Legal Commentary

Is It Relevant Whether Casey Anthony Was ?Clingy?

Posted on January 03, 2011
The court in the trial of Casey Anthony has been asked to bar questions over her sex life and habits. She is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Police have gathered evidence on such facts as whether she was “clingy” after sex or had unprotected sex...

Uncivil Action: Florida Lawyers Sanctioned for Email Exchanges

Posted on January 03, 2011
I just saw this story on ABA Journal as a cautionary warning to those lawyers who allow their emotions to get ahead of their judgment. Two Florida lawyers — Nicholas Mooney and Kurt Mitchell — have been sanctioned for an exchange of emails that included such notable comments as one calling the other a ?scum [...

New York Man Saved By Uncollected Trash

Posted on January 03, 2011
This is a true New York story. A suicidal 26-year-old man was saved from a jump from the ninth floor of an apartment building by a pile of uncollected trash. The man landed on the trash, which went uncollected during the recent blizzard. This could present an interesting defense for supervisors recently accused of buying [...

Toddler Left in ER for Hours Until Her Feet and One Hand Are Amputated

Posted on January 03, 2011
We have another case of an alleged horrific injury due to the ever-present delays at emergency rooms in the United States. Malyia Jeffers, 2, was left for hours in the ER at the Methodist Hospital in Sacramento as her Strep A devoured her body. She ultimately lost both of her feet and one of her [...

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Heroes Rush In Where Police Fear To Tread

Posted on January 02, 2011
Submitted by Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger We’ve read several times on this blog about police reluctance to help drowning victims and even to prohibit family members from leaping into the water to save their loved ones (here) when authorities refuse to help...

What Really Happens When You Try to Wrap a Kitteh

Posted on January 02, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger

Patty-Cake Kittehs

Posted on January 02, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger

The Bieber Boycott

Posted on January 02, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Construction worker and Brooklyn native Andy Sullivan is one of the most vocal opponents of Park51, the mosque and cultural center near ground zero. Sullivan has appeared on the Fox Business channel touting his efforts to enlist other construction workers to sign a petition that states they won’t [...

Poor Little Fool

Posted on January 02, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Poor Little Fool For you listening pleasure, we have Ricky Nelson in glorious STEREO!

Pa. Man Steals Video Game From Teenager?s Coffin

Posted on January 01, 2011
Submitted by Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger Pittsburgh area police have arrested 37-year-old Jody Lynn Bennett on suspicion that he stole a hand-held video gaming system  from the coffin of 17-year-old Bradley McCombs, who died in a Christmas Day SUV crash...

Herrera v Oregon

Posted on January 01, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger. Herrera v Oregon is a pending case before the Supreme Court, where Alonso Herrera, an Oregon man, was convicted by 10-2 jury vote of unauthorized use of a vehicle. At issue is whether the Sixth Amendment, as incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, requires a unanimous [...

Kentucky Officers Sued After Man Is Beaten At Horse Show

Posted on January 01, 2011
There is a disturbing case out of Kentucky this morning. State police and the FBI are reportedly investigating Owsley County deputy Sheriff Michael Havicus and Booneville Officer Timothy Marshall in the beating of John Adkins at a horse-riding event called the Fall Trail Ride...

Double Cheese and Pepperoni; Hold The Formaldehyde

Posted on January 01, 2011
Submitted by Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger Diners in Naples, Italy  may be unwittingly getting a new ingredient on their traditional Mozzarella cheese and tomato pizzas. Police are investigating reports that several “lower-end” bakeries and pizza shops are using wood from coffins to fire the ancient stone ovens...

La Bamba

Posted on January 01, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger La Bamba Today we present Ritchie Valens in glorious STEREO! With studio talk and false start! Break out the headphones/earbuds that Santa brought you.

Israeli Rabbi Accused of Child Abuse

Posted on January 01, 2011
We have seen in recent months how the Jewish community has been dealing with an abuse scandal similar to the one in the Catholic Church.  This week, such allegations were leveled at an unnamed Rabbi in Israel, who is accused of at least three counts of child molestation...

Resolutions and Dreams for 2011

Posted on December 31, 2010
SUBMITTED BY LAWRENCE RAFFERTY, GUEST BLOGGER Now that the end of the year is just hours away, I thought it would be nice to put into writing some of the New Years resolutions that I have for 2011. This year has been a year of highs and lows for myself and for the country...

No Pardon for The Kid

Posted on December 31, 2010
Boy, New Mexico governors really stick together . . . even after 130 years. On his last day in office, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico refused to pardon Billy the Kid for the killing of Sheriff William Brady in Lincoln County, New Mexico despite his conclusion that William H...

Beware of Boys with Magic Beans!

