• Yes, You Can Be Fired for Wearing The Wrong Tie

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:38:26
    , , Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Keeping Down The Creepy : How To Protect Your Privacy Online Yes , You Can Be Fired for Wearing The Wrong Tie Published by John Richards on January 31, 2011 in Employment 0 Comments Tags : discrimination employee Employment green bay law laws lawsuit packers tie I’m not much of a sports fan . At best , I could be called a fair weather San Francisco Giants fan 2010 was a good year for my kind So my puzzlement at the conduct of both parties in this employment dispute is hopefully understandable . I don’t live in the world of sports fans , and I have no idea what motivates some of their . conduct In a suburb of Chicago , a car salesman was fired for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie on the day the Chicago Bears

  • Life Sentences and Incapacitation

    Updated: 2011-01-30 23:58:30
    HOME Main Life Sentences and Incapacitation January 30, 2011 3:58 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 1 Comment No TrackBacks This AP report from Monroe , Washington provides yet another grim reminder that a life sentence is not 100 effective at incapacitating a convict from committing further . crimes A corrections officer who had raised concerns about being the sole guard in the chapel of a Washington state prison was strangled there over the weekend , and an inmate serving a life sentence is the primary suspect , authorities said Sunday . Jayme Biendl , 34, was found dead Saturday night in the chapel at Monroe Correctional Complex about 30 miles northeast of Seattle , Department of Corrections spokesman Chad Lewis said . She had been strangled with a microphone cord . Categories Prisons

  • Investigate This

    Updated: 2011-01-30 19:59:17
    HOME Main Life Sentences and Incapacitation Investigate This January 30, 2011 11:59 AM Posted by Bill Otis 1 Comment No TrackBacks I have been covering , episodically , nbsp the Justice Department's handling of the New Black Panther case . nbsp Readers will recall that the case involves two members of the New Black Panther Party , both wearing mufti , and one menacingly holding a billy club , acting as and I use this term advisedly poll watchers outside a Philadelphia polling station . nbsp A potential criminal case of voter intimidation was dropped like a hot rock by the Department's Civil Rights Division under Eric Holder's watch , even though the New Black Panther Party had already lost by default judgment a related civil case brought by the prior . administration Despite stonewalling

  • NM's governor wants death penalty reinstated

    Updated: 2011-01-30 19:24:40
    AP reports:New Mexico's new governor, a longtime prosecutor in Las Cruces, said some crimes deserve the ultimate punishment, and she wants the death penalty back on the state's books."When a monster rapes and murders a child or a criminal kills a police officer, the death penalty should be an option for the jury," Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, said in her State of the State address to open the 2011 Legislature earlier this month.

  • Self-Control and Crime

    Updated: 2011-01-30 18:37:16
    HOME Main Self-Control and Crime January 30, 2011 10:37 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks Sarah Avery reports for McClatchy Newspapers , A toddler's inability to exert self-control appears to predict trouble later in life with substance abuse , crime and money mismanagement , reports a team of researchers that include Duke University psychologists . The psychologists recommend early intervention to improve a child's . self-control In a simpler age , that was called disciplining your . kids BTW , the lead researcher is Terrie Moffitt , whose work is cited extensively in CJLF's brief in Graham v . Florida Moffitt's work shows that juvenile offenders should not be lumped together in one mass . nbsp Some offend briefly in adolescence and then desist . nbsp Others are

  • Saunders on USCA9 Reversals

    Updated: 2011-01-30 18:23:54
    HOME Main Self-Control and Crime Saunders on USCA9 Reversals January 30, 2011 10:23 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks Debra Saunders , resident person of sense on the SF Chron's opinion pages , has this column on the recent string of unanimous reversals of the Ninth Circuit by the Supreme Court . nbsp She covers Premo v . Moore Harrington v . Richter and Swarthout v . Cooke previously discussed on this blog , and also a civil case , Chase Bank v . McCoy Four times this month the U.S . Supreme Court has slapped down the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals . Four times the Big Bench unanimously reversed Ninth U.S . Circuit Court of Appeals decisions . Unanimous is a big deal . It means that there's no left-right political divide in the Big Bench's findings just right on the

