Recording Interrogations: NY State Offers Grants to Willing Police Agencies
According to an article from the Syracuse Post Standard and syracuse.com, New York State has announced it will offer grants to law enforcement agencies for the purchase of equipment need to record...
View ArticleDarf man Kindern solche Fragen stellen?
Gewohnt scheinheilig interessiert fragt „Bild“ regional (Düsseldorf) ihre Leser, welche Fragen man Kindern eigentlich stellen darf. Unter der äußerst fragwürdigen Headline „Wirbel um Kindersex-Studie“...
View ArticleTwo Texas Executions Scheduled This Week
Texas is set to carry out its ninth execution of 2013 in Huntsville, tonight. It would be the 501st post-Furman Texas execution since 1982. Texas is responsible for more than 37% of the nation's...
View ArticleOhio Parole Board Recommends Against Clemency in Slagle Case
The Cleveland Plain Dealer posts, "Parole board recommends against clemency for murderer, despite urgings of Cuyahoga prosecutor." It's by Robert Higgs. Here's an extended excerpt from the beginning:...
View ArticleRoundup: Great writs, great walls, and a cautionary note on covering a great...
Here are a few odds and ends that didn't make it into full blog posts but deserve readers' attention:Judge shot to death in Corpus ChristiA Nueces County district judge was found shot to death in his...
View ArticleWhy Complicate Matters by Tying a New Jersey DWI Tied to an Auto Injury...
For those drivers accused of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or impaired by prescription drugs, we as drunken driving defense attorneys understand how difficult this kind...
View Article“Failed Evidence” in Cleveland, Wed., July 17, at noon and 7:00 p.m.
I’ll be presenting two talks on my book Failed Evidence: Why Law Enforcement Resists Science (2012) in Cleveland on Wednesday, July 17. The first event, at noon will be at noon, part of the ACLU’s...
View ArticleFormer Ann Arbor Public Schools Employee Pleads Guilty to Criminal Sexual...
On Friday July 12, 31-year-old Ryan Erskine pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit second-degree criminal sexual conduct on a child. Erskine is a former Ann Arbor Public Schools employee who...
View ArticleFollowing Dismissal of Marijuana Charges, Grosse Pointe Park Man Now Charged...
On Friday July 12, marijuana charges against 42-year-old Myron T. Williams were dropped. Now Williams has been charged with murder by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in connection with the...
View ArticleKevin Porter, Thomas Mickey Tuner, Alan James Ender, Dozens of Others...
Kevin Porter, Thomas Mickey Tuner, Alan James Ender, and over 50 others were arrested in Florida as part of a nationwide operation targeting online child sex offenders and illicit porn traffickers, a...
View ArticleCell Phone Store Robberies Result in Lengthy Prison Sentences for Two Detroit...
Two Detroit teens will face federal sentences for their alleged involvement in robbing two cell phone stores over the past year. 18-year-old Jesse Dismukes and 19-year-old David Lamont Holland now each...
View ArticleRomanie Pierre and Malory Pierre of Broward County, Florida Arrested for...
Romanie Pierre and Malory Pierre of Broward County, Florida were arrested Sunday after they were accused of leaving four children unattended in a car while they gambled at a casino, news sources...
View ArticleMonty Ray Grow, Former Florida NFL Player, Arrested for Child Abuse
Monty Ray Grow of Pinellas County, Florida and former Florida NFL player, was arrested Sunday for allegedly leaving a three-year-old girl unattended in a car while he visited a strip club, news sources...
View ArticleFlorida DUI Arrests for Foreigners Can Add to Complications
Police say the 22-year-old was driving her mother's sports vehicle with a blood-alcohol content that was more than twice the legal limit when she hit and killed two men in Fort Lauderdale. Our Broward...
View ArticleBroward DUI Lawyer Carlos Canet Handling High-Profile Cases
High-profile DUI cases require the services of an attorney who is not only knowledgeable in the complex field of Florida DUI law, but who is also media savvy and understands how to handle prosecutors...
View ArticleWho will know about my metro Atlanta DUI
Who will know of your DUI arrest in Gwinnett? Everyone. In Georgia, once charges are filed, you cannot ask that your arrest records be restricted even if a DUI was dismissed (1) because of a plea...
View ArticleLost in Juvenile Court in Orange County, CA
Ever find yourself in court and totally confused on where to go? I recently sent my law clerk to file a petition at the Juvenile Court in Orange, CA. Two hours later he called me frustrated and...
View ArticleWas the Vehicle "Operated" Prior to Your NJ DWI Arrest?
In a New Jersey DWI case, the prosecutor must prove the basic elements of the offense. The simplest of those elements is whether the individual arrested actually operated the motor vehicle. Often, New...
View ArticleCleveland kidnapper Castro gets LWOP sentence plus 1000 years as plea deal...
I had the honor this morning of watching the first part of the state sentencing proceeding for Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro in a remote studio waiting to be a boxed pundit on CNN. Consequestly, I...
View ArticleNew Minnesota Laws Go Into Effect Today
While the legalization of gay marriage in Minnesota may grab the top headline, there are plenty of other newsworthy laws that go into effect today. There are four main changes that affect criminal...
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