Via the LA Times, an Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy is charged with a misdemeanor count of assault for engaging in what would appear to be a bizarre practical joke following a traffic stop.
Juan Tavera, a six-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, spotted the pizza in the back seat of the 19-year-old’s car and sprayed it without the youth’s knowledge, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. Continue reading
A friend got the email and sent it off to me, because it was close to home and just too funny not to share.
My name is Kerrie O’Connor and I’m a Psychic Medium. For over 20 years, I’ve consulted with hundreds of Attorneys & Law Enforcement Officials on various trials and investigations. My unique skill set and perception abilities give Attorneys added insight on cases and maximize their ability to garner the best outcome possible.
My consulting services can be retained on a monthly basis or case-by-case basis and my fees for services are within reason.
According to , O’Connor is not a mere “Psychic Medium.” Continue reading
One of the things that happens when you have a blog that has been around for a while is that people “pitch” you to get you to write about something. Most of the time, it’s something banal, like their product or their personal injustice. Sometimes, it’s one of the myriad tragedies that warrant broad publication, but just seem to get lost in the mass of tragic news that happens regularly.
Last October, I was pitched to get involved in trying to save a crazy guy, John Errol Ferguson, from execution. I wrote about it here, and twitted about it as the hour for execution drew near. Continue reading
After 13 years as a public defender, Daniel Partain decided he had enough.
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
Brad Heath, who has firmly established himself as one of the premier criminal law reporters in the nation, offers yet another cruel vision of the abuse of confidential informants in USA Today. The argument in favor of rats is that they are a “necessary weapon in the fight against crime.”
The FBI gave its informants permission to break the law at least 5,658 times in a single year, according to newly disclosed documents that show just how often the nation’s top law enforcement agency enlists criminals to help it battle crime.
How do we solve a problem like lawyers? The American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education has put out its working paper, which Paul Caron sums up:
The story of 60-year-old Roy Middleton being shot in his driveway, reaching into his mother’s car for a smoke, by a cop who was called for a suspected car theft. has already made the rounds, but the response of Florida Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan on CNN raises some curious problems.
On Thursday, Morgan defended the officers’ actions as standard procedure because Middleton “did not comply.” Asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo how police could justify 15 shots at a 60-year-old man, Morgan said the officers saw a metallic object in Middleton’s hand as he made a “lunging movement” toward them. Continue reading
When it comes to gender politics, talk is cheap. Feminists can theorize all they want about how things would be if they ruled the world, but it’s mumbo (without much jumbo) until they’re put to the test. The good news is that there has been an ongoing test, where women are given guns and shields, allowed to roam the streets and exercise authority.
How’s that working out? Via LiveLeak, a video of a female cop in Los Angeles at the tail end Continue reading
Charged with the 2010 murder of a former co-worker, Dr. Vanjinder Toor, who he blames for ending his career, one thing is clear: Dr. Lishan Wang doesn’t care much for the Connecticut Public Defender’s office. And apparently, they don’t like him too much either. At least, not enough to allow any of their funds to be used to pay for experts in his pro se defense.
From the Branford Eagle:
The case’s judge and prosecutor are preparing to ask the Connecticut Supreme Court for advice as they try to move forward a confusing case involving an accused murderer who is representing himself—and running up a lot of bills. Continue reading
That 25-year-old San Diego student Daniel Chong will be scarred for life by the experience really can’t be questioned. After all, being left for 5 days in a holding cell will do that to a person. From the LA Times:
After being questioned briefly at the DEA facility in San Diego, he was told he would be released. But, for reasons that remain unclear, he was left for five days in a 5-by-10-foot windowless room without food, water or toilet facilities. Continue reading
