• Blagojevich Verdict and Unanimous Juries

    Updated: 2010-08-31 02:13:23
    : The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog Published by Home Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Aug 30, 2010 Blagojevich Verdict and Unanimous Juries Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was recently convicted of lying to the FBI . nbsp But his trial resulted in a hung jury on numerous other counts , including the most signfiicant charge that he tried to auction off Pres . Barak Obama's vacated US Senate seat to the highest bidder . nbsp Since the jury hung 11-1 in favor of convicting Blagojevich of trying to sell the Senate seat , the government will no doubt re-try that and other charges in front of a new jury . nbsp Obviously relieved by his temporary reprieve , Blagojevich stated that the lone holdout had reaffirmed his faith in God . God of course did not create the

  • (Another) Law School Podcast

    Updated: 2010-08-31 00:55:48
    The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) has a new law school podcast. And unlike our podcast, it looks like they actually talk about law school instead of legal issues. You can check it out on Law School Tech Talk.  Hat tip to Connie Crosby on Slaw.

  • Doctors Apologizing for Medical Malpractice Won’t Alone Stop Lawsuits

    Updated: 2010-08-30 20:30:16
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives How Business Owners Can Avoid a False Advertising Lawsuit Joe Francis Defamation Lawsuit Against Piranha 3D a Bomb Doctors Apologizing for Medical Malpractice Won’t Alone Stop Lawsuits Published by Andrew Dat on August 30, 2010 in Personal Injury 0 Comments Tags : apologize doctor fault health care lawsuit lawsuits medical malpractice patients A recent Bloomberg Business Week article caught my eye . The headline read When Doctors Admit Mistakes , Fewer Malpractice Suits Result , Study Says . It was an eye-catching title because it seemed to indicate that basic human decency was an effective way to reduce unnecessary patient lawsuits . Some would say that I have a naïve outlook toward human nature , but I believe

  • Tired of Being Called a Racist?

    Updated: 2010-08-30 16:37:13
    HOME Main Tired of Being Called a Racist August 30, 2010 9:37 AM Posted by Bill Otis 0 Comments No TrackBacks Well get used to it . nbsp Those who enthusiastically support the death penalty and other forms of serious punishment for serious crime are just the latter-day Klan , according to one sort of thnking the sort briliantly described in the oikophobia essay to which Kent made reference earlier . today It's well worth the read , as is this column by Charles Krauthammer . nbsp Krauthammer's piece is titled , The Last Refuge of a Liberal . You will not be surprised to learn that the refuge is the reflexive but still snarling charge of . racism Krauthammer does not discuss the culture war about the death penalty , but he might as well have . nbsp To abolitionists and a distressingly large

  • A Strange End to a Capital Case

    Updated: 2010-08-30 15:17:07
    George Smithey murdered Cheryl Nesler in 1988. He was sentenced to death the next year. The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld his conviction and sentence on appeal in 1999, 20 Cal.4th 936. Last week, "a Calaveras County Superior Court judge last week vacated Smithey's death sentence and resentenced him to life in prison without parole," AP reports.Before the resentencing paperwork arrived at the Big Q, Smithey hanged himself with bedsheets.

  • Oikophobia

    Updated: 2010-08-30 11:18:51
    HOME Main Great Job , You're Fired Oikophobia August 30, 2010 4:18 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks James Taranto at the WSJ has found a word for an attitude that often comes up in debates on crime , especially capital punishment , although the focus of Taranto's column is the Ground Zero mosque dispute . The word is oikophobia . It is the opposite of xenophobia . nbsp It is contempt and loathing of the familiar . nbsp The source is this essay at Civitas in England by Roger Scruton : the disposition , in any conflict , to side with them' against us' , and the felt need to denigrate the customs , culture and institutions that are identifiably ours . Taranto explains the American variant of this : attitude Yet the oiks' vision of themselves as an intellectual

  • BBB : 7 Things Job Seekers should know to Avoid Scam

    Updated: 2010-08-30 07:12:54
    Sometimes jobs are easy available just job seekers would know the details walkin and grab the opportunity.But as the potential employers seeking good online match respect to position and moreover when this whole episode becomes online then certainly the things are different. The latest scenario reveals online job hunting is not secured and before jumping for [...]

