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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  13 hours ago

• TPC teen contributor challenges Balloon Boy coverage

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 646
  By GottaLaff Six year old Falcon Heene with his father Richard (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Ive previously posted the observations of a remarkable high school student . Her insights were, and are, unique and poignant. (Please read them here , here , and here .) Today she sent me an e-mail, and ...
  19 hours ago

• Maines high court finds part of sex offender registration law unconstitutional

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 574
  As detailed in this local press report , the "Maine Supreme Judicial Court has found some of the provisions of Maines sex offender registry law are unconstitutional." Here are more details: Attorney General Janet Mills says the court upheld most of the sex offender registry law, but found that some specific ...
  20 hours ago

• Balloon boy’s parents get jail time, probation

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 702
  The “balloon boy” hoax that grabbed worldwide attention October 15th when former Wife Swap couple Mayumi and Richard Heene lead the nation to believe their son had floated away in a homemade balloon has resulted in jail time for the pair. The couple captured worldwide attention with the stunt, in which media ...
  23 hours ago

• How many Judge Judys are out there?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 633
  Do judges actually make sentencing decisions based on a persons demenor? It seems that judges will occassionally mention a defendants demenor in court when explaining their sentencing decisions (whether the observations were made over the course of the entire trial or just on the day of sentencing). Id like to ...
  23 hours ago

• Richard Heene Sentenced for Balloon Boy Hoax

  
  Personal Money Store — Authority: 575
  Richard Heene gets jail time Image from Flickr. I dont know how it happened, but the day Richard Heene pulled the Balloon Boy prank, everyone in the U.S. heard about it. For hours, "balloon boy," "Falcon Heene," "boy in spacecraft" and other various related phrases were the only ones people were typing into ...
  1 day ago

• A nose-for-a-nose and an ear-for-an-ear punishment in Pakistan

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 574
  Though not exactly involving the biblical punishment of an eye-for-an-eye, this CNN story reports on a sentence imposed in Pakistan that gets pretty close: A court in Lahore, Pakistan, has ordered that two men have their noses and ears chopped off, after the two were convicted of doing the same to a young woman. ...
  2 days ago

• Was justice done in the New York state sentencing of Astors heir?

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 574
  I have not followed closely the crime and prosecution of Brooke Astors son Anthony Marshall for stealing for his rich mother. But, yesterdays sentencing of Marshall leads me to wonder aloud in this space whether justice was done.  For some background, here is the New York Daily News coverage of the sentencing: ...
  2 days ago

• Sometimes Booker Works Against the Taxpayer

  
  Federal Tax Crimes — Authority: 125
  Booker now gives the sentencing court considerable discretion to vary from the Guideline Sentence calculation. In tax cases, such variances are usually defendant-friendly -- i.e., the sentencing court sentences below the Guidelines range. If the Government is unhappy with the downward variance and appeals, the court ...
  2 days ago

• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
  2 days ago

• Good news on 2009 crime rates from the FBI

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 574
  As detailed in this Reuters report , the FBI released some exciting data concerning crime rates for the first half of 2009.  Here are the details: Violent crime in the United States, including murder and robbery, dropped 4.4 percent in the first half of 2009 and property crime like car thefts also dropped, the ...
  2 days ago

• Hedge Fund Sues Dechert, Claims $125M Loss in Dreier Ponzi Scheme

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 682
  Contending that Dechert issued a "false" opinion letter used by then-practicing attorney Marc Dreier to defraud Fortress Investment Group LLC, the private equity and hedge fund firm sued the legal partnership today for damages in New York state court. Its lawsuit alleges that phony promissory notes purchased by the ...
  2 days ago

• Did Technician’s Faulty Forensic Work Over 15 Years Affect Case Outcomes?

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 682
  Following an inspector generals report that castigates a New York state police forensic scientist for faulty work that went undetected by his supervisors over a 15-year period, some are questioning why this situation apparently hasnt resulted in any overturned convictions. "Unless they are saying that a man worked for ...
  2 days ago

• Polanski Child-Sex Case Survives But Appeals Court Seeks Probe of Long-Ago Trial Judge

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 682
  Renowned movie director Roman Polanskis bid to dismiss a child-sex case has been denied by a California appeals court. But, referring to allegations of misconduct by the now-deceased trial judge in the decades-old case and that a plea agreement wasnt honored, the three-judge appellate panel called for an investigation ...
  2 days ago

• Judge Gets 30 Days for ‘Stupidity’ of Seeking Relationship With Defendant

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 682
  Defense lawyers argued that a middle-aged Texas judge had been waylaid by the feminine wiles of a 20-something defendant in a drunken-driving case on his call. But a jury decided otherwise, convicting Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law Judge Donald Wayne Jackson of official oppression on Friday for seeking a ...
  2 days ago

• Editorial Roundup

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 483
  In addition to Florida, newspapers in Connecticut and Utah also have capital punishment editorials. Todays Connecticut Law Tribune carries, " A Death Penalty Proposal ." Earlier this year, the state legislature voted to prospectivelyeliminate the death penalty. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto,however, coupled ...
  2 days ago

• War on Drugs Heads Up: Sentencing Fairness Bill Up For Consideration on Christmas Eve

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 431
  If you’re interested in federal policy regarding the “War on Drugs,” consider watching the Senate Judiciary Committee as it meets this Christmas Eve to consider S. 1789, at which time the committee will either send the bill to the floor of the Senate or kill it.S. 1789, also called the Fair Sentencing Act of ...
  2 days ago

• Additional Coverge of DPIC Report

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 483
  The Death Penalty Information Center report, “The Death Penalty in 2009: Year End Report ," is in Adobe .pdf format. The Los Angeles Times reports" Californias death row grows as death sentences decline nationwide ," written by Carol Williams and Jack Leonard. Los Angeles County sent more people to ...
  2 days ago

• Suit by Illinois Inmates Claims Harm from Soy-Laden Diet

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 682
  A lawsuit by nine Illinois inmates claims their prison diet contains so many soy-based foods that it is endangering their health. The inmates say the soy diet is especially harmful to those with allergies, sensitivities and gastrointestinal and thyroid problems, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Weston A. Price ...
  3 days ago

• Israel now having well-worn debate over sentencing guideline system

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 574
  As detailed in this article from Israel , the usual suspects are having the usual debate over a proposal to adopt sentencing guidelines for that country. Here are the details: A proposal to standardize prison sentences is expected to generate stormy debate in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee ...
  3 days ago

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