrorism?
Atlantic: If PRISM Is Good Policy, Why Stop With Terrorism? by Derek Khanna: Defenders of the program say its effectiveness excuses it -- but they ignore the Fourth Amendment. [...] Read more!
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CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT: WHY JUDGE HOWARD SHORE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM...
The tides are changing in San Diego. Our citizens' eyes are now wide to the abuses perpetrated by prior administrations that were recently uncovered when the voter's decided to oust the "business as...
View ArticleYouTube: 4th of July TN DUI Checkpoint: No DUI Check, Drug Dog Alerts,...
YouTube: 4th of July TN DUI Checkpoint: No DUI Check, Drug Dog Alerts, Nothing Found (2.34m views in 2 days). The officer shows a remarkable lack of training in basic constitutional law.
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Six Tourists Arrested For Drug Possession In Ocean City
Law enforcement has reported that six Pennsylvania residents were recently arrested for various drug crimes in Ocean City. To call the out of state residents tourists may be a bit generous, because it...
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Stricter DUI Laws Take Effect Throughout the Country
While federal safety advocates are urging state legislators to accept a lower legal blood-alcohol level for intoxication determinations, many states were already working on their own separate measures...
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Viral Video of Tennessee DWI Checkpoint Provokes Questions
There's a video sweeping across the Internet right now, a video of a "routine" DWI checkpoint stop in Tennessee. If you read the comments regarding this video, you'll see an interesting divide between...
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Viral Video of Tennessee DWI Checkpoint Provokes Questions
There's a video sweeping across the Internet right now, a video of a "routine" DWI checkpoint stop in Tennessee. If you read the comments regarding this video, you'll see an interesting divide between...
View ArticleYale Law Journal provides 500+ pages of summer Gideon reading
I am already way behind on my summer reading, and the June 2013 Yale Law Journal issue all but ensures I will never catch up. This issue, which can be accessed in full via this link, includes this...
View ArticleStatements are deemed admisable
A Drug Possession Lawyer said that, this is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 15, 1988, convicting him of criminal possession of a...
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TN - Inmates at Hardeman start bands
Original Article Diigo Post Excerpt: Michael Donahue wants to be put out of business, and he's trying everything in his power to make that happen. Donahue is the warden at Corrections Corporation of...
View ArticleIntent is at the crux of this case
Defendant was charged and convicted of criminal possession with intent to distribute 6¼ grams of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), a drug crime. The defendant appealed. On appeal, defendant...
View ArticleWhat makes an addict an addict
A post-conviction hearing was held pursuant to section 208 of the Mental Hygiene Law on defendant's denial of addiction to a narcotic drug. On 16 January 1969, defendant was examined by the jail...
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CANADA - Member of Ontario premier's transition team faces child porn charges
Original Article Diigo Post Excerpt: A former Ontario deputy education minister, who was also on Premier Kathleen Wynne's transition team, was charged with child pornography offences on Monday....
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The Imperial Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has officially entered its summer recess, leaving yet another controversial term in its wake. States will now be able to gerrymander at will without first subjecting their plans to...
View ArticleBob Ray Sanders on the Duane Buck Case
Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders' latest is, "‘Race’ in case stains Texas justice system." Texas has so many stains on its criminal justice system that there is no societal detergent...
View ArticleGal & Wexler on Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Positive Criminology
Tali Gal and David B. Wexler (School of Criminology, University of Haifa and University of Puerto Rico - School of Law) have posted Synergizing Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Positive Criminology on...
View ArticleWarren Hill's Execution Date
"Ga. death row inmate asks appeals court to delay execution until US Supreme Court weighs in," is the AP report, via Daily Journal. A lawyer for a Georgia death row inmate scheduled to die next week is...
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