  • Haverhill Man Who Was Not Served Beer Pulls Out Gun, Gets Charged With Gun Possession, Assault With Dangerous Weapon

    Updated: 2010-08-30 06:39:03
    , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Haverhill Man Who Was Not Served Beer Pulls Out Gun , Gets Charged With Gun Possession , Assault With Dangerous Weapon August 30, 2010 Posted In : Firearms Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 30, 2010 12:39 PM Permalink Cesar Maldonado was at the 8th Street Tavern in Haverhill , Massachsuetts having some drinks . The bartender decided to stop serving him . She then went outside the bar for a break . Maldonado followed her . He entered his van , withdrew a 45, returned and pointed it at her . She ducked . Maldonado left in his vehicle . Someone got a plate number . Later that evening

  • Great Job, You're Fired

    Updated: 2010-08-30 00:08:47
    , HOME Main A Strange End to a Capital Case Great Job , You're Fired August 30, 2010 5:08 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks The murder rate in the District of Columbia is down substantially . nbsp The District's dismal schools a root cause are getting better , though they still have a very long way to go . nbsp So naturally the people of the District are poised to fire the mayor . nbsp Robert McCartney reports for the WaPo on Adrian Fenty , Vincent Gray and the politics of race and class in D.C . At 39, incumbent Mayor Fenty is a post-civil-rights leader who prides himself on being color-blind . It doesn't matter whether you're black or white , rich or poor the key is that your trash is picked up , your potholes are filled and your kid's teacher is qualified . That

  • LSAT Logic and “Ground Zero Mosque” Arguments

    Updated: 2010-08-28 14:27:05
    The LSAT Blog has a great post,  LSAT Logic and “Ground Zero Mosque” Arguments. See Part 1 here, and Part 2 here.

  • Fiona Ma on SB 399

    Updated: 2010-08-28 01:37:07
    HOME Main Oikophobia Fiona Ma on SB 399 August 27, 2010 6:37 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 1 Comment No TrackBacks Tim Redmond at the San Francisco Bay Guardian is very upset with California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma for voting against the bill to effectively abolish life without parole for the very worst 17-year-old murderers . nbsp We have a different take , of course . nbsp We will put aside our disagreements with Ms . Ma on other issues and give her a Profile in Courage award on this one . nbsp The pressure from the soft-on-crime crowd was intense , and the major newspapers had lined up , repeating Senator Yee's vignettes without verification . nbsp Here is the statement from Ms . Ma's office , as quoted in the SFBG : story I did not come to my decision on SB 399 easily it's legislation

  • How Business Owners Can Avoid a False Advertising Lawsuit

    Updated: 2010-08-27 20:30:10
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Video Game Addiction is Apparently a Real Thing Doctors Apologizing for Medical Malpractice Won’t Alone Stop Lawsuits How Business Owners Can Avoid a False Advertising Lawsuit Published by Donna Mia on August 27, 2010 in Business Law 0 Comments Tags : ad ads advertising claim company false false advertising product trademark The idea of lying is a tricky one . We all know it’s wrong to lie , but how do you know when that line has been crossed This question is particularly relevant to advertising in business . As a businessman , how do you know when someone will bring a claim of false advertising against you , when all you were trying to do was extol the merits of your product As a quick overview , a few major laws

  • Friday Roundup

    Updated: 2010-08-27 19:27:35
    Still on hiatus, but in the meantime, there’s lots of news for you to read: “Eric Holder’s Unfinished Business“: Lovisa Stannow and David Kaiser provide a grim update on prison rape over at the NYRBlog. They’ve also rounded up news commentary at the JDI website. Some discussion at Ezra Klein’s blog on prisoners and citizenship, [...]

