“If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic obsession, be it music, the ballet or just a basic degree. You have to go at it single-mindedly and let nothing get in your way”
Henry Rollins
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Infographic: The Science Behind Sobriety Tests
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Lots going on in the world of celebrities and their substances. First Kevin Hart, the star of The Real Husbands of Hollywood (which we didn’t even know was a show and we’re somewhat Real Housewives obsessed), shared his drunk driving shame spiral with all his Twitter followers. He started…
An uncharacteristically insightful piece from the Washington Times, circa 2009, elucidates the troubling expansion of the federal criminal law:
“You don’t need to know. You can’t know.” That’s what Kathy Norris, a 60-year-old grandmother of eight, was told when she tried to ask court…
Is there a worse and more destructive term in criminal law history than “soft on crime?”
Probably…but this has obviously caused some problems.
“Sexting,” sending sexually explicit messages or photos via mobile device, carries a very high cost for youths who circulate naked photos of themselves or classmates. Just ask Phillip Albert. Attorneys at The Byrd Law Firm explain:
“Just after turning 18, Alpert sent out a naked photo…
The other day, I was researching for my sentencing hearing at PLT. And I was looking for sentence precedents for a breach of domestic violence order. And there was correlation between the harshness of penalties handed out and the ethnicity of the accused.
Now, I am not going to pretend I…
Some of the stories about courts, the law and lawyers in the news this past week:
· Study on wrongful convictions finds prosecutorial misconduct and weak defense play a significant role: The report may be useful to practitioners to help understand how these factors come into play and how to ameliorate or alleviate them
· Russia slams Texas prosecutors for not charging parents of dead adopted boy: A Texas coroner had declared the child’s death in January accidental, but Moscow demanded a complete report from U.S. officials.
· Congressman objects to Seneca-Cayuga land-into-trust bid: Rep. Tom Reed (R), Seneca County’s representative in Congress opposes the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma’s application to put 230 acres of land it owns in Seneca and Cayuga counties into federal trust.
· Public Access Guide to NY Courts available: The Guide contains an application for the media when they seek to conduct coverage of court proceedings and will be available at all court clerks’ offices in the District and available at security posts on each floor of the Hall of Justice in Rochester, NY.
· Red-light camera firms get heat over tickets: Legal challenges, public outcry not slowing industry growth
· Stricter laws due in July to govern underage kids on social media: Sites such as Facebook will likely be forced to remove photos, audio recordings or other personal identifiers of children — or else face stiff fines, under updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
· Justices apply copyright first-sale doctrine to foreign goods: Libraries, museums, retailers and others who buy copyrighted goods made abroad can resell them without violating federal copyright law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
· Just how bad off are law school graduates? There are a surprising number of job postings for lawyers that offer no salary at all, including government law jobs.
