Fort Mill Man Charged With Shoplifting Beef Jerkey
Deputies are charging a man with shoplifting after he allegedly stole beef jerky from a Fort Mill convenience store after stumbling through the store while drunk, according to a York County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleMan Steals Televisions from Fort Mill Apartment Complex
Authorities are charging a thief with burglary who allegedly stole four televisions from The Commons apartment complex in Fort Mill, according to police reports. The televisions, including one 52-inch...
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The predatory justice of juvenile sex-offender laws
Original Article01/20/2013By Michael Zoorob When lawmakers crafted laws to combat sexual violence, they probably never expected that children as young as 10 would end up on public sex offender...
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WY - Committee defeats banning sex offenders near child care sites
Original Article01/15/2013By Ben NearyCHEYENNE - A Wyoming legislative committee on Monday defeated a bill that would have banned sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of child care facilities....
View ArticleTop-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply. RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 910 Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection: An Experimental Study Dan M....
View ArticleS.D.Ohio: Rule 41(g) motion to return property denied because of civil...
Defendant had four guns seized by ATF. His criminal case, was pending, but one count was dismissed without prejudice. A civil forfeiture action was filed, too. He filed a Rule 41(g) motion for return...
View ArticleS.D.N.Y.: Drug warehouse's admitted "janitor" didn't have standing to...
One member of a drug trafficking operation was admittedly just a warehouse worker where the drugs were kept, and the court finds that his connection to the property was not enough to have a reasonable...
View ArticleThe Uncashed Check
An annual tradition at Defending People, more important this year because King's name will undoubtedly be invoked today by the President, who has spent the last four years sending the sons of former...
View ArticleRobert A. Caro on the Oval Office
In The Passage of Power, Robert Caro’s fourth book in a five-part series on The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Caro describes Johnson’s actions upon assuming the presidency after the Kennedy assassination....
View ArticleSerious Fraud Office reports an increase in companies self-reporting
According to an article in the Financial Times on 14 January 2013, the number of companies voluntarily admitting wrong doing to the Serious Fraud Office, otherwise known as self-reporting, has nearly...
View ArticleCarlos Miller and Disruptive Technology
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="arial">As I was sipping coffee and reading a story in the Times about New York's latest iteration of its gun laws, a <a href=...
View ArticleOBAMA 2.0
Good Monday morning. Today is: Martin Luther King Day and the second day of the second term of the 44th President of the United States. Today is also the 1463rd day of the Obama presidency. Poet...
View ArticleHaben sich Heimbewohner prostituiert?
In Hildesheim ermittelt die Staatsanwaltschaft wegen des Verdachts des sexuellen Missbrauchs von widerstandsunfähigen Personen. Mehrere Bewohner eines Heimes sollen sich offen prostituiert haben, um...
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Identity Theft, Ambiguity and Corporations
--> As Wikipedia explains, identity theft “is a form of stealing someone's identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person's identity, typically in order to access...
View ArticleEconomic Analysis of Personal Jurisdiction
Daniel Klerman, Personal Jurisdiction and Product Liability, 85 S. Cal. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2013).Alexandra LahavHere is a practical problem: Where should a person who was harmed by a product be...
View ArticleWhen The Prosecutor Stumbled Onto Graft
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">Not that it's the only place where corruption happens, but it almost seems to be part of the culture. After all, when Assistant District Attorney...
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President Obama's Second Inaugural
Listen LIVE here:The Daily Kos Radio Player Can't see the Flash player? Click here to download the stream directly. Today President Obama will be inaugurated for the second time... [[ This is a content...
View ArticleWill California ever have an active death chamber?
The question in the title of this post is inspired by this new article from the San Jose Mercury News which is headlined "California death penalty: Will state follow Arizona, which has resumed...
View ArticleAttorney Chanco in the News
I was recently interviewed for a local news telecast in connection with one of my cases. You can read the news coverage at wsbtv. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Share this on...
View ArticleAfter 40 Years, It is Time to Declare Roe Wrong
40 years ago this week, Roe v. Wade became law. It is largely believed by both "pro-life" and "pro-choice" groups to be a Supreme Court decision that "legalized" abortion. That false, pervasive...
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