Brain scans have big implications for U.S. courts October 31, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Criminal Law , add a comment
Cutting-edge science may change the future of criminal law.
today, scientists have developed noninvasive brain scans that may reveal whether a person has a brain abnormality that could affect decision-making or trigger violence, with huge implications for the law.
Raising Sand? October 19, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Criminal Law, Law Enforcement , add a comment A burglar recently complained about being forced to clean up at gunpoint.
“This man had the nerve to raise sand about us making him clean up the mess he made in my house. The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead.”
Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners October 10, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution, Law Enforcement , add a comment Now is the time for tears. We need to flush Bush, wipe up his sewage, and bring back America.
“Our country for the first time in my life time has abandoned the basic principle of human rights.”
Alberto Gonzales hires defense attorney October 10, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution, Criminal Law , add a comment Former A.G. Alberto Gonzales has hired an attorney. What a great idea! Too bad he couldn’t have hired anyone to advise him on constitutional rights, criminal law, and, you know, “law stuff,” back before he endorsed torture, gutted the Bill of Rights, trashed America’s reputation for defending civil liberty …. and then humiliated himself so thoroughly on the national stage.
In case you had any lingering doubt… October 5, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution , add a comment To our shame — and long-term detriment — unfortunately it seems
the U.S. DOES torture.
P.S. How do you know when Dubya’s lying? His lips move.
Texas judge enforces DEAD-line. Literally. October 5, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Criminal Law, Death Penalty , add a comment A defense attorney’s computer crash proved fatal for one man on death row in September.
Or maybe it was the result of human error after all:
Presiding Judge Sharon Keller closed the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals offices at the regular time Sept. 25, preventing attorneys for inmate Michael Richard from filing an appeal seeking to halt Richard’s execution hours after the U.S. Supreme Court said it would consider a Kentucky case questioning the constitionality of lethal injection.
