The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal clinic dedicated to bringing up appeals on cases where DNA can exonerate a convict. Since 1989, they have freed or cleared 191 people of the charges they were convicted of. On January 17, they scored number 192. James Waller was the 12th person convicted in Dallas County, Texas Read More
Unintended Consequences #3
Have an affair; go to jail for life, in Michigan. Interesting case, really. Lloyd Waltonen traded a waitress sexual favors for Oxycontin pills. That was a felony – giving her the drugs: “delivering a controlled substance”. But they also charged him with criminal sexual conduct, a major felony, under the section of law that says Read More
They’ll Be Home For Christmas
Because Santa drives a minivan. 4 Marines were stranded in San Francisco, trying to get home for Christmas. Old enough to serve our country. Old enough to drink a beer, even. But not old enough to rent a car. Then Paul Deines stepped in. God Bless Them All!
What’s an unreasonable search?
17-year-old Joshua Bush has a bullet lodged just under the skin of his forehead. He says it was a stray bullet. Police say it was return fire from someone Bush was trying to kill during a robbery. They’ve obtained a warrant to seize the bullet. The problem is finding a doctor who will perform the Read More
Unintended Consequences Revisited
As I predicted when Ohio Issue 1 passed, and pointed out just six months later, controversy ensues over the amendment. The Ohio Supreme Court heard a case today involving a domestic violence arrest after Issue 1 passed. Michael Carswell was charged with felony domestic violence against his live-in girlfriend. He’s arguing that’s an invalid charge, Read More