  • Pot and Crime in the Bahamas

    Updated: 2011-01-30 18:11:46
    HOME Main Saunders on USCA9 Reversals Pot and Crime in the Bahamas January 30, 2011 10:11 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks Celeste Nixon reports for The Tribune in the : Bahamas CANNABIS abuse could be one of the factors behind the high rate of crime in the Bahamas , according to a local . psychiatrist Dr Kirk Christie , of the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre , said taking into account the disinhibiting effects of cannabis and the fact that its use is widespread , the drug could be fuelling deviant . behaviour In a meeting with Social Service Hotline councillors yesterday , Dr Christie stressed the dangers of substance abuse , and in particular cannabis . abuse He said the fact that cannabis is culturally and socially accepted , cheap and readily available in the

  • Indian Thiopental

    Updated: 2011-01-29 18:29:53
    HOME Main Indian Thiopental January 29, 2011 10:29 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks When the sodium thiopental shortage kerfuffle first arose , I cruised around the Net a bit to see who sells the stuff . nbsp There are vendors in India . nbsp Press reports indicate that only American and European sources are approved by the FDA for drugs for medical . use But of course lethal injection is not a medical use . nbsp The FDA has strict standards to ensure that drugs are safe and effective . nbsp For lethal injection , safe and effective are opposites . nbsp Some small amount of impurity that could cause a medical patient problems after waking up from the sedative would be a big problem for medical use . nbsp For lethal injection , that is what lawyers call a moot .

  • Dirty Harry

    Updated: 2011-01-29 17:59:54
    In the WSJ, Michael Judge has an interesting interview with Clint Eastwood on law enforcement, war, terrorism, and Jerry Brown.

  • Folding the Tent on Charlie Baird's Circus

    Updated: 2011-01-29 17:14:35
    HOME Main Dirty Harry Folding the Tent on Charlie Baird's Circus January 29, 2011 9:14 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks Late last year , the notorious Judge Charlie Baird in Austin was proceeding with a court of inquiry regarding the infamous Cameron Todd Willingham case . nbsp Judge Baird's proceedings were lawless for a number of : reasons 1. The purpose of a court of inquiry is to determine if there is probable cause to believe a prosecutable crime has been committed , and the statute of limitations had long since run on the offenses . alleged 2. The court of inquiry statute requires the judge calling for the court to refer the matter to the presiding judge for assignment . nbsp Proceeding with the court himself , as Judge Baird was doing , is patently . illegal 3.

  • Truth in Advertising

    Updated: 2011-01-28 23:35:09
    HOME Main Truth in Advertising January 28, 2011 3:35 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks Matthew Perrone reports for AP , The U.S . government says candy imported from Pakistan called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge is not safe to eat . Who would have guessed The Food and Drug Administration announced that the U.S . distributor of Nuclear Sludge chew bars is recalling the candy because of lead contamination . No one has been sickened , but the FDA said elevated lead content could be harmful to small children , infants and pregnant . women Our product's tongue-in-cheek brand name in no way reflects the vigilant approach the company takes toward product integrity , the company said in a . statement Is this off-topic for the blog There is probably a criminal statute on this

  • Keeping Down The Creepy: How To Protect Your Privacy Online

    Updated: 2011-01-28 23:35:04
    : : Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Suing Your Criminal Defense Lawyer for Malpractice You Better Have a Good Alibi Keeping Down The Creepy : How To Protect Your Privacy Online Published by Andrew Dat on January 28, 2011 in Intellectual Property 0 Comments Tags : information internet online personal privacy private spokeo website It’s good to finally see that in this age of limited connectivity , overly secure privacy protection , and a general lack of accessibility to information both personal and otherwise , there’s finally a service that allows strangers to search for and or stalk other people Oh , I’m sorry , what I meant to say in that last sentence is exactly the opposite of what I typed . Damn you , haxors 11 In case you haven’t heard about

  • Ghailani Appeals

    Updated: 2011-01-28 18:14:58
    The only surprise is that the notice is handwritten.

