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Legal Juice 

Focuses on the lighter side of the law by highlighting all things humorous about the legal profession, ranging from odd cases and strange court filings to weird laws.
Post Frequency: 5.9/day Last Entry: May 25, 2010 at 02:01:20 Recent Entries: 755
By John Mesirow
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How Much Jail Time For 2 Rooms Full Of Weed?
Posted on December 09, 2008Dude had 60 pot plants growing in 2 rooms. As luck would have it [bad luck, that is], there was a fire in his apartment building, leading to the discovery of the weed. So how much time do you think he's facing? Zippy. Nada. Squadoosh. Sure he doesn't have a record, but if it happened to you or me, fuhgeddaboutit...
All That To Avoid An $88 Ticket?
Posted on December 08, 2008You're not going to believe what this formerly respectable couple did to try and avoid a £60 ($88 US) ticket and three points. And it's not like it would have put the wife over the top - her driving record was spotless. So Mrs. Diane Rodger, a lecturer [professor] was doing 40 mph in a 30mph zone when she was nailed by a speeding camera...
Ouch! Bad Burglar!
Posted on December 07, 2008"Why me?" the 64-year New York homeowner had to be thinking after burglar Luis Hidalgo broke into his home and bit his ear off! So badly that it couldn't be reattached! And Hidalgo punched and kicked the homeowner, and whacked him in the head with a karaoke machine...
Belly Dancer Offers Unusual Defense To A Parking Ticket
Posted on December 06, 2008As you'll see, this defense is not available to everyone... As reported by The Times: The driver was a belly dancer who had stopped in her car in a restricted parking zone in London. She had left her vehicle stationary with the engine running, and walked off with some props into the building where she was to perform...
S-bomb Brings Contempt, But Not F-bomb?
Posted on December 05, 2008Sounds crazy, right? But that's apparently the way it went down. As reported by WLWT.com: Jamel Sechrest, one of 50 people accused of being members of the "Taliband" wasn't happy that his trial is set for February and told Judge Robert Ruehlman "That's f---ing bulls--t...
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Posted on December 05, 2008Or else another blawg will win :( ... Anyway ... for the second straight year, the ABA (American Bar Association) Journal selected Legal Juice as one of the 100 best legal blogs (from a pool of 2,000+). Yada, yada, yada. PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK AND VOTE FOR LEGAL JUICE! It will take about 10 seconds.
Busted For The Sign On His Truck?
Posted on December 04, 2008So here's what Joseph Decker, of Hughestown, Pennsylvania, had on the back window of his truck: IF YOU'RE IN AMERICA & CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH GET THE FUCK OUT! I think that's idiotic, and I don't think Joe (Decker, not "the Plumber") would have a problem with my opinion...
THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF 2008
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Not The Best Way To Dispose Of The Evidence
Posted on December 03, 2008Come crunch time, I guess we all occasionally make the wrong decision. This would appear to be just such an occasion. As reported by The Naples Daily News: When caught red handed with a pair of stolen $16 earrings, Naples police say a Golden Gate teen turned to drastic measures to get rid of the evidence ? he drank them...
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Posted on December 03, 2008For the second straight year, the ABA (American Bar Association) Journal selected Legal Juice as one of the 100 best legal blogs (from a pool of 2,000+). It is one of ten in the "Quirky" category. From the ABA's announcement of the top 100: "Half the blogs on last year?s inaugural Blawg 100 list didn?t make the cut this year...
Crazy Hoon
Posted on December 02, 2008What's up with these crazy hoons? As reported by The Age: A P-plate driver [driver with a probationary license] was caught doing burn-outs in a police station car park. The 23-year-old hoon left a 20-metre skid-mark in the Craigieburn police station car park before driving off...
Kid Busted For Farting In School?
Posted on December 01, 2008Yes, the kid was busted for farting in school, and otherwise "disrupting" his class. From TheLedger.com, here's the story: A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities say he was "passing gas" and turned off his classmates' computers...
Would It Be Okay To Perform Surgery On Crack?
Posted on November 30, 2008Surgery is scary enough. I'd like to know that my doctor is certain that operating while on crack would be a bad thing. It's not that California ear, nose and throat specialist Li Quang Nguyen actually operated while on crack, but check this out, as reported by the OC Register: In July 2007, Dr...
Seriously Hard-Headed Dude
Posted on November 29, 2008If he wanted to kill himself before, just imagine how he must feel now. Joe Clapper of Lincoln, Nebraska shot himself in the head, with his girlfriend in the room. He must have wanted to send her some kind of message, doing it with her right there in the room...
Sex In All Kinds Of Places
Posted on November 28, 2008These folks were caught (and some were busted for) having sex in all kinds of places. As reported by The Mirror, the places are ... On a cop car For some people having sex in public just isn?t daring enough and they must take it that extra mile by, for instance, having sex on a police car...
Not The Best Place To Burn Rubber
Posted on November 27, 2008Think of the last place you would burn rubber. As reported in The Age: ... [a] P-plate driver [driver with a probationary license], 20, who picked up his Holden sedan from the police impound yard at Preston, paid a release fee, got in the car, revved the engine, acknowledged his friends, and did a burn-out as he drove out...
