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CRIMINAL LAW NEWS
Why One Cannot Take Paul Krugman or Other Keynesians Seriously
In his latest New York Times column, Krugman "argues" in favor of a second - this time much larter - stimulus.  Argues in in quotes, since Krugman doesn't really make an argument.  Rather, l
Out of Work? Start a Business
How many people will take advantage of the incredible opportunity that joblessness offers?  It's cliche, but true: Often the best things in life happen after tragedy or trauma.  If you had a job you didn't enjoy but could pay the bills with; how do you quit?  How d
Perception and Reality: It's Still Fast Food
This blog should encourage thoughts about subjects other than fast food.  Must read.
How Shady are Bank Overdraft Fees?
Clusterstock is a finance news site with a very pro-capitalist readership.  Read the comments if you want to see the anti-banking sentiment.  When a bunch of capitalists agree that ba
Michael Jackson’s Law Will & Testament
Hightlights:
Executed in Los Angeles, CA on July 7, 2002.
Stipulates that assets be placed in family trust and that his mother Katherine, or Diana Ross if his mother was unable or unwilling, be appointed guardian of his three children.
Lists three executors: lawyer John Branc
Lessons from Bernie Madoff, Robert Allen Stanford, and Marc Rich
Bernie Madoff surrended himself to authorities.  He cooperated fully.  He put up no fight.  He got 150 years in prison - a death sentence.J. Allen Stanford, who has not yet been convicted, returned from a foreign country to fight the criminal charges aga
Changes the General Assembly Should Make Post Melendez-Diaz
Here are my suggested changes to Virginia's demand statute:§ 19.2-187.1. Right to examine person performing analysis or involved in chain of custody. The accused in any hearing or trial in which a certificate of analysis is
Jury Selection and the Five Factor/Big 5 Personality Factors
Snoop (here) focuses on the Big 5 personality factors.  Why care?  Because it seems that the Big 5 are
Fast-Food Dragnet Fails
A few days ago I posted about the latest police tactic: stationing cops in fast-food drive-thrus and nabbing drivers if they appeared to have DUI symptoms. See Burger With Fries…and Field
Western Centric Bias, Pascal's Wager, and Muslim "Freedom"
An ignorant 19-year-old from a farming community, I found Pascal's Wager reasonable.  "Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) is a suggestion posed by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal that even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should wager as t
Have You Heard?
Michael Jackson died, Bernie Madoff got 150 years, and the United States Supreme Court sided with the white firefighters.  Life would be unintesting if everyone stopped talking about the same things as everyone else.  And if everyone else decided to stop being interested in the same t
And the Beat Goes on . . .Magruder (Now Briscoe) Granted Certiorari
So, now the US Supreme Court has decided to take a second opportunity to look at Notice/Demand statutes and the confrontation clause.
"The Private Lives of Jurors"
In the most recent Los Angeles Lawyer is an article exploring the legal and ethical issues of having a private investigator, investigate jurors.  (It's here.)  It's written by two associates f
Melendez-Diaz, Magruder, & Virginia
Having watched the continuing angst over Melendez-Diaz, I started asking around as to why everyone is so worried in light of Virginia's Magruder decision. The answer I got back from several people was "because Magruder is before the Supreme Court too." Of course, nobody seemed t
Does the Virginia Notice - Demand Scheme Impermissibly Shift the Burden of Proof?
The whole crimlaw world seems to be going mad in Virginia as people have read Melendez-Diaz and reacted with either glee or panic. No one seems to realize that the entire question has already been settled and the Virginia appellate courts have already found the Virginia notice-demand scheme t
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