  • News Scan

    Updated: 2011-01-28 17:06:44
    HOME Main Ghailani Appeals News Scan January 28, 2011 9:06 AM Posted by CJLF Staff 0 Comments No TrackBacks CA Law Would Bar Last Minute Clemency : nbsp Sacramento Bee newsman Jim Sanders reports that a constitutional amendment introduced by California Assemblyman Jim Silva would bar the granting of executive clemency during the last 30 days of a Governor's term . nbsp The measure ABA 14, was introduced in response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's last minute clemency of Esteban Nunez , son of political ally and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez . nbsp In order to become law the measure would have to pass by both houses of the legislature and be adopted by California voters during a statewide election . Jim Carlton of the Wall Street Journal reports on other action spurred by the

  • John McWhorter on Prisoner Reentry and Unemployment

    Updated: 2011-01-28 03:21:51
    John McWhorter has an interesting piece over at The Root on prisoner reentry and black unemployment. McWhorter spotlights a few promising reentry/employment programs in Newark, N.J. McWhorter suggests that finding an employer willing to hire folks with criminal records is actually not the biggest hurdle for ex-prisoners — rather, it’s all the steps you have [...]

  • FedSoc Crim. Facebook Page

    Updated: 2011-01-27 22:53:27
    The Federalist Society's Criminal Law Practice Group has a new Facebook page, with links to criminal law related items of interest.

  • Marlborough Man, 21 Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Drugs, "Ammunition" Possession

    Updated: 2011-01-27 21:09:29
    , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Marlborough Man , 21 Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Drugs , Ammunition Possession January 27, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Firearms By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 27, 2011 4:09 PM Permalink Police in Marlborough , Massachusetts searched the home of Konstantin Berger Tuesday after obtaining a Search Warrant Once inside officers located an assortment of prescription drugs and some marijuana . They also found some cash and packaging agents along with a canister of mace . Berger stands charged with Possession With Intent to Distribute Drugs and Conspiracy He is also facing a

  • News Scan

    Updated: 2011-01-27 20:00:05
    HOME Main FedSoc Crim . Facebook Page News Scan January 27, 2011 12:00 PM Posted by CJLF Staff 0 Comments No TrackBacks Murder Registry Bill Proposed after Killer : Walks The Huffington Post reports Illinois state legislator Dennis Reboletti R has proposed Andrea's Law to track some convicted murderers . nbsp The bill is named after Andrea Will , who was murdered in 1998 at the age of 18. Her murderer , Justin Boulay , was released last year after serving half of his 24-year sentence . If passed , the bill would apply only to those violent offenders convicted before Illinois passed its truth in sentencing laws in 1998, which require those convicted of violent crimes to serve a minimum of 85 of their sentence 100 for murderers The bill would target those sentenced before adoption of

  • Suing Your Criminal Defense Lawyer for Malpractice? You Better Have a Good Alibi

    Updated: 2011-01-27 18:46:33
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Why The Texting Fountain Falling Lady Shouldn’t Sue Anyone Suing Your Criminal Defense Lawyer for Malpractice You Better Have a Good Alibi Published by John Richards on January 27, 2011 in Criminal Law and Lawyers 0 Comments Tags : alibi attorney client criminal defense lawsuit lawyer malpractice Cases of legal malpractice don’t get covered in the news as often as cases of medical malpractice . It’s easy to see why legal malpractice rarely makes good television . Chances are , a lawyer isn’t going to leave a surgical instrument sewn up in a client’s body cavity and if you know of any such cases why aren’t you selling the movie rights However , lawyers , like doctors , are learned professionals . And when they ply

  • Ortiz v. Jordan, Prison Rape Elimination Standards, &c.

    Updated: 2011-01-26 14:15:46
    I’ve been lax posting here lately, but not because there hasn’t been prison legal news. Miscellaneous other projects require my attention at least for the next few days — all apologies, but also, that’s what you get when you rely on a prison blog that’s an on-the-side project — but for now, here are a [...]

  • Ohio Justice and Department of Corrections Head Publicly Oppose Death Penalty

    Updated: 2011-01-26 08:00:00
    Two prominent members of Ohio

  • Lynn Couple Fight Over Drugs, Get Charged With Domestic Assault And Battery

    Updated: 2011-01-25 20:00:26
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Lynn Couple Fight Over Drugs , Get Charged With Domestic Assault And Battery January 25, 2011 Posted In : Domestic Violence Drug Crimes Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 25, 2011 3:00 PM Permalink Lynn , Massachusetts police responded to a supermarket after receiving a report of alleged criminal activity . They arrived to find Maria Rios of in a bathroom , crying . She complained that her boyfriend , Hector Diaz accused her of doing drugs and punching her in her while riding in Diaz's car . Rios was uncooperative with the police . However , while at the police station , Diaz arrived

