The Ohio Supreme Court recently heard an interesting case. Who retains the right to a dead body? Christopher Albrecht’s parents think they should have all of him, but they don’t. He drowned in 2001 when his car overturned in a creek. As part of the autopsy, his brain was removed for examination. As part of Read More
Law & Order
Of Needles, Guns, and Electricity
SCOTUS recently decided to hear arguments over whether lethal injection violates the 8th Amendment’s prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.
Followup: Unreasonable Search
Following up on this post, we read that prosecutors have ended their efforts to forcibly remove the slug form Mr. Bush, feeling that they can prove their case without the bullet. It would have been interesting to hear more detailed arguments on both sides, and see that case wend its way through the court system.
We’re here to protect you
It’s a good thing the airports are so safe now, and no one can break in, and bypass all that gate security, and maybe just plant a bomb on an aircraft. No, Mr. Scheuerman didn’t plant a bomb, or weapons for a hijacker to use. But he could have. Yes, he was caught. But not 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