Nationalist lovers Nikita Tikhonov and Yevgeniya Khasis are guilty as charged. A divided jury eventually gave the slimmest possible majority verdict, with seven of the 12 finding the pair guilty After being sent back to the jury room to clarify their thoughts the jurors returned to the courtroom a second time late on Thursday night […]
READ MOREObama Signs New Anti-Torture Bill
Just before thanksgiving last year, President Obama signed the new anti-torture bill. This new bill ensures that future interrogations by law enforcement will avoid use of torture. For the vocal critics of torture and other questionable counter terrorism acts, Obama’s bill is a welcome sign that the US is moving forward with rights of prisoners, […]
READ MORETechnology Leap Frogs Over the Law – Again
Newfangled machines, called cars, scared the hell out of horses and ran over pedestrians in the early 20th century as their numbers exploded from 200,000 to over 2 million. By the time government could pass traffic laws, it was too late to stop the growth. Nothing has changed. New technologies spread practically instantly and take […]
READ MOREClass Action Suit Targets Ambien
Following up on Rep. Kennedy’s recent Ambien-related mishap, the Boston Globe notes that a class action lawsuit was filed in March against Ambien manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis by “several hundred patients who claim the drug caused them to awake in trance-like states and drive cars or engage in other strange behavior, which they often did not remember.” […]
READ MORESelling Marijuana On Facebook Is A No-no
For the cannabis advocates, Facebook has just announced that it will delete any page that makes reference to selling this agent. The reason- Facebook acknowledges that selling cannabis is a federal crime and they do not want to be held accountable by the authorities for allowing such pages to exist on their website. This is […]
READ MOREFriday Music on Saturday
Friday music schemes were interrupted by spending a good three hours in court in the morning. Anyway here’s a Dead Meadow video, since they’re playing in San Francisco tonight and they’re an entertaining band. The sound quality isn’t the best, but this is the only video I’ve seen that actually captures the fairly pulverizing feel […]
READ MORESupreme Court Says No to Florida’s Death Penalty Law
In many states, the death penalty decision is left to the jury and not to the trial judge. Because of this, Florida’s death penalty law has now been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court stated that aggravating circumstances must be taken into account before reaching such a verdict and a jury […]
READ MOREOnline Prescription Case Ends in Conviction for Doctor
A former doctor from Colorado has been convicted of practicing medicine in California without a license for prescribing a generic form of Prozac over the Internet for a Stanford student who later committed suicide. Christian Hageseth, 68, could face up to a year in jail when he is sentenced April 17, in a precedent-setting case […]
READ MOREZimmerman was on the ground being punched when he shot Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin’s Parents Give Their Account in New Book: “Rest in Power” It was dark in a violent neighborhood the night of February 26, 2012. A black teenager was shot by a Hispanic man. That is the only thing on which everyone agrees. The other details are still discussed five years later. Trayvon Martin‘s parents […]
READ MOREAccessory After The Fact
Criminal Penalties for Helping a Wanted Person Escape Prosecution Recently, the Los Angeles Times reported on a mother who helped her son flee to Mexico and who was subsequently extradited to face charges. The case made headlines because the mother was the parent of a teenager named Ethan Couch, who became famous for raising a […]
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