  • News Scan

    Updated: 2010-08-27 17:03:49
    HOME Main Life Life in North Carolina News Scan August 27, 2010 10:03 AM Posted by Christine Dowling 0 Comments No TrackBacks Blago Holdout Juror Talks : nbsp Juror JoAnn Chiakulas the holdout juror in former Governor Rob Blagojevich's trial recently told the Chicago Tribune that she stands by her decisions . nbsp This AP story reports that Chiakulas found Blago's recorded statements about allegedly selling President Obama's former Senate seat too disorganized to constitute a criminal conspiracy . nbsp Chiakulas also expressed concerns about the credibility of some of the government's key witnesses , who had cut deals with prosecutors before the trial . nbsp A judge announced yesterday that Blago's retrial will begin the week of January 4th . Escaped NC Convict Charged with Murder in CA :

  • Do Your Driving Convictions Really Disappear After 3 Years?

    Updated: 2010-08-27 14:19:57
    Do your driving convictions really disappear after 3 years? Simon says, "No!" Keep reading to find out more about how the government keeps provincial offence records and what happens to them after three years.

  • Postconviction Discovery

    Updated: 2010-08-26 19:21:10
    HOME Main News Scan Postconviction Discovery August 26, 2010 12:21 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks The California Supreme Court today decided Barnett v Superior Court resolving some questions regarding California's postconviction discovery statute , Penal Code 1054.9. The Court had previously rejected the attack on the statute itself by a couple of trouble makers in People v . Superior Court Pearson 2010 48 Cal.4th 564. In summary , we conclude that , to be entitled to receive discovery beyond merely recovering items that the prosecutor had provided to defense counsel before trial , defendants must show they have a reasonable basis to believe that the specific materials they seek actually exist . To obviate one concern that petitioner has expressed , we note that a

  • "Women's Values"?

    Updated: 2010-08-26 14:35:47
    HOME Main Postconviction Discovery Women's Values August 26, 2010 7:35 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 1 Comment No TrackBacks I go past the California State Capitol twice a day , so I see a lot of silly demonstrations and displays . nbsp This one goes in the Hall of . Infame The banner says 1920 Votes for Women 2010 Vote for Women's Values . So let me get this straight . Barbara Boxer and Ann Coulter are both women . So in terms of values , they have more in common with each other than Boxer does with Barack Obama or Coulter does with Glenn Beck , right It seems like the message here is similar to the one directed at black conservatives such as Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell . nbsp Don't think for yourself . nbsp Don't stray from the script . nbsp If you do , you are not authentic . This

  • Geography Quiz

    Updated: 2010-08-26 14:01:18
    HOME Main Women's Values Geography Quiz August 26, 2010 7:01 AM Posted by Bill Otis 2 Comments No TrackBacks Q : nbsp What country is the new Workers Paradise of the Western Hemisphere , embodying compassionate socialist values A : nbsp Venezuela , courtesy of Hugo . Chavez Q : nbsp What country was proudly the first to abolish the death penalty A : nbsp Venezuela 1863, in its Constitution Q : nbsp What country has the highest murder rate for any large nation in the world A : nbsp You got it . Venezuela I'm no fan of these international studies relentlessly tossed out to show that the United States has a murder rate higher than countries mostly in Western Europe without capital punishment . nbsp But since they're all the rage with the DPIC and similar outfits , I thought I would join the

  • Phone Scam at it’s Worst as Fraud Callers in Beaumont are back , Beware

    Updated: 2010-08-26 07:24:33
    Once upon a time technology was no advance . But changing time and changing technology have also resulted in increase in crime . No mattter say online scam or frauds taking place offline. Beaumont residents can be certainly in trouble if they fail to recognize the on going phone scams which is indeed sucking the [...]

  • Call for Participation: Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life: An international workshop

    Updated: 2010-08-26 00:24:00
    Call for Participation Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life: An international workshop May 12-15, 2011, University of Toronto, Canada Digitally mediated surveillance (DMS) is an increasingly prevalent, but still largely invisible, aspect of daily life. As we work, play and negotiate public and private spaces, on-line and off, we produce a growing stream of personal digital data [...]

