The Goolsby Law Firm Brag Board
[Photo of the Goolsby Law Firm, 233 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA]Recently, I included a post in which I bragged about my second son Blake's passing the Georgia bar exam and joining our Augusta, Georgia...
View ArticleBlinded By Anguish
Yesterday, a terrible tragedy was brought upon Newtown, Connecticut, by a mentally-unstable individual. His targets were primarily very young children. His weapons of choice were guns. Almost...
View ArticleN.D.Ala.: Police entry 22 minutes before SW issued was reasonable because of...
A warrant was being sought, and the officers waiting for the warrant reasonably figured that their cover had been blown and it was time to secure the premises before the warrant arrived. The seizure of...
View ArticleFatal Crash in Nampa
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View ArticleJust Sentencing # 3: A restated and expanded limiting retributive model
Richard Frase, guest-blogging on Just Sentencing: Principles and Procedures for a Workable System (Oxford 2012): In my last guest-blog post I discussed existing sentencing theories and the need for a...
View ArticleCT School Shooting Victims Named
Via the New York Times, the names of those who died in yesterday's CT school shootings. The children: Charlotte Bacon, 6, Daniel Barden, 7, Olivia Engel, 6, Josephine Gay, 7, Ana M.... [[ This is a...
View ArticleDealing with a Home that was Used for Making Meth
Is Meth a part of your Home’s History? Those who are in the market for a new home may have more to be concerned about than the value and condition of that home-they should also be concerned about meth...
View ArticleLas Vegas School Teacher Convicted of Felony DUI gets Six Years
The Las Vegas teacher who struck a 15-year-old boy while driving drunk in February will serve at least six years behind bars. Noel Lardeo was sentenced to serve 72 months to 180 months in prison. Clark...
View ArticleRolling Stones Tonight on Pay Per View
Two hours to go until the live Rolling Stones concert at Newark's Prudential Center on Pay Per View. Appearing with them: Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, and the Black Keys. This is the last... [[ This...
View ArticleSaturday Night Open Thread
I'm sure there's news besides the CT shootings and tonight's Rolling Stones Pay Per View concert (see below for posts on both), but I haven't been following anything else today. ... [[ This is a...
View ArticleAlcohol and Marijuana Contribute to Bus Crash
A 24-year-old man got new lawyers and pleaded not guilty to felony charges that he was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he crashed a car full of his friends into a Las Vegas bus...
View ArticleRoberts on Prison, Foster Care, and Black Mothers
Dorothy E. Roberts (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted Prison, Foster Care, and the Systemic Punishment of Black Mothers (UCLA Law Review Vol. 59, p. 1474, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the...
View ArticleNewtown, Connecticut -- A few towns away from where I grew up.
Sending sympathy to all those killed and hurt in Newtown and their loved ones, and to those who witnessed and were nearby the horror. I know that is not enough from me, but it is a start. Newtown is...
View ArticlePA: Defendant's front driveway not protected curtilage where his damaged car...
The police did not violate curtilage by walking up to defendant’s car parked in his front driveway that had been damaged in a hit-and-run, was missing a bumper, and had its airbags deployed....
View ArticleWitch Hunt - Sean Penn
Web Site | DVDAt one time this documentary was on this blog, but it was removed for some reason, so we are adding it back.About: On the night John Stoll was roused from his bed and carted off to jail,...
View ArticleKindesmissbrauch: Spanische Polizisten befreien mehrere Jungen
Die spanische Polizei hat nach einem Tipp durch Interpol einen internationalen Kinderporno-Ring in Alicante gesprengt. Dabei wurden 19 Minderjährige befreit, darunter befinden sich auch nach ersten...
View ArticleVergewaltigung: Ermittler zweifeln an Vergewaltigung einer Soldatin
In einer Kaserne in Bückeburg soll am 12. August eine junge Soldatin erst vergewaltigt und anschließend in einen Spint eingesperrt worden sein. Nun haben die Ermittler jedoch erhebliche Zweifel an...
View ArticleSnitching, For Fun and Profit
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">Necessity is the <strike>mother</strike> parent of invention, and so a new cottage industry is born. What's surprising isn't that it...
View ArticleNEW LOOK
Long time and careful readers of this humble blog will notice the blog has a new look. "Change is the price of survival."Gary Player. Site Feed
View ArticleBack ashore
Well, I’m back from my cruise, the main lesson learned being that I’m not a cruise-type guy, although at least things went better for me than for the passengers of the ship at left. A shout-out to...
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