If I Am Arrested, Do I Need To Tell Police I Have A Lawyer?
If you are arrested in New York City, you may be aware that police officers may not question you if you are represented by an attorney if the attorney is not present. There are a few issues that may...
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Alarming Rate of Foster Children Given Psychiatric Medication
According to an article in The New York Times, in 2003 researchers analyzed the Medicaid records of 637,924 minors who were either in foster care, receiving disability benefits for a diagnosis of...
View ArticleArkansas Roundup
"Ark. House panel advances lethal injection bill," is the AP report, via the Danbury News Times. An Arkansas House committee has approved a proposal to rewrite a 2009 lethal injection law that the...
View ArticleThe Importance of Preserving and Maintaining Evidence
The Austin Chronicl reports, "Where's Your Evidence? Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining...
View ArticleBipartisan push to lower penalties for petty crime
The headline "Bills aimed at lowering criminal penalties" from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram this week (Feb. 11) sounds almost like a "Man bites dog" story. The article opened:State lawmakers are being...
View ArticleMisdemeanor and felony charges result from pretending to be vet
News stories often report people's bizarre actions, especially when they do not work out as planned. Stories of con artists generally fall into this category and, once caught, many con artists end up...
View ArticleFour Options for Handling Your Reckless Driving Ticket
When you’re accused of reckless driving, you have options. One of the first choices you need to make is how you’re going to handle case. Do you want to handle it yourself, ignore it, or hire an...
View ArticleWHEN IS OBSCENE, OBSCENE?
Ira Isaacs was sentenced on January 17 to four years in a U.S. district court following a five-count “obscenity” guilty verdict handed down last April by a federal jury. Isaacs, known as a “shock porn...
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Florida Probation Rules, Violation of Probation and Probation Violation...
Judge Denies West Boca Mom Probation Break Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Stephen Rapp denied Wilson's request to stop the regular check-ins during the remainder of her five-year probation term. The...
View ArticleWhat Are The Consequences Of Improper Drug Prescription In NYC?
A New York City doctor who operates what is known as a “pill mill” may be guilty not only of narcotics offenses for illegally dispensing medications, but is also likely to be charged with Medicaid or...
View ArticleSheehy, Stubbs & Tolmie on Defences to Homicide for Battered Women
Elizabeth A. Sheehy , Julie Stubbs and Julia Tolmie (University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law (Common Law) , University of New South Wales (UNSW, Australia) - Faculty of Law and University of Auckland)...
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Political World Roiled, as Medicare Fraud Raid Targets Senator Menendez’s...
A raid on the clinic of Dr. Salomon Melgen -- the culmination of a long Medicare fraud investigation -- has roiled the political world. Dr. Melgen is a close friend of New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez,...
View ArticleTakahashi on Molecular Neuroeconomics of Crime and Punishment
Taiki Takahashi (Hokkaido University) has posted Molecular Neuroeconomics of Crime and Punishment: Implications for Neurolaw (NeuroEndocrinology Letters, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:...
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Judge Orders 500 Jurors Summoned for George Zimmerman Trial
At a hearing today, Judge Debra Nelson ordered the clerk to summon 500 prospective jurors for George Zimmerman's trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, scheduled for June 10. The... [[ This is...
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Disabled Carnival Cruise Ship Arrives in Mobile
A cheerful song for the beleaguered, hungry, cruise passengers about to depart the filthy Carnival cruise ship, which just arrived in Mobile, AL. after five days of conditions from hell and being... [[...
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Republicans Filibuster Chuck Hagel's Nomination
Republicans today filibustered the nomination of Chuck Hagel as defense secretary. Will it matter? Both sides still think the former GOP senator from Nebraska will be confirmed, but the filibuster......
View Article"Rights groups urge India to reject new sexual violence law"
From Jurist: Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy websites] called Tuesday for significant alterations [press release] to India's new criminal law on violence against...
View Article"Class Action Granted in Second of Three Stop-and-Frisk Cases"
FourthAmendment.com summarizes this post from Law.com. In part: The second of three major cases alleging the New York City Police Department engages in an unconstitutional pattern of stopping and...
View ArticleCAREER OFFENDER DENIED RIGHT TO WITHDRAW PLEA
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the appeal of Isaiah Earl Thomas, challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to distributing less than fifty kilograms of...
View ArticleObdachlose Frau in Berlin vergewaltigt
In einem leerstehenden Haus in Berlin soll eine 33-jährige Frau so schwer vergewaltigt worden sein, dass sie zeitweise in Lebensgefahr schwebte. Die obdachlose Frau soll das Haus in Berlin Moabit...
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