  • Pot Sellers Against Proposition 19

    Updated: 2010-08-25 23:13:06
    HOME Main Geography Quiz Pot Sellers Against Proposition 19 August 25, 2010 4:13 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments No TrackBacks And now , for something completely different . Peter Hecht reports in the : SacBee The Canna Care medical marijuana dispensary has a truck driving around Sacramento with a sign telling people to vote no on the state ballot initiative that would legalize pot for recreational . use George Mull , a lawyer for several Northern California pot shops , is fighting Proposition 19 on claims it threatens protections put in place for medical pot users with the 1996 passage of California's medical marijuana . law And a Humboldt County dispensary operator complains that the new pot measure simply isn't needed . They say they're legalizing marijuana , said Stephen

  • News Scan

    Updated: 2010-08-25 20:24:48
    HOME Main Pot Sellers Against Proposition 19 News Scan August 25, 2010 1:24 PM Posted by Christine Dowling 0 Comments No TrackBacks Persuasive Appellant Now Triple-Homicide Suspect : nbsp The Seattle Times has this story about John Allen Booth Jr . currently on the loose and wanted for three murders committed last weekend in Washington state . nbsp Booth's life of crime began at age 13, and his record ranges from thefts and trespassing to witness intimidation and serious assault charges . nbsp The article details Booth's successful journeys through the criminal appeals process , which almost always ended in an early release and an additional crime . nbsp After his last stint in prison for two counts of first-degree assault for bludgeoning a man in the head with a crowbar , Booth was again

  • Two From Georgetown, One From Ipswich Arrested, Charged With Drug Trafficking, Possession

    Updated: 2010-08-25 19:12:54
    , , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Next Two From Georgetown , One From Ipswich Arrested , Charged With Drug Trafficking , Possession August 25, 2010 Posted In : Drug Crimes Search and Seizure Trafficking OxyContins By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 25, 2010 1:12 PM Permalink Detectives from Ipswich , Massachusetts and Beverly , Massachusetts observed a car being driven by Brian Sotiropoulos . The police had prior dealings with Sotiropoulos and his girlfriend , Cassandar Thomas , both from Georgetown , Massachusetts . It has been reported that the two were arrested in Ipswich on another occasion for Possession With the Intent to

  • The Good Side of Illegal File-Sharing and Online Piracy

    Updated: 2010-08-25 18:51:53
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Legal Fashion Police : What Not to Wear in Court Video Game Addiction is Apparently a Real Thing The Good Side of Illegal File-Sharing and Online Piracy Published by Andrew Dat on August 25, 2010 in Criminal Law and Intellectual Property 0 Comments Tags : artist bittorrent download file sharing illegal Recently , GamePro magazine ran a feature article detailing the negative financial impact internet piracy has caused to the tech industry . The article cited some pretty disturbing figures , such as over 3 billion in lost annual profits for the video game industry alone . Note that if you haven’t heard of GamePro then you likely spent the majority of your adolescent years not stuffed in a . locker Back to the point at

  • Troy Davis and Iconic Innocence

    Updated: 2010-08-25 14:35:07
    HOME Main News Scan Troy Davis and Iconic Innocence August 25, 2010 7:35 AM Posted by Bill Otis 2 Comments No TrackBacks Those of you who follow Doug Berman's entertaining Sentencing Law and Policy will see that a hue and cry is being raised about the Davis opinion . nbsp This was to be expected . nbsp As I have noted : there The abolitionist refrain about Troy Davis's innocence is identical in its shrill , superior and indignant character to the same claim they made about Roger Keith Coleman . And it's identical in one other respect as well , to wit , it's identically false . Let's face it . Troy Davis's innocence was , in the abolitionist eye , never going to be a product of evidence . The district court's opinion could have gone on for 1000 pages and it would have made no difference .

