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By James Hart
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A modest proposal: Prosecutors who withhold evidence should go to jail
Posted on May 05, 2008In Texas, the district of Dallas County -- which leads the state in exonerated inmates -- wants to press criminal charges against prosecutors who withhold evidence from the defense. Or, at the very least, he wants those prosecutors to be...
KCPD investigates fatal shooting at 1700 block of Gillespie
Posted on May 05, 2008From KCPD: On Sunday (May 4) at about 5pm, officers were called to the 1700 block of Gillespie (11th and Woodland) to investigate a shooting. Upon arriving officers found a male lying on the ground and a female on top...
UT police chief accidentally shoots himself during weapons training
Posted on May 05, 2008It was a shot to his ankle, so he'll live. He was reportedly trying to clear a jammed handgun.
A case of public urination turns into homicide investigation
Posted on May 05, 2008Awful story from California, where a man saw another guy urinating outside a bar and complained. Police now say the man was later run over and killed by the urinating guy and his friends, as payback. Hat Tip: Many thanks...
Should medical-marijuana use be used to keep someone off a transplant list?
Posted on May 05, 2008The Seattle Times has a story here about a singer with advanced hepatitis C who was kept off the transplant list -- because, his lawyer says, he used medical marijuana, with his doctor's blessing. The hospital gave a noncommittal answer,...
Guardsman's wife guilty of ruining his finances while he was in Iraq
Posted on May 05, 2008Story is from Minnesota. Wife cleared out Hubby's retirement and college-saving accounts, sold their house and forged two checks worth almost $25K in his name. All without his knowledge or permission. She had power-of-attorney -- which gave her absolutely no...
WI mom shot girl in leg with BB gun to win $1 bet, police say
Posted on May 04, 2008Uh, yeah, Mom had apparently been drinking with her boyfriend, police say. The shot ricocheted off the 8-year-old girl's leg and hit her brother, age 7, who wasn't hurt.
Open Thread ... Caturday
Posted on May 03, 2008Thanks for spending a little time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. (As well as links to interesting stories and pictures of quasi-literate felines.) A special shout-out to blog stalwart CareBear on her birthday!...
NY woman uses Big Wheel to break up fight
Posted on May 03, 2008By smacking the two men who were fighting. This is after a shotgun blast in the air failed to catch their attention ...
Judge: Katrina victims CAN sue Army Corps of Engineers
Posted on May 03, 2008The suit itself accuses the Corps of ignoring specific warnings about a design flaw of a "hurricane highway." The trial could start as soon as September. No word on how much money, if any, the plaintiffs are seeking.
1 dead, 1 injured in KCMO shooting early Saturday
Posted on May 03, 2008From KCPD: Officers were called Saturday morning (May 3, 2008) at 1209 am to 5112 East 42nd to investigate a 911 hang-up call. While the officers were on the way to the call, they were told that a shooting had...
UPDATE: TX wife cried rape when she was caught with her lover
Posted on May 03, 2008And her husband opened fire, killing the guy. The husband is going to walk, but Wifey has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. She could get anywhere from two to 20 years.
Nanny grabs 2-year-old from jaws of coyote
Posted on May 03, 2008Yeah, I know ... not really a crime. But Lord! The coyote had the baby in its mouth!
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on May 02, 2008Ah, Friday, the sweetest and most merciful day of the week. Thanks again for spending part of it here on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and, if you've seen something cool elsewhere, links. Please sign your...
Man accused of using voodoo to blackmail girls into sex
Posted on May 02, 2008"Sexual rituals," the AP reports. The girls, ages 14 and 16, were told that he could make bad things happen to them and their families if they didn't, authorities allege. Hector Aviles is now facing charges of second- and third-degree...
500-pound man arraigned in NY courthouse parking lot
Posted on May 02, 2008Because he was unable to walk inside the building and ride the elevator. He's accused of selling counterfeit Les Paul guitars. Snip: As the proceeding ended, the judge told Musumeci he would need to show further proof of his inability...
Dear Young People: What did I tell you about the naked pictures?
Posted on May 02, 2008It is a bad idea. Por ejemplo, a Wisconsin girl reportedly made a habit of sending naked photos of herself to her boyfriends. So when a couple of guys wanted to make a collage using only nude pictures of her,...
You don't have to put on the red light
Posted on May 02, 2008Springfield has operated its red-light cameras for almost a year now. The takeaway? It's helped discourage people from running reds, though it's unclear if they're preventing wrecks. Snip: The first one began monitoring southbound traffic at National and Battlefield on...
KCPD investigates homicide at 68th and Myrtle
Posted on May 02, 2008From Christine Vendel: Someone shot a man to death in front of his father?s Kansas City home today. The shooting occurred just before noon at a peach-colored home on the corner of E. 68th Terrace and Myrtle Avenue. Witnesses told...
To be fair, she WAS being held against her will
Posted on May 02, 2008An Amber Alert was issued in Florida after a teenage girl was marched into a gas station by two men and she managed to tell a clerk to call the police. He did. The Alert was canceled, though, after authorities...
MORE: NC trooper accused of choking, kicking K9
Posted on May 02, 2008To a man, all of his fellow troopers say it's typical to do that while training police canines, which was a surprise to me. Hat Tip: Many thanks, PetOwner!
Parents of Murdered Children
Posted on May 02, 2008The organization, which helps family and friends of homicide victims, plans to have its national convention August 8-10 in Irvine, Calif. Can't afford to go? There are scholarships to help survivors pay their way.
ABC News: Why aren't the high-profile johns going to jail?
Posted on May 02, 2008The network notes that, in a series of high-profile prostitution cases, it was the madam, not the johns, who faced criminal chrges and lost businesses or jobs.
Maybe you shouldn't let them eat cake after all
Posted on May 02, 2008As food prices climb, prison officials are trying to find ways to cut back on inmates' meals. Some are watering down "milk" into "milk product." A Washington jail no longer puts jelly on peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. The Milwaukee jail is wondering...
The good news is we found your biological dad
Posted on May 02, 2008The bad news is that he's on Death Row for killing three people during a prison riot.
Man violated probation by sharing Little Debbie snack, authorities say
Posted on May 02, 2008I'm a little torn on this one ... A guy who's living in a residential community corrections program, instead of being sent to prison. Well, he's been busted for a string of small infractions, such as sleeping through a fire...
Should they have to sign the loyalty oath?
Posted on May 02, 2008This next story isn't crime-related, but I know a lot of our regulars are interested in freedom of speech and religion ... California requires public employees to sign a loyalty oath to defend the U.S. and state constitutions, and apparently,...
KMBC: Mutilated dog carcass left in JaCo cemetery
Posted on May 02, 2008Missed this from the other day ...
Some things cannot be blamed on the dog
Posted on May 02, 2008A Frenchwoman is getting 12 years in prison after castrating her lover and then trying to blame it on the dog. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
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Do parents have the right to NOT turn in a sexual offender?
No. The offender should be turned in regardless of any disability (1), or reason...
Can someone detained in a search w/ warrant, be charged with a crime related to the search if they were not arrested at the time of the search?
The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
I was a bookkeeper for a recreation center. The Center Director left and a new director took over. I went to work one day and some of my files were missing. I called our computer tech and her restored the files (I had ma
In order for a crime to be established you need to conclusively prove that the D...
If I was detained by citizens unlawfully, and then the police showed up...is everything they charged me with in-admissable?
Probably depends on the law of the state in which you live. Many states allow fo...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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