Posted on December 31, 2010
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger I decided to dust off another old case that I found in my Fairy Tale Crimebusters File. You may remember my previous post about a wolf, a hunter, and a little lass who wore a red riding hood–Crime & Punishment: Cross-Dressing Criminal Meets His Maker! Today, I have a [...

Happy New Year?s Eve!!!

Posted on December 31, 2010
Happy New Year’s Eve to all of our blog family. We will be spending New Year’s Eve at home this year — preparing for our annual New Year’s party on January 1st. I will be toasting to everyone on our extended blog family. Tonight Leslie and I will share our traditional bottle of Schramsberg Sparkling [...

Lincoln Nebraska Police Shown Arresting Man For Firing Crossbow at Target in Backyard

Posted on December 31, 2010
I saw this story on Reddit and it raises a lot of unanswered questions. The Examiner below reports that the video was taken by the wife of Gary Grana, 33, who was arrested for firing a crossbow in his yard at a target. Grana ends up under a pile of officers after a rather large [...

Florida Officer Arrested After Video Shows Him Punching Inmate

Posted on December 31, 2010
The video below has resulted in the arrest of a Brooksville Florida police officer, Detention Sgt. David Dixon, after he was shown punching an inmate in the face for no apparent reason. The sheriff said that man was just “running his mouth” and did not deserve to be punched at the Hernando County Jail...

Colorado Man Stomps Puppy To Death on Christmas Eve To Punish Girlfriend For Not Answering His Calls

Posted on December 31, 2010
Christopher Blackstone, 25, seems intent to make the worst people of 2010 year before time runs out. Upset that his girlfriend, Talitha Peterson-Hooks, 25, left their apartment during an argument and then refused to take his calls, he proceeded to stomp her puppy to death and sent her a text message saying “If you would [...

Hope Over Experience: Kelsey Grammer Preparing for $50 Million Divorce Payout To Third Wife While Refusing Pre-Nup With Fourth Wife To Be

Posted on December 30, 2010
It is becoming abundantly clear why Kelsey Grammer did not play a lawyer on television. The Frasier star is about to divorce his third wife, Camille Donatacci, who reportedly refused a $30 million settlement because it did not include child support or alimony...

Wisconsin Man Given Only $25,000 For 23 Years in Jail for Murder That He Did Not Commit

Posted on December 30, 2010
The Innocence Project is reporting that Robert Stinson is eligible for only $25,000 of compensation in Wisconsin after serving 23 years in prison for a crime that he did not commit. The outrageously low compensation is the result of a statutory compensation level that has not been changed since 1913...

Florida Doctor Allegedly Strangled By Neck Massager

Posted on December 30, 2010
Dr. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson, 37, has died in a bizarre case with product liability implications. Police say that Ferrari-Gegerson was accidentally strangled by a electronic neck massager on Christmas Eve when her necklace got caught in the massager...

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav Convicted of Rape

Posted on December 30, 2010
In one of the most high-profile rape convictions in history, a three-judge panel of the Tel Aviv district court found former Israeli president Moshe Katsav guilty of multiple charges of rape and sexual harassment yesterday. While obviously painful for any country, the conviction does show a commitment to blind justice in Israel where high-ranking officials [...

Oklahoma Man Attempts Fetish Defense to Murder

Posted on December 29, 2010
Arthur Sedille has a difficult criminal defense to prove at trial. Sedille admits that he shot to death his wife in Oklahoma City. However, he insists that he was merely engaging in fantasy sex play with a gun that he thought was unloaded. It wasn’t...

Prosecutors Refuse to Bring Charges of Any Kind After Police Leave 16-Year-Old Boy Handcuffed and Lying Facedown in Street . . . Only To Be Run Over

Posted on December 29, 2010
Andrew John Bornen, 16, was killed while lying in the middle of the road of a busy street outside of Ipswich, Australia. Bornen was not engaging in some high school prank. He was lying face down in the middle of street with his hands cuffed behind him at the insistence of the police...

Leading Evangelist Preacher in Dallas Arrested For Allegedly Breaking Into Parishioner?s Home to Steal Furs and Designer Purses

Posted on December 28, 2010
Rev. Sandra McGriff, head of The Church of the Living God and one of the members of a powerful political family in Dallas, has been accused of breaking into the home of a parishioner on Christmas Eve to steal more than $10,000 worth of property, including fur coats, designer purses and electronics...

Report: U.S. Refused Request By UAE To Investigate Alleged Assassination by Mossad

Posted on December 28, 2010
Newspapers are reporting that the United States State Department under Hillary Clinton made the extraordinary decision to refuse assistance requested by the United Arab Emirates into the assassination of a top Hamas commander. Israel’s Mossad is widely viewed as responsible for the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhoh, which broke a host of international and domestic laws...

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