How long does a person have to bring a lawsuit against someone for molesting...
Being a victim of child molestation can negatively impact you for the rest of your life. Fortunately, under California law, you may be able to sue the person who molested you, even after you have...
View ArticleSuspect in Utah Cabin Burglaries Apprehended
We’ve previously discussed the Mountain Man cabin burglaries on this blog; a suspect in the string of robberies has been arrested in a law enforcement operation involving multiple agencies. Mountain...
View ArticleMortgage Broker Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Lender
Gloria Arias, 44, Weston, Florida, pleaded guilty to making material misrepresentations to a financial institution. Arias faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for her involvement in...
View ArticleSpapens on Decriminalization in the Netherlands
Toine Spapens (Tilburg University, Law School) has posted Decriminalization as Regulation: The Gambling and Cannabis Markets in the Netherlands on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Decriminalizing an illegal...
View ArticleConspirators Sentenced for Inflating Purchase Prices
Quincy Dynell Harrington, Corinth, Texas, has been sentenced for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
View ArticleCharges Filed Against Woman Involved in Massive Mortgage Conspiracy
Rashika J. Moon, 42, Carneys Point, New Jersey, was charged by information with participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy involving more than 100 Philadelphia properties and more than $20 million in...
View ArticleFormer Political Candidate Who Promised 'Real Change' Indicted in Concert...
“The people of Hawaii need to learn that there is no such thing as an investment with guaranteed returns of 25 percent to 50 percent. Somehow these cases keep recurring here. It’s baffling." -FBI...
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Erroneous application of sentencing enhancement is harmless when it had no...
Judge Hardiman opened United States v. Zabielski, No. 11-3288, (April 3, 2013) by noting that since United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), the Sentencing Guidelines were no longer “diktats.”...
View Article‘Mass Casualties or Death’: Bulletin Warned of Texas White Supremacist Gang...
Months before the slaying of two Kaufman County prosecutors, Texas authorities sent out a bulletin warning that a gang of white supremacists might seek retaliation involving “mass casualties or death,”...
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Zimmerman Files Appeal Over Benjamin Crump's Deposition
George Zimmerman's lawyers have filed a petition for writ of cert in the 5th District Court of Appeals (available here) seeking to overturn the trial court's denial of its request to depose Martin...
View ArticleRoth on DNA and the Jury
Andrea L. Roth (UC Berkeley School of Law) has posted Defying DNA: Rethinking the Role of the Jury in an Age of Scientific Proof of Innocence (Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here...
View ArticleEvening Crash Injures One on Kimberly Road
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View ArticleRollover Crash North of Fort Hall on I15
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View ArticleChmura et al. on Selfishness as a Cause of Crime
Thorsten Chmura , Christoph Engel and Markus Englerth (University of Bonn - Faculty of Law & Economics , Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and Max Planck Society for the...
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UK - Police officer Steven Kellock put on sex offenders register
Steven Kellock Original Article 04/04/2013 A police officer who sexually assaulted a 15-year old girl in an Edinburgh cinema during a church trip, has been placed on the sex offenders'... [[ This is...
View Article“The Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act” - Legalizing Medical Marijuana in...
Although it is currently stalled in committee, Florida State Senate Bill 1250 was introduced by Florida State Senator Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth. The bill is called the “The Cathy Jordan Medical...
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CT - Gun offender registry would be concealed from public
Original Article Either we should have an online registry for all ex-felons, or none! 04/04/2013 By Ed Jacovino HARTFORD - The bipartisan package of gun control, mental health, and school... [[ This is...
View ArticleCan I get in trouble if I bought an item that I didn’t know was stolen?
Free legal answers from attorneys - Came up on a ad on Craigslist for a new iphone. Had my neighbor take a look at it, he works at a major phone distributo
View ArticleCan multiple people be convicted of possession of the same item?
Free legal answers from attorneys - Girlfriend's brother picked her and I up from the airport. I knew he had a history of selling drugs, but mostly weed a
View ArticleNorth Carolina DWI Law and Ignition Interlock Devices
Courts in the State of North Carolina are beginning to increase the implementation of court orders requiring those who have been charged with DWI to install an ignition interlock device in his/her...
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