Juvenile Crime
Last Friday a thirteen year-old girl in Ocala, Florida was beaten unconscious on the school bus by her classmates. Apparently this was the girl’s first time riding the bus. After her classmates refused to let her sit down, forcing her to sit on her sister’s lap, they threw a shoe at her head. When she … Read more
Police have body cameras
We have all grown accustom to police officers having video cameras mounted in their vehicles recording every interaction they have with the public. These videos can be helpful to both police and citizens when the facts of an arrest or a crime are in dispute. According to the NY Times, hundreds of police departments are … Read more
I’m here for your hair
The Intelligencer Wheeling is reporting that four Amish men and women are suspects in a string of home invasions that occurred in Amish communities in Ohio. During each break in, the burglars would cut off the hair of the women and shave the beards of the men. Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla stated that the … Read more
If you are 15, don’t be a ‘hitman’
In Britain yesterday a fifteen year-old boy was found guilty for the murder of his friend’s mother. In the United States, it is not so unusual for young men to participate in gangs and as a result, gang violence. Gangs battle for turf and respect on a regular basis and because of the prevalence of … Read more
Doing drugs? Police are coming in without a warrant
In an 8-to-1 decision yesterday the Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment protection from warrantless searches and seizures does not extend to emergency circumstances created by the police. “The case came from Lexington, Ky., where police pursuing a drug suspect banged on the door of an apartment where they thought they smelled marijuana. After … Read more
Strangers taking pictures of children, should it be illegal?
The Newark Star-Ledger is reporting that Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, of the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee has proposed a bill that would make it illegal to photograph or videotape someone else’s child when “a reasonable parent or guardian would not expect his child to be the subject of such reproduction.” Source This new measure is … Read more
Drugs, everyone is invovled
The common perception is that only young people are involved in growing and distributing marijuana and other illegal narcotics. The common thinking is that, sure some of our older citizens may have been involved in marijuana use, growth or distribution in the 1960’s and 1970’s, but that was because they were young and as experienced … Read more
Innocent man spends 18 years in prison because of Prosecutorial Misconduct
On Tuesday the Supreme Court decided that former inmate John Thompson should not be compensated for the 18 years he spent in prison because of prosecutorial misconduct. In 1984 Mr. Thompson was convicted of armed robbery, and later of an unrelated murder after prosecutors in the New Orleans district attorney’s office hid blood and other … Read more
Prisoners on Facebook?
Should South Carolina ban prisoners from using facebook? Rep. Gilliard has proposed a bill that would fine prisoners caught using social media $500 and an extra 30 days in prison. There are hundreds of illegal cell phones that are smuggled into prison and used by the inmates to not only get on facebook, but to … Read more
Senator Involved In Domestic Violence
Last week, Arizona State Senator Scott Bundgaard got into a physical altercation with his girlfriend Aubry Ballard while they were driving home from a charity event. The couple was driving home from a “Dancing with the Stars” fundraiser when they began arguing after Ballard accused Bundgaard of “inappropriately touching” his dancing partner. CNN The argument … Read more
