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Posts Tagged ‘legal abuse’
February 8th, 2015 - 10:44 am § in America
Why Would Anyone Choose to Live in South Carolina
NOTE THIS POST HAS BEEN AMENDED TO COMPLY WITH A COMPLAINT FROM ROB GROCE THAT THE ORIGINAL TEXT INCLUDED 83 WORDS TAKEN FROM A POST HE HAD MADE. THOSE WORDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED WITH MY APOLOGIES. MR. GROCE ALSO CLAIMED THAT THE IMAGE OF A GUN CAME FROM ART HE HAD PAID FOR. THE GUN […][...]
February 6th, 2015 - 12:44 am § in Hypocrisy
Book Review: Immunity for the rich, a police state for the poor
“The problem is, if the law is applied unequally enough over a long enough period of time, at some point, law enforcement becomes politically illegitimate. Whole classes of arrests become (circle one) illegal, improper, morally unenforceable.” — The Divide: American Injustice in t[...]
February 5th, 2015 - 3:25 pm § in Misc.
Arizona claims teacher working in prison assumed risk of rape
“The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is asking for dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a teacher who was brutally assaulted and raped after being left in an unguarded prison classroom with a convicted sex offender. The AG’s reasoning is essentially this: the woman knew she was in a [...]
January 23rd, 2015 - 5:32 pm § in Misc.
I’ve finally found a frivolous lawsuit!
After years of diligently searching, I’ve finally found a frivolous lawsuit that Republicans can use to prove our tort system is out of control! “A Cowboys fan in Colorado has filed a near $89 billion lawsuit against the NFL for overturning a Dez Bryant catch in the NFC playoffs, CB[...]
The U.S. injustice system
The U.S. criminal justice system is geared to closing cases, not making sure only the guilty are in prison. With the advent of DNA evidence, hundreds of wrongly convicted people are being exonerated and released from America’s prisons, and indication of how appallingly unreliable the system is[...]
December 7th, 2014 - 12:04 pm § in Misc.
What’s wrong with grand juries?
After George Zimmerman’s controversial acquittal, one of the jurors expressed her opinion in a TV interview that he was “guilty of murder,” but said the jury’s hands were tied by the instructions they were given. More recently, we’re seeing a pattern of grand juries fai[...]
November 16th, 2014 - 2:49 pm § in Misc.
Pit Bull Owner Sues Victim Of Vicious Attack By Her Dogs
This is a man-bites-dog story (pun intended). A Texas woman has filed a $1 million tort claim against a neighbor whose dog was killed by her pit bulls for injuries she claims to have suffered while trying to restrain her dogs. Her dogs got through a hole in a fence into the neighbor’s yard and[...]
September 30th, 2014 - 4:11 pm § in Misc.
A Job For Jenny Durkan
Jenny Durkan, the current U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, appears to be a serious candidate to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General. If she gets the nod, and I hope she will, one of her first and top priorities should be cleaning up St. Louis County, which recent news coverage has reveale[...]
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