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• Cafe Delicto: Virginia Man Convicted of Indecent Exposure For Appearing Naked Inside His Home While Making Coffee

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  We previously followed the case of Erick Williamson, 29, who was charged with indecent exposure when he was spotted by two women naked inside his house. He says that he was making coffee and they say he was exposing himself. Well, a Virginia jury has rejected coffee-based defense and convicted Williamson. ...
  15 hours ago

• Remote-Controlled Murder: Husband Sentenced for Killing Wife With 4 Ounce Remote

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  The judges of the Old Bailey in England have a fascinating criminal case before them. Paul Harvey, 46, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing Gloria Laguna, a former American diplomat in India. The weapon was the television remote. It is difficult to see why Harvey was charged with manslaughter in the case ...
  19 hours ago

• Thieves Steal Infamous Auschwitz “Arbeit Macht Frei” Sign

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  Polish police are searching for one of history’s most recognized and most infamous relics: the sign above the entrance gate of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp reading “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Sets You Free”). Thieves stole the sign this week before dawn. The site itself has long been neglected ...
  1 day ago

• Tsles Of Robbery, Rape And Drugs Will Return

  
  Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 123
  Dear readers, As you may have noticed, this daily criminal law blog has been rather sparse this week. this has been due to a conspiracy between court dates and internet failures. However, the Bostoncriminallwyerblog will return in full swing on Monday. Here in Boston, we take these things seriously, as do I. On ...
  1 day ago

• An Indirect-Effects Model of Mediated Adjudication: The CSI Myth, the Tech Effect, and Metropolitan Jurors’ Expectations for Scientific Evidence

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 124
  Part I of this article defines the “ CSI effect ,” a phrase has come to have many different meanings ascribed to it. It emphasizes the epistemological importance of first describing the effect of the “CSI effect” as observed in juror behavior documented in a new study conducted in Wayne County (Detroit), ...
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• Ireland Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Search Warrants

  
  Slaw — Authority: 574
  The people at the Law Reform Commission of Ireland have been very busy little beavers recently. Last week, they published a consultation paper on electronic evidence . Then they brought out a report on criminal defences (self-defence, provocation, duress). Yesterday, boom, another consultation paper, this ...
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• The High-Fiber Legal Diet: Video Shows Robbery Suspect Eating Bank Note

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  This video belongs in the Hall of Criminal Fame. John H. Ford, 35, was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery. The police grabbed what they thought was the bank robbery note, but put it next to Ford’s mouth on the police cruiser as they cuffed him. He proceeded to eat it. The Twinburg, Ohio police say that ...
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• Once Again: NEVER Call the Police for “Help”

  
  American Scofflaw — Authority: 135
  American Scofflaw Linda Hicks, a 62-year-old Toledo resident, was murdered by Officer Diane Chandler of the Toledo Police Department . “Murder” is the only suitable description for the entirely needless shooting death of Hicks, a group home resident who suffered from schizophrenia, depression, and ...
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• Credit Suisse, Other Banks, Get Hit for Playing Ball With Rogues

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 716
  On Wednesday, U.S. AG Eric Holder said Credit Suisse helped clients in Iran and elsewhere conduct financial transactions in secret, saying that the Swiss bank "established a business model to allow these rogue players access to U.S. dollars."
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• Sheriff Finds No Basis for Charges After Boy Shoots Himself With Gun Left By Parents Behind Christmas Tree

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  In Cortez, Colorado, police are not going to charge the parents of a 12-year-old Colorado boy who shot himself after playing with a loaded pistol left by his parents behind a Christmas tree. Montezuma County Sheriff Gerald Wallace insists that he does not see any basis for a charge in the case. The boy shot ...
  2 days ago

• Virginia Man Sentenced For Killing Wife After She Refused to Take Down Christmas Light

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  Forrest M. Smythers Jr., 54, really wanted those Christmas light taken down. Smythers was convicted of murdering his wife Dawn Smythers, in a dispute over the lights during which she allegedly hit him with Christmas angel and he shot her between the eyes with a .22 caliber rifle. Smythers was given life in prison ...
  2 days ago

• On the Job! Jurisprudence Collections Coordinator

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 505
  (On the Job! pays occasional notice to interesting intlaw job notices) The War Crimes Research Office (WCRO) at American University Washington College of Law is seeking a qualified and highly motivated candidate for the position of Jurisprudence Collections Coordinator. This individual will be responsible for ...
  2 days ago

• Arizona GOP Director Accused of Stalking Woman in Phoenix

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  The executive director of the Arizona GOP, Brett Mecum, 30, is embroiled in a bizarre criminal investigation where a woman has accused him of using the “Voter Vault” system to track her down in Phoenix. She is a young Republican and a former volunteer for John McCain. The woman says that Mecum showed up ...
  2 days ago

• How the “Independent” Fourth Estate Has Failed in its Critical Duty

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 776
  Fourth installment in a five-part series on Silverglate’s book, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent . In a discussion on WAMU Radio yesterday, host Kojo Nnamdi noted that vagueness in the federal criminal law has recently made “strange bedfellows” of the political left and right. This ...
  2 days ago

• Life Without Parole For Juveniles Who Did Not Commit Murder-Supreme Court Preview

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 436
  New York Times reporter Adam Litvak previews a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning violate juveniles who were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole even though they did not kill. There are apparently less than 100 such prisioners world...
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• Seventh Circuit Demands “Intellectual Discipline” at Sentencing

  
  Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog — Authority: 472
  It’s almost like Judge Easterbrook read my article.  I have a forthcoming piece in the  Marquette Law Review arguing that appellate courts ought generally to demand more rigor of trial judges in explaining their sentences and specifically to require greater attention to objective benchmarks.  Not ...
  2 days ago

• Polluting the jury pool

  
  a public defender — Authority: 524
  In today’s hyper connected world of 24 hours news and in-your-face social media that tweets breaking information before you have time to read it, one of the great concerns among legal professionals is keeping the jury pool free from pollution. As information is more widely and easily available, more and more people ...
  2 days ago

• Ireland Law Reform Commission Report on Defences in Criminal Law

  
  Library Boy — Authority: 129
  The Law Reform Commission of Ireland has published a Report on Defences in Criminal Law . The document deals with legitimate defence (self-defence), defence of the home, use of force in law enforcement, the defence of provocation, and the defences duress and necessity. It looks at the situation in other countries ...
  2 days ago

• Former Lawmaker Convicted of Raping His Daughters Copyrights His Name to Bar Its Use by Daughters and Reporters

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  Former South Dakota lawmaker Ted Klaudt does not like all of the stories being written about him. Most politicians are delighted with coverage but Klaudt is best known for raping his foster daughters. Klaudt’s solution (after failing to prove innocence) was to copyright his name and demand that newspapers ask his ...
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• Friends Don’t Let Friends Deduct: Drunk Driver Allowed to Deduct Cost of Truck Damaged in DUI Violation

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 634
  Finally, an upside to DUI? A judge with the U.S. tax court has ruled that a man who drove drunk and totaled his truck could claim the damage as a write off. Justin M. Rohrs claimed the casualty loss deduction on Form 4684) in 2005. Rohrs claimed the damage to his 2006 Ford F-350 pickup truck which he bought for ...
  2 days ago

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