  • Why Law School Can Still Be A Good Investment In Your Future

    Updated: 2011-01-25 18:53:53
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Arizona’s Other Controversial Law : Punishing Employers Who Hire Illegal Immigrants Why Law School Can Still Be A Good Investment In Your Future Published by Andrew Dat on January 25, 2011 in Lawyers 0 Comments Tags : attorney education law school law schools lawyer new york times rankings Man , who would’ve thought that one day everyone was going to consider attending law school to be a fool’s errand Probably the same people who saw through the madness that suddenly spotlighted comic books as an eternally solid investment in the 90s , supposedly beyond stocks or gold . However , even the outing of that sham is coming back to haunt us Hmm maybe everything is truly cyclical Anyway , if you have no idea what I’m

  • Arizona’s Other Controversial Law: Punishing Employers Who Hire Illegal Immigrants

    Updated: 2011-01-24 18:57:14
    : : Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Sony’s Fight To End PlayStation 3 Software Piracy Is Futile Arizona’s Other Controversial Law : Punishing Employers Who Hire Illegal Immigrants Published by Jay Rivera on January 24, 2011 in Immigration 0 Comments Tags : arizona business employers hire hiring immigrant Immigration law workers For a while now Arizona has been a most popular state in the headlines . From the victims of the recent shooting tragedy to the controversial SB 1070 law still in discussion , it seems that Arizona is the stage for a drama of epic proportions . Like a pivot point , nearly all of the Arizonian issues have been revolving around the issue of . immigration To keep you updated , as many as seven major immigration law cases have

  • Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult

    Updated: 2011-01-22 18:17:03
    Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult

  • The Inhumanity of Refugee Detention Camps in the West

    Updated: 2011-01-22 08:42:54
    What makes this ruling is significant is that a high court is here recognising that the detention camps in which refugees are held in the West can themselves be inhumane to the point of that sending people to them would be illegal. This is of particular relevance for analyses of Australia’s detention camps, which arguably [...]

  • Sony’s Fight To End PlayStation 3 Software Piracy Is Futile

    Updated: 2011-01-20 20:15:09
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Exonerated After 30 Years in Prison : Implications for the Death Penalty Sony’s Fight To End PlayStation 3 Software Piracy Is Futile Published by Andrew Dat on January 20, 2011 in Criminal Law and Intellectual Property 0 Comments Tags : hotz illegal lawsuit piracy playstation ps3 software sony Sony seems to have gotten itself locked and loaded for yet another battle against the little man I swear , who is running their public relations department Whoever it is , it seems like their goal is to help Sony alienate as much of its consumer base as . possible In case you haven’t been following this story , last week Sony announced that it would be suing famed computer hacker George Geohot” Hotz as well as a group of

  • Massachusetts Man Free On Bail After Being Charged With Child Enticement Through Texting

    Updated: 2011-01-20 05:43:04
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Massachusetts Man Free On Bail After Being Charged With Child Enticement Through Texting January 20, 2011 Posted In : Child Pornography Prostitution Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 20, 2011 12:43 PM Permalink Michael Provencher was arraigned Tuesday in the Marlborough District Court on charges of Child Enticement According to the Metrowest Daily News , Provencher girl under the age of sixteen received a text of a sexual nature from Provencher . It is alleged that the girl knows Provencher . Bail was set in the amount of two thousand dollars , a sum that Provencher posted . Read : Article

  • Lynn Massachusetts Men Held After Excessive Noise Leads Cops To, Gun Possession, Heroin Trafficking Charges

    Updated: 2011-01-19 20:46:59
    , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Lynn Massachusetts Men Held After Excessive Noise Leads Cops To , Gun Possession , Heroin Trafficking Charges January 19, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 19, 2011 3:46 PM Permalink On Saturday Lynn , Massachusetts police responded to a call complaining of noise at an apartment on Common Street . Hearing the loud music , the officers went to the door of the home . They smelled a strong odor of marijuana . They knocked on the door . Someone opened the door . Two of the individuals Nelson Joel Irizary-Alvarado and Henry Ocasio were found in another room . Both seemed

  • Exonerated After 30 Years in Prison: Implications for the Death Penalty

    Updated: 2011-01-19 19:35:02
    : : Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Can Protections for The Disabled Go Too Far Exonerated After 30 Years in Prison : Implications for the Death Penalty Published by John Richards on January 19, 2011 in Criminal Law 0 Comments Tags : conviction crime criminal dna evidence exonerate innocent justice prison texas The big story in criminal law last week came out of Texas , and it involved a man who served 30 years in prison , only to be proven innocent with new DNA evidence . This is one of the longest prison terms ever served by a person in the U.S . only to be . exonerated Obviously , this raises some major questions about the criminal justice system , the death penalty , and the procedure for considering exculpatory evidence that arises

  • New Blog from the Alcohol & Drugs History Society

    Updated: 2011-01-19 15:27:20
    FYI: the Alcohol & Drugs History Society has launched a new blog, Points.