"Butt Bandit" Busted
Posted on November 26, 2008Everyone in Valentine, Nebraska can now breathe a huge sigh of relief because the Butt Bandit has been arrested. It's not clear why they call him the Butt Bandit since neither his butt, nor any other part of him, ever stole anything. To the contrary, he actually leaves something behind [bad pun, I know], his butt (and/or groin) prints in vaseline or lotion...
God And Indiana
Posted on November 25, 2008Things are crazy in the Hoosier state, where Ms. Liz Ferris got the vanity plate "BE GODS" nine years ago. Because she let the renewal lapse, she had to reapply. Her application was rejected! Why? Per The Indy Channel: "We do not permit personalized license plates with references to deity," said BMV [Bureau of Motor Vehicles] spokesman Dennis Rosebrough...
A Strange Source Of Funds For Heroin Start-Up
Posted on November 24, 2008I would say "only in America," but this happened in Scotland, pursuant to European human rights laws.... Seems that in some Scottish prisons, for a number of years, the prisoners had to "slop out" (clean out) their own toilets. And? Per the Daily Record: The slopping-out bonanza began in 2004 when knife-wielding mugger Robert Napier used European human rights law to win a court case against the prison service...
What's In A Name?
Posted on November 23, 2008About 12 years ago, Ocean City, Maryland resident Richard Brueckner disappeared - right when Richard Thelander was "born." Now these are just the allegations against Brueckner/Thelander (as reported in The Maryland Coast Dispatch), but it sure doesn't look real good: The charges against Brueckner ...
What'd You Call Me?
Posted on November 22, 2008Um, a douchebag. Yeah, I'm sure I wouldn't be too thrilled if I were featured in a book called "Hot Chicks With Douchebags." As reported by RadarOnline, Mr. Michael Manelli was pissed enough to file a lawsuit against the publisher and Mr. Jay Louis, the author of the book and the creator of the website www...
Not A Good Time To Burgle
Posted on November 21, 2008Not that there is ever a "good" time to commit burglary ... But if you're a burglar by trade, you definitely do not want to break into a house when ... it's filled with police officers! As reported by The Age: TWO men who broke into a Melton [Australia] house at midnight ? while police were already inside carrying out a drug raid...
The Worst Smelling Bathroom Ever
Posted on November 20, 2008How can I be so sure? Because, in that bathroom, for several months, was the body of a deceased 90-year-old woman. Seems that Alan Bushey, the leader of a religious group called the Order of the Divine Will (6 members!) told member Tammy Lewis (yes, it was her bathroom), that Ms...
Tell Me They Haven't Outlawed Throwing Snowballs!
Posted on November 19, 2008How appropriate that I stumbled across this law the same day I saw our first snowflakes here in Washington, DC. Now, imagine - if you can - a law that both Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann would agree goes too far. That law outlaws throwing snowballs! And the offending municipality is ...
Start Your Day With Some Juice
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Before You Confront That Driver Who Cut You Off ...
Posted on November 18, 2008Before you chase that feller down, you may want to consider the case of a man who got into it with Nebraska resident Tango Crenshaw. After Mr. Crenshaw's motor home and a vehicle nearly collided, per the Lincoln Journal Star: The driver of the car yelled at Crenshaw, and Crenshaw argued with him...
Might As Well Leave A Note With Your Name And Address
Posted on November 17, 2008So, Bernard Wood was free on bond for breaking into 2 homes in the same neighborhood on successive days in June. What does he do with his time while out on bond? He returns to that same neighborhood, and breaks into another home! Only this time he left a card with his name on it, saying "I did it...
Seriously - A Lawsuit Involving A Dog Named Shithead
Posted on November 16, 2008I could not make this shit up! [Sorry.] A priest in Morganfield, Kentucky is suing Shithead's owner and the city for allowing the dog to be buried near a veteran's memorial. It's not the name that upsets Father Gerald Baker: "What are we saluting? A flagpole with a monument to the dog? It's offensive...
11-Year-Old Whacks Mom On The Head With A Saw
Posted on November 15, 2008Really. With a saw. And then he offered her $5 not to call the police! As reported by The Treasure Coast Palm: The altercation happened Wednesday morning in the 1700 block of Wyoming Avenue after James Patrick Fitzgerald and his 41-year-old mother argued as she tried to get him to take his medication...
Be Kind To Your Cobbler
Posted on November 14, 2008This is no way to treat your cobbler. As reported by The South Asian Post: A Punjab police constable is suspended after he allegedly fired at a cobbler following an argument. The officer claims the weapon went off accidentally as he tried to control heavy traffic, but cobbler Nand Lal, who was shot in the leg and hospitalized says the officer disagreed with his political point of view and opened fire...
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Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...
How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...
I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...
This has happened 3 or 4 times a month now- they have turned the electric off 2 days consecutively, the water off about 9 or 10 times now, and our heat has broken 5 times (once it would not shut off, and we were forced t
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Look up CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE...................this looks like what happened t...








