The New York Times has news of an American milestone: For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars. It’s one thing to be tough on crime, and another to give the thumbs-up to a justice system that often treats black and Hispanic offenders much worse […]
READ MOREDumping and suing
Moin Yahya has posted The Legal Status of Dump and Sue. Here’s the abstract: There is some evidence that plaintiffs and their attorneys are profitably short-selling the stock of the companies they intend to sue. The status of such short sales is undecided in the law. Lawsuits against companies can cause large drops in market […]
READ MORENEW YORK CRIME TRENDS Index Crime in New York State: 1994 – 2001
New York City Index Offenses Reported to Police: 1994-2001 Counts 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Index Total 530,827 442,532 383,603 356,573 323,441 299,522 287,995 263,764 Index rate per 100,000 7,235.7 6,045.9 5,226.5 4,807.9 4,395.9 4,031.7 3,717.7 3,287.6 Violent Total 136,571 114,180 98,728 92,866 85,915 78,983 75,739 68,274 Violent rate per 100,000 1,861.6 […]
READ MOREDoctor’s diagnosis was nearly fatal
Kerry Max Cook at Northwestern University School of Law in December 2002. Kerry Max Cook was twice convicted and twice sentenced to death for the 1977 murder and mutilation of a 21-year-old secretary in Tyler, Texas. The first conviction, in 1978, rested primarily on the testimony of a jailhouse snitch who claimed that Cook had […]
READ MORECircumcision Case to Proceed to Trial
Circumcision Creeps into Court In 2001, in North Dakota, District Judge Cynthia Rothe-Seeger turned away a motion for summary judgment by defendants in a circumcision case. The court decided the disagreement could go to trial in 2003. The decision to be made? Can a male infant, upon reaching the age of majority, sue his doctor […]
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A 31 year old factory worker who had threatened to kill him “and eat his heart out.” Edward’s had been held captive for five terrifying hours. Edwards, who insisted that he was not a homosexual, told police that he managed to escape by gaining Dahmer’s trust during a four-hour conversation. “He underestimated me,” the 32-year-old […]
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