  • Miscellaneous Prison-related Reading

    Updated: 2011-01-19 14:38:25
    A few links that will surely be of interest to some of you, but don’t quite fit into my usual categories for posts: Brendan Koerner’s Microkhan blog on prison economies of canned mackerel and cigarettes. Prisoners’ Inventions, a project of Temporary Services. (Also via Microkhan.) Prison Blues, the only denim brand made by Oregon inmates. [...]

  • Brockton Police Make Heroin Arrest, Man From Brockton, Women From Halifax, Plymouth

    Updated: 2011-01-18 21:11:12
    , , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Brockton Police Make Heroin Arrest , Man From Brockton , Women From Halifax , Plymouth January 18, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 18, 2011 4:11 PM Permalink The Brockton , Massachusetts Police gang unit made a stop on Belmont Street Monday night after seeing what the newspaper refers to as suspicious behavior The driver , identified as Paul St . Andre was searched . During the course of the search a large quantity of heroin was located on St . Andre . His two passengers , Kareena Miller of Plymouth and Ashleigh Simpson of Halifax were also searched and found in

  • Can Protections for The Disabled Go Too Far?

    Updated: 2011-01-18 20:00:45
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Court Rules Police Can Search Cell Phones Without a Warrant Can Protections for The Disabled Go Too Far Published by John Richards on January 18, 2011 in Employment 0 Comments Tags : abuse ada business businesses disability disabled lawsuit legal sue The Americans with Disabilities Act as well as the laws of many states , requires most businesses which sell goods or services to the general public to make a reasonable effort to ensure that their facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities . It imposes many new requirements on new construction projects , including wheelchair ramps and the . like Obviously , it would be impractical to impose these same standards on old buildings , requiring expensive or

  • Court Rules Police Can Search Cell Phones Without a Warrant

    Updated: 2011-01-17 18:45:24
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Foreclosure and Debt Collection Horror Stories Court Rules Police Can Search Cell Phones Without a Warrant Published by Andrew Dat on January 17, 2011 in Criminal Law 0 Comments Tags : arrest arrested california cell cops court law legal phone search text Apparently , like Arizona , California just can’t seem to go through a whole news cycle without somehow crowbarring their way into the  headlines If you haven’t been following the news in the golden state , last week the California Supreme Court ruled that it is now okay in California for cops to search through a person’s cell phone text messages without a warrant after that person has been placed under . arrest The case in question , People v . Diaz involved a

  • Two Salem Massachusetts Men Charged After Throwing Snowballs At Women, Car

    Updated: 2011-01-17 18:13:00
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Two Salem Massachusetts Men Charged After Throwing Snowballs At Women , Car January 17, 2011 Posted In : Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 17, 2011 1:13 PM Permalink Joshua Berry and Anthony Stiefel , both from Salem , Massachusetts have been charged with crimes after having been arrested for throwing snowballs at a couple of women and a car . According to the Salem News , police arrived at the scene after hearing yelling near New Derby Street and Front Street . They learned from two women that the defendants had thrown snowballs at them . One was hit in the face . The other woman's

  • Case Comment – Gomboc Decision, 2010 SCC 55

    Updated: 2011-01-16 17:52:25
    Here is a link to my website for a case comment on the Gomboc that will be published in an upcoming issue of RegQuest. Enjoy the reading.

  • Lynn Woman Found Driving Stolen Car In Braintree Faces Receiving Stolen Motor Vehicle Charge

    Updated: 2011-01-13 20:55:18
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Lynn Woman Found Driving Stolen Car In Braintree Faces Receiving Stolen Motor Vehicle Charge January 13, 2011 Posted In : Motor Vehicle Crimes Theft Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 13, 2011 3:55 PM Permalink Braintree , Massachusetts police learned that a 2004 Honda that had been stolen might be in their town . A Braintree police sergeant spotted the car leaving an apartment building parking lot . The car was stopped and the driver identified as Mary Ajede of Lynn , Massachusetts was arrested . She has been charged with Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Receiving a Stolen Motor

  • Niqab, Sex Assault, And The Court: An Examination Of R v NS

    Updated: 2011-01-13 09:17:52
    In a unanimous decision in October 2010, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that a sexual assault complainant may wear a niqab, a Muslim facial veil, while testifying. The Muslim Canadian Congress had intervened on behalf of the two accused men who had requested the order that the complainant remove her niqab. Upon the judgement’s [...]

