Miscellaneous

Well you gotta have priorities!

Posted on January 15, 2008
Last Sunday, a suspected drunk driver was tooling down the road going over 60 miles per hour. He apparently lost control and veered off the road, slamming into a tree. Luckily, nobody else was involved in the accident, so the only one injured was the fucknut of a drunk driver -- he suffered serious head and body injuries...

What're the odds?

Posted on January 15, 2008
Seriously, what are the odds? I mean, this video tells the story of a bizarre accident where a math teacher wound up dying in a relatively improbable way. Isn't it incumbent upon the report to give us the actual probability, just to honor the teacher's memory if nothing else? Meanwhile, no word yet on whether charges will be filed...

You Gotta Pay the Po-Lice Tax

Posted on January 14, 2008
Steven Leavitt, the dude behind Freakonomics, has done a study on prostitution in Chicago and come up with a fascinating statistic: They estimate that roughly 3 percent of all tricks performed by prostitutes who aren't working with pimps are freebies given to police to avoid arrest...

Pop Quiz: How To Prevent a Bank Robbery

Posted on January 14, 2008
A few men with hoods and a handgun walk into a bank and demand all the money in the safe. If you're a bank teller, what's the best course of action if you're hoping to avoid injury and keep the money from being stolen: A) Hit the silent alarm, wait for police to arrive, and risk a hostage situation? B) Pull gun out from money drawer, shoot robber in face, risk having your own face shot? C) Scream gibberish words, fall to the ground, and fake seizure? D) Calmly get up, walk into the next room, and shut the door behind you? The answer, of course, is D...

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The Daily Memo - 1/14/08

Posted on January 14, 2008
A slew of protesters were arrested at the Supreme Court on Friday because their protests against Gitmo torture were disruptive, and the court is no place to exercise your rights to congregate and speak out against something. (SCOTUSblog) Did you hear this? The phone companies cut off the FBI wiretaps because of unpaid phone bills...

What would Freud say about this?

Posted on January 14, 2008
From the Carroll County Times in Maryland: The parents of a Carroll County Board of Education candidate who were granted a protective order against their son Monday had similar orders in Baltimore County in 2006 and 2007, according to court records. The protective order granted to Homer and Beatrice Phelps of Westminster by a Carroll County District Court judge Monday forbids their son, Draper S...

A Cynic's Wet Dream

Posted on January 14, 2008
Hello and Happy New Year! I know, it has been a while since you saw me on this site. Well, in case you were wondering, I was busy prepping for my final semester! Graduating class of 2008, here I come! I wanted to make sure I found a story worthy of my return to QuizLaw...

All across the nation, we trust in defecation

Posted on January 14, 2008
Last week, a North Carolina man was out for a nice leisurely drive in his black Camaro. But wouldn't you know it, Josue Harrios-Coronilla swerved onto the wrong side of the road and wound up crashing into another guy's yard. He apparently took off because, when the cops showed up, Herrios-Coronilla was nowhere to be found...

Knock knock. Who's there? Summons. Summons who? Sucker!

Posted on January 14, 2008
Judge Harold Eaton Jr., a local judge in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, had a problem. He was presiding over a sex case involving allegations that a man got lewd and lascivious with a kid, and the case was prepping for trial. Folks had been called in for jury duty, as usual, and there was an initial pool of 34 potential jurors...

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