  • Yee Bill Defeated

    Updated: 2010-08-25 14:10:04
    HOME Main Troy Davis and Iconic Innocence Yee Bill Defeated August 25, 2010 7:10 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 2 Comments No TrackBacks Yesterday , the California Assembly voted down SB 399, Senator Leland Yee's attempt to create a possibility of parole for all 17-year-old murderers , regardless of how heinous the crime . The vote was 34-38, with 41 needed for passage . All the Republicans and 9 Democrats voted no . Another 6 Democrats abstained , which in California is effectively the same as voting . no This was a hard fought battle , with victims' groups and prosecutors fighting uphill and with misleading and misinformed editorials in all the leading newspapers of the state . nbsp Congratulations to those who worked so hard to defeat this ill-advised . measure NOVJL's press release is

  • Crime and Selfishness Paper on SSRN

    Updated: 2010-08-25 06:12:00
    Recently posted to SSRN: "At the Mercy of the Prisoner Next Door: Using an Experimental Measure of Selfishness as a Criminological Tool" MPI Collective Goods Preprint No. 2010/27 THORSTEN CHMURA, University of Bonn - Faculty of Law & Economics CHRISTOPH...

  • Light Posting Ahead

    Updated: 2010-08-25 00:13:24
    FYI: For various reasons, I’ll be mostly taking a break from blogging for the next week or two, although I’ll still try to do a roundup of links later this week. As always, you can keep busy by checking out my blogroll or clicking on the tag and category archives in the righthand column, and [...]

  • Still Guilty, After All These Years

    Updated: 2010-08-24 20:38:25
    , HOME Main Yee Bill Defeated Still Guilty , After All These Years August 24, 2010 1:38 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 3 Comments No TrackBacks Bill Rankin reports in the Atlanta : Journal-Constitution A federal judge on Tuesday emphatically rejected condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis' claims that he was wrongly convicted of killing a Savannah Police officer in 1989. In a 174-page order , U.S . District Judge William T . Moore Jr . said Davis had failed to prove his innocence during an extraordinary hearing this summer ordered by the U.S . Supreme . Court Ultimately , while Mr . Davis' new evidence casts some additional , minimal doubt on his conviction , it is largely smoke and mirrors , Moore wrote . The vast majority of the evidence at trial remains largely intact , and the new evidence

  • Legal Fashion Police: What Not to Wear in Court

    Updated: 2010-08-24 19:06:41
    : : Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives New York Finally Adopts No-Fault Divorce The Good Side of Illegal File-Sharing and Online Piracy Legal Fashion Police : What Not to Wear in Court Published by Rusty Shackleford on August 24, 2010 in court 1 Comment Tags : attire clothing court courts dressed Lawyers outfit wearing There have been a few amusing stories about lawyers and jurors showing up to court inappropriately attired , and the extent to which judges should be able to dictate what type of clothing lawyers , jurors , witnesses , parties , and spectators wear in the . courtroom It’s generally accepted that courts do have a legitimate interest in maintaining decorum and civility in proceedings . To this end , they can demand that lawyers show up

  • Lynn Man Charged With Domestic Assault After Choking Pregnant Girlfriend

    Updated: 2010-08-24 15:39:47
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Next Lynn Man Charged With Domestic Assault After Choking Pregnant Girlfriend August 24, 2010 Posted In : Domestic Violence Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 24, 2010 9:39 AM Permalink A thirty four year old pregnant woman told Lynn , Massachusetts police that she and her boyfriend , Juan Pablo Hernandez got into a fight . Supposedly Hernandez choked her . She fell and Hernandez then kicked her several times . He prevented her from contacting the police . Eventually she left the home for several hours . The following day the woman went to a medical facility for an evaluation . She