  • “What’s Ahead for California’s Dysfunctional Prisons?”

    Updated: 2011-01-12 18:46:31
    The Crime Report has an interview with Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation — worth reading in full for California wonks. Here’s an excerpt: TCR: What are your two or three major accomplishments? Cate: Reducing prison overcrowding while seeing crime rates in California continue to decline, is accomplishment number one. [...]

  • Three Caught After Georgetown Bank Heist, Charged With Armed Robbery In Haverhill District Court

    Updated: 2011-01-12 18:20:06
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Three Caught After Georgetown Bank Heist , Charged With Armed Robbery In Haverhill District Court January 12, 2011 Posted In : Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 12, 2011 1:20 PM Permalink Korin O'Doherty , John Chiellini of Everett and Emanuel Silveira or Revere were arraigned in the Haverhill District Court on Monday on charges of Armed Robbery It is alleged that the three robbed a TD Bank in Georgetown last week . According to reports a young woman wearing a red hooded sweatshirt handed a teller a note . She demanded money . She told the teller that she had a gun . The teller gave

  • Deaf Federal Inmate Files Suit against Bureau of Prisons

    Updated: 2011-01-12 16:38:51
    From the Washington Post: David Bryant, who is serving a 99-year sentence for rape, says he was punished by staff for ignoring instructions that he couldn’t hear and that he was attacked by other inmates when he tried to activate the closed-captioning function on a communal television. Bryant, 46, cannot understand spoken conversation and communicates [...]

  • Texas Appeals Court Stops Death Penalty Hearing

    Updated: 2011-01-12 08:00:00
    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has decided to make permanent their stay December 7th stay on a hearing in Texas v. Green which examined the constitutionality of Texas's death penalty in light of the frequency of wrongful convictions.

  • Police Chase Ends Up With Two Men, One From Brockton, The Other From Dorchester Facing Gun, Cocaine Trafficking Charges

    Updated: 2011-01-11 23:53:51
    , , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Police Chase Ends Up With Two Men , One From Brockton , The Other From Dorchester Facing Gun , Cocaine Trafficking Charges January 11, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Firearms Motor Vehicle Homicide By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 11, 2011 6:53 PM Permalink This past weekend Brockton , Massachusetts police attempted to pull Dana Tate over for alleged Motor Vehicle Violations An officer began speaking with Tate who suddenly took off . A chase ensued . Tate crashed his vehicle into a tree and a snow bank . He then took off as on foot as did his passenger , Dwayne Douglas who is from Dorchester In

  • Free Internet to Citizens of Oppressed Nations: Genuine Interest in Democracy or Attempts to Monopolize Information?

    Updated: 2011-01-08 18:21:31
    Uncle Sam has $30M to bypass Chinese, Iranian ‘Net filters By Nate Anderson Need to get around a Chinese government firewall? Burning to smuggle your samizdat writings past Iranian Internet censorship? Hoping to blog with impunity in Burma? Uncle Sam wants to help. The US government has a $30 million pot of money to spend [...]

  • Clinical Legal Education

    Updated: 2011-01-08 04:03:04
    In the Conference on Canadian Clinical Legal Education conducted by Western Law Professor and Director of Community Legal Services, Douglas Ferguson, that took place on 22nd and 23rd of October 2010, the emphasis was on ways to prepare the law students for the professional world through establishing a more extensive and perhaps mandatory clinical program. [...]

  • Marlborough Massachusetts Drug Investigation Results In Arrest Of Two, Both Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin

    Updated: 2011-01-07 22:08:30
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Marlborough Massachusetts Drug Investigation Results In Arrest Of Two , Both Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin January 7, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 7, 2011 5:08 PM Permalink Police in Marlborough , Massachusetts had information that Robert Barberio of Leominster , Massachusetts was selling heroin and had some in his possession . Consquently , officers pulled his car over and conducted a search . They found Barberio in possession of several hundred dollars . Barberio's passenger , Darlene Tabor was searched as well . In her pocketbook

  • How to Stay Healthy (and Sane) as a Law Student

    Updated: 2011-01-06 05:54:42
    Much has been written about succeeding in law school, but not as much has been said about remaining healthy and sane while succeeding.  Having just finished my first law school exams this past December, I thought it beneficial to engage in much needed reflection on study habits and things that worked and did not work [...]

