If you were a defendant in a case involving drug charges that were tested in a laboratory, you may be interested in the following story. The top court in Massachusetts is set to decide how to handle defendants convicted with evidence that was tested at a crime lab...
A structured settlement for a personal injury case can be a wonderful way to preserve money especially for children injured in accidents. For example, if a ten-year-old is seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision, the settlement monies are put into a structured...
People who prefer tighter gun controls are trying a new approach: adding gun restrictions linked to domestic violence. A proposed South Carolina law would require someone convicted of domestic violence to turn over his or her gun to the county sheriff. A Missouri law...
Recently, a former undergraduate male student sued Cornell University, alleging that the school wrongly accused him of assaulting a female student. The student alleges in the suit that the college "cherry-picked witness statements, ignored important statements and...
Everybody has heard how the court system is backed up and clogged with so many cases. The following is a letter to the editor printed in The Wall Street Journal. The letter was written by a retired state court trial judge. It may help to shed some light on the...
Around the country, campus sexual assaults have been receiving more attention. In his new book "Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town," author Jonathan Krakauer dissects the case of alleged rape at the University Of Montana. Krakauer is also the...
One of my friends in the insurance business recently sent me an interesting article regarding what to save and what to shred. I thought it was worth repeating. Under the category of what you should keep forever are: marriage license, divorce and custody decrees birth,...
Many towns in Pennsylvania have their own laws regarding firearms. A new Pennsylvania law makes it possible for gun owners to challenge local laws enacted by towns, townships, boroughs and cities. The possession of firearms is covered by a state statute. ...
The Wyoming State Senate recently passed a bill that would bring back the firing squad for death row inmates in Wyoming. Apparently the problems with lethal injection have caused lawmakers to reconsider this mode of execution. Utah is the only other state that...
Here are five of the strangest incidents you will ever read about, courtesy of my friend Dave Davis. The other five will appear at a later time. When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a holdup in Long Beach, California...