  • Brockton Man Charged With Trafficking Marijuana Posts $40,000 Bail

    Updated: 2010-08-20 16:17:23
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Next Brockton Man Charged With Trafficking Marijuana Posts 40,000 Bail August 20, 2010 Posted In : Bail Drug Crimes Search and Seizure Trafficking Marijuana By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 20, 2010 10:17 AM Permalink Thomas Colbert of Brockton , Massachusetts was arrested Monday and charged with Trafficking Marijuana . It was reported that Colbert went to a shipping facility where marijuana had just been delivered . He arrived in a rented truck . Apparently authorities had been tipped off by a trucking company in Abington that suspicious packages had been delivered from a California address . Drug

  • Friday Roundup

    Updated: 2010-08-20 15:12:14
    I’m looking forward to reading this new special issue of Daedalus, bringing together basically all the leading academic commentators on mass incarceration. In the meantime: Litigation Watch Wisconsin settles with ACLU, agrees to spend millions bringing women inmates’ health care up to par. Pennsylvania lawsuit accuses guards of encouraging jailhouse suicides; Boston’s Suffolk County Jail [...]

  • Avoiding Common Small Business Mistakes

    Updated: 2010-08-19 19:16:29
    Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives Lawyer Defends Sexual Harassment Lawsuit : Testosterone Made Me Do It When a Person’s Life Is at Stake , Maybe You Should Keep the Courthouse Open Avoiding Common Small Business Mistakes Published by Andrew Dat on August 19, 2010 in Business Law 0 Comments Tags : business business owner company law laws legal legal problems Americans are known for their entrepreneurial spirit . We’re a country of immigrants after all . It’s something that was true then and still is true today . And like any people who are new to a place , one of the biggest challenges to overcome is finding a way to make money and support themselves . For many in this position , the answer comes in finding a niche and filling . But starting a

  • Glenn Loury on “Spatially Concentrated Imprisonment”

    Updated: 2010-08-19 18:53:47
    Over at the Crime Report, Glenn Loury has a new essay on the heavy burden of mass incarceration on American families, neighborhoods, and society. He emphasizes the uneven spatial (and racial) allocation of that burden: …incarceration in American cities is highly concentrated spatially. The ill effects for individuals of having spent time behind bars can [...]

  • Lawyer Defends Sexual Harassment Lawsuit: Testosterone Made Me Do It

    Updated: 2010-08-18 22:04:57
    : : Skip to content Law Blog Home Present Your Case to a Lawyer About Archives How Cyberlaw Differentiates Legal Spam from Illegal Spam Avoiding Common Small Business Mistakes Lawyer Defends Sexual Harassment Lawsuit : Testosterone Made Me Do It Published by Rusty Shackleford on August 18, 2010 in Employment 0 Comments Tags : attorney criminal defense law lawyer sexual harassment testosterone A lawyer has been accused also reported here of sexual harassment . This is not news . Unfortunately , some level of sexual harassment is likely to occur in a large workplace , especially in a high-stress profession like the . law However , what is somewhat newsworthy is the lawyer’s defense : testosterone made me do it . The accused harasser isn’t defending himself on the basis that he didn’t engage

  • California Readers: Help End Shackling of Pregnant Women

    Updated: 2010-08-18 20:59:53
    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon be presented with AB 1900, which would extend California’s current prohibition on shackling inmates during labor to also limit the use of restraints on pregnant women while they are being transferred, except in cases of a clear security or flight risk. The bill has the support of the American College [...]

  • There is No Ground Zero Mosque

    Updated: 2010-08-18 02:46:52
    Since 9/11, Muslims have been at far greater risk of terrorism in the United States than have non-Muslims.

  • Web Resources: News21 Behind Bars

    Updated: 2010-08-17 23:22:12
    The Bay Citizen, “a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization,” has partnered with UC Berkeley’s News21 initiative to publish “Behind Bars,” a series of online articles on California’s prison system. So far, articles have focused on the process of integrating cell blocks, the revolving door of parole, and how the state tracks sex offenders. Read all the [...]

  • Ninth Circuit to Rule on California’s Prop 9 (That’s Not a Typo)

    Updated: 2010-08-17 19:57:18
    With all the press that California’s Prop 8 has been getting as it journeys through the federal courts, I’ve been remiss in failing to note on this blog that Prop 9 is also being challenged. Passed in 2008 (in the same election as Prop 8), Prop 9 or Marsy’s Law was marketed as the “Victims’ [...]

