What can I do after getting arrested for breaking and entering into my...
Free legal answers from attorneys - I have been living with my girlfriend for about three years. I moved from New York to come live here in Illinois with h
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Trial Debacle Leads to Freedom for Nova Scotia Sex Offender
Despite what you hear or read, you can’t blame Ernest MacIntosh for today’s Supreme Court of Canada decision to quash his convictions for sex charges involving young boys in the 1970′s. A successful...
View ArticleIs it possible for someone to avoid jail time for first offense armed robbery?
Free legal answers from attorneys - My son held up a convenience mart and two police officers were walking by the location while he was holding it up. The
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Las Vegas Man Busted for Arson after Attempting to Burn Down Apartment
Yesterday a man was arrested for committing the Nevada crime of arson for allegedly trying to burn down an apartment on Sierra Vista Drive in Las Vegas. The Clark County Fire Department suspects that...
View ArticleCommitting Mortgage Fraud in Utah
Have you ever lied on a mortgage application? Maybe you fudged a little on your income or other pertinent information? If so, you may have committed mortgage fraud. What is Mortgage Fraud? You may be...
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MOCK NFL DRAFT 2013
We have decided to do a mock NFL draft with our readers participating in the picks. Below is the first pick and the rest of the draft order, with the readers who have already locked up a team. If the...
View ArticleGoogle Scholar home page makes it more versatile
Google Scholar's home page changed today. Click on "Legal Documents" and a button comes up for "Federal Cases" and your state cases or select court. One can do a significant amount of research on...
View ArticleHickenlooper "gathering information" as execution looms
FOX 31 DENVER — In his first interview in a month, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper told FOX31 Denver that the looming execution of Nathan Dunlap, the Chuck E. Cheese killer, is the hardest decision...
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Missouri v. McNeely: Trouble for Implied Consent Laws?
In Missouri v. McNeely the United States Supreme Court held that police must normally get a warrant before taking a non-consensual blood sample to test a driver's blood alcohol level. The decision...
View ArticleSEIZED! Iowa Police Seize Iowa DOT Employee's Rolls Royce!
Early Saturday evening, Iowa Police Officers executed a search warrant against DavidWeigel. Weigel, an Iowa Department of Transportation employee, is accused of stealing more than $407,430 from the...
View ArticleLaw and Contemporary Problems devotes March 2013 issue to sentencing reform...
I am so very pleased to see that available on line here is the full March 2013 issue of the journal Law and Contemporary Problems, which is devoted to providing a "Global Perspective on Sentencing...
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Thieves Drive Truck Through Store Window In Failed ATM Theft
The Blog has chronicled some interesting criminal behavior in the past year. To date, the most notable goes to the man charged with selling marijuana from his ice cream truck. While the frozen treat...
View ArticleThe Orin & Selena Show
In the early stages of the lacrosse case, Orin Starn distinguished himself as among the Duke faculty members most eager to exploit his own students’ distress to advance his campus agenda. The Sociology...
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ME - Bangor council restricts where sex offenders may live
Original Article04/22/2013By Nick McCreaBANGOR - In a 6-3 vote Monday night, the City Council passed an ordinance that bans some sex offenders from moving to within 750 feet of a publicly owned...
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Monday Night Open Thread
R.I.P. Richie Havens. Federal defenders in Tsarnaev's case filed a motion this afternoon asking that two experienced death penalty lawyers be appointed as co-counsel with them. Federal law provides...
View ArticleThis Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories
There are problems at a Maryland state prison in Baltimore, fallout continues from a bust of crooked cops in suburban Chicago, and a jail guard goes down in a Texas border town. Let’s get to it: Read...
View ArticleMexican cartel ‘queen’ pleads guilty in Miami
A Mexican woman known as a drug cartel queen has pleaded guilty in Miami to charges arising from a major cocaine trafficking case. Read more..
View ArticleExecuting the Mentally Handicapped Is Illegal, Except When It Isn’t
It rarely registers as news anymore when a federal appeals court denies a request for relief made by a death row inmate. It happens all the time, every week, in every jurisdiction that still recognizes...
View ArticlePlaintiff Moves for Summary Judgment in DWI Case
The Plaintiff moves pursuant to CPLR §3212 for an order granting summary judgment as to the issue of the liability on behalf of the Defendant, The Dizzy Lizard, Inc., and directing an assessment of...
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