  • 2010 CLawBies

    Updated: 2011-01-06 00:45:21
    The 2010 Canadian Law Blog Awards are out! Law is Cool was a finalist for the Legal Culture Award. In the past, we won the Legal Culture Award in 2009 and 2007, and were finalists in 2008. This year we also scored a shout out in the Friends of the North Award for hosting the [...]

  • Braintree Massachusetts Man Charged With Kidnapping Indecent Assault And Battery And Assault With Intent To Rape After Being Reported For Inappropriate Touching

    Updated: 2011-01-05 21:54:10
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Braintree Massachusetts Man Charged With Kidnapping Indecent Assault And Battery And Assault With Intent To Rape After Being Reported For Inappropriate Touching January 5, 2011 Posted In : Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 5, 2011 4:54 PM Permalink Police in Braintree , Massachusetts recently investigated reports from a minor child that Michael Cimmino of Braintree had engaged in inappropriate touching . The arrests took place on Saturday afternoon and Cimmino was arraigned in Quincy on Monday . Bail was set at fifty thousand dollars cash . It is further alleged that the incident occurred

  • Lawrence Massachusetts Police Arrest Two, Charge With Crack Cocaine Possession And Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin After Drugs Found In Car Cupholder

    Updated: 2011-01-05 00:42:08
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Lawrence Massachusetts Police Arrest Two , Charge With Crack Cocaine Possession And Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin After Drugs Found In Car Cupholder January 4, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 4, 2011 7:42 PM Permalink While on patrol this past weekend Lawrence , Massachusetts police officers observed two cars apparently involved in a collision . When they stopped to investigate the officers came in contact with Jonathan Amador and Luis Aguayo , aka Julio Cesar Vincente Peguero . The police asked the drivers of both vehicles for their licenses . One of

  • The Governator Becomes The Commutator

    Updated: 2011-01-04 22:06:07
    : The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog Published by Home Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Jan 04, 2011 The Governator Becomes The Commutator As Arnold Schwartzenegger's term as California governor drew to a close in 2011, he commuted Esteban Lopez's prison term from 16 to 7 years . Schwarzenegger's decision was controversial , as many last-minute executive favors of this sort tend to be . nbsp In this case , Esteban Nunez was the son of Schwarzenegger's political crony , formerr CA Speaker Fabian Nunez . nbsp Estaban had pleaded guilty in 2007 to voluntary manslaughter.after he was part of a group of inebriated idiots who took out their anger at being refused admission to a San Diego fraternity party by attacking and stabbing some party-goers , killing student Luis Dos .

  • Braintree Man Charged With Robbery, Parnter With Possession With Intent After Marijuana Deal Fails

    Updated: 2011-01-03 21:02:53
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Braintree Man Charged With Robbery , Parnter With Possession With Intent After Marijuana Deal Fails January 3, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on January 3, 2011 4:02 PM Permalink An unidentified eighteen year old went to Quincy , Massachusetts last Thursday to buy some Marijuana . There he met with Tommy Dao of Braintree , Massachusetts and Nicholas Morganelli of Quincy . Instead of getting his Drugs however the teenager was robbed . Dao has been charged with Unarmed Robbery Morganelli has been charged with Possession With Intent to Distribute Marijuana According

  • The Scott Sisters: My Kingdom for a Kidney

    Updated: 2011-01-03 19:59:40
    : : The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog Published by Home Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Jan 03, 2011 The Scott Sisters : My Kingdom for a Kidney In December 2010, Mississippi Gov . Haley Barbour commuted the life sentences of sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott- so long as Gladys donates one of her kidneys to her ill sister within a . year Gov . Barbour's decision is probably illegal as well as impractical . He is in essence charging Gladys the value of her kidney to secure parole . Yet parole is supposed to recognize inmates' rehabilitation , not their ability to pay for their releases . And what will the Governor do if it turns out that Gladys is not a suitable kidney donor-- throw her back in prison Turns out that the sisters were serving a life sentence for a robbery

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