  • Peabody Man Charged With Assault And Battery Dangerous Weapon After Pistol Whipping Saugus Man With BB Gun

    Updated: 2010-08-13 13:31:35
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Next Peabody Man Charged With Assault And Battery Dangerous Weapon After Pistol Whipping Saugus Man With BB Gun August 13, 2010 Posted In : Firearms Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 13, 2010 7:31 AM Permalink David Casey of Peabody is being held on one thousand five hundred dollars bail out of the Lynn District Court He is charged with Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Malicious Destruction of Property It is alleged that on Wednesday night police from Saugus were called for a report of shots being fired . They arrived to find a man with blood on his hands and his

  • Two Lowell Men Arrested, Charged With Drug Trafficking, OxyContins

    Updated: 2010-08-13 00:20:11
    , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Next Two Lowell Men Arrested , Charged With Drug Trafficking , OxyContins August 12, 2010 Posted In : Drug Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 12, 2010 6:20 PM Permalink Francis O'Leary and Brian Aylward both of Lowell , Massachusetts have been charged with Trafficking in OxContins in Middlesex County According to a report in the Lowell Sun , Lowell police were told that O'Leary was on his way to the scene of the arrest to pick up some drugs . The police were also tipped off as to what Aylward looked like and the type of car he would be driving . Confirming the tip the police saw the car .

  • The Glass Ceiling is Breaking! Umm…kind of…

    Updated: 2010-08-12 05:03:52
    “…[P]robably the most exciting day was the day I found out I became dean. And I remember the person who phoned me said, ‘Are you sitting down?’ And I said, ‘No.’ And the person said, ‘Well, you are about to make history.’ And I was, like, ‘Oh, my God.’ [I]t was scary, of course, but [...]

  • Lawrence Man Arrested For Rape, Violating Restraining Order Against Former Girlfriend

    Updated: 2010-08-11 06:51:37
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Next Lawrence Man Arrested For Rape , Violating Restraining Order Against Former Girlfriend August 11, 2010 Posted In : Domestic Violence Restraining Orders Sex Crimes Theft Crimes Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 11, 2010 12:51 PM Permalink This past Sunday Angel Ruiz of Lawrence , Massachusetts was arrested in the early morning hours . Authorities allege that Ruiz Raped and beat a woman with whom he had a relationship . Neighbors heard the woman screaming . Officers responding to the scene were informed that cut the woman and left the house . The woman was airlifted to a Boston

  • Maine Woman Facing Old Charges For Running Prostitution Ring In Lowell

    Updated: 2010-08-05 22:54:17
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Maine Woman Facing Old Charges For Running Prostitution Ring In Lowell August 5, 2010 Posted In : Prostitution Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 5, 2010 4:54 PM Permalink Back in 2003, after receiving complaints about unusual activity in an apartment building Lowell Police began an investigation . They eventually learned that Marilyn Oden was running a prostitution ring out of her apartment . An undercover officer went to her apartment looking for sex . An arrest of a thirty eight year woman from Newton was made . She in turn told officers that she was hired by Oden as a prostitute .

  • Teens From Lynn, Saugus Charged With Breaking And Entering, Larceny

    Updated: 2010-08-04 17:19:46
    , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Teens From Lynn , Saugus Charged With Breaking And Entering , Larceny August 4, 2010 Posted In : Theft Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on August 4, 2010 11:19 AM Permalink Justin Legault and Corey Douglas of Lynn , Massachusetts and Steven Piazzo of Saugus , Massachusetts have all been charged with Breaking and Entering in the Nighttime with the Intent to Commit a Felony and Larceny According to the Lynn Item the three broke into a liquor store on Western Avenue and stole some bottle of vodka . Police were called to the scene around 2:00 a.m . Tuesday . They found Piazza and Douglas covered with

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