Wednesday Writs for May 15
This week’s Wednesday Writs include the backstory of Miranda, history making beauty queens, good news for ninjas and hippies, dumb criminals, and more.
Category: Crime
Fagin, Bigotry, and “Cancel Culture”
Put simply, Fagin is one of the most loathsome and unredeemable creatures I have ever come across in fiction.
WV Attorney General Pats Himself on the Back
West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey vigorously patted himself on the back over a $37M settlement with pharmaceutical giant McKesson. He shouldn’t have.
The Immigration Debate is Over
This was just racism at its most basic, an expression of thoughtless contempt against a marginalized group.
Wednesday Writs for 4/3
This week’s Writs include a SCOTUS roundup, a courtroom battle of the beers, hovercraft moose hunting, dumb criminals and more.
Cook County DA Drops the Ball- Or Greases the Wheel
An elected prosecutor who fails to take into account the wishes of the police, the victims, or the public will find themselves out of a job come election time.
An Inconsistent SCOTUS Rules Against Religious Discrimination on Death Row
The writing on the wall seems to clearly indicate that the high Court would rule in favor of either everyone, or no one, having the cleric of their choosing in the death chamber when their time comes.
Basta, Interrupted: Avenatti Up on Charges
Michael Avenatti is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Which we will grant him, because whatever our other faults, we should not stoop his level.
Miscarriage of Justice? More Questions Re: The Epstein Plea Deal
What could possibly be the legal motivation for Alexander Acosta to deliberately silence a 14 year-old victim to pursue a lighter sentence for a known predator like Epstein?
Ballots Behind Bars
Prisoners may not pay taxes, but they do live in full service complexes with close ties to all levels of government, dependent on the funding and mechanisms of government at all levels.
Girl Scouts, Drugs, and Cookie Money
If the feds can confiscate “drug money” which ostensibly then goes into public coffers (and is quite often used on a local level to purchase equipment for law enforcement), why shouldn’t it go to a worthy program like the Girl Scouts?
Wednesday Writs for 3/6
This week’s round up of links from the legal world includes SCOTUS weighing in on the Sixth Amendment with guest villain Clarence Thomas, biker trademarks, dumb but ambitious criminals, and SNL.
The Definition of Insanity
The defendant paused, looked up at the judge, and asked in return, “Are you talking about me, or you?”
The Florida Story Teetering on the Edge
The Florida raids are becoming a textbook cases for how police and prosecutors overstate the problem of sex trafficking in this country. But even if further investigation does show that some of these women were being coerced, that only makes the case for decriminalization even stronger.
Houston’s Police Department Has A Problem
Joe Gamaldi knew exactly who to blame for a shooting in which five Houston police officers ended up getting injured: police reform advocates. As it turns out, his accusations were just a bit off the mark.
SCOTUS Takes a Bite Out of Civil Forfeiture
Critics of civil forfeiture are cheering a new, unanimous Supreme Court decision which strikes a significant blow to the practice. The use of forfeiture actions, in which states file suit to confiscate the property of those accused of crimes, has been under fire by people of all political stripes, who see it as an extreme and unfair overreach of power.
Wednesday Writs: West Virginia vs Barnette
Your weekly roundup of the most interesting law and legal related links from around the web. This week, we have teacher strikes, the pledge of allegiance, spying county sheriffs, a little bit of nepotism, and Dropkick Murphys.
Wednesday Writs for 2/13
Your weekly roundup of legal news, this week featuring suicidal chickens, bug infested lawyers, NYPD vs. Google, teacher strikes, dumb criminals and more.
SCOTUS: Condemned Inmate Waited Too Long to Raise Religious Discrimination Issue
A practicing Muslim requested the presence of his imam at his execution and was told no; he’d have to make do with the prison’s Christian chaplain or no spiritual leader at all as he met his state-sponsored end. SCOTUS agreed.
