http://www.blawgrepublic.com/cat/Criminal-Law/ CRIMINAL LAW NEWS Condesa Inc. Blawg Republic http://crimlaw.blogspot.com/2010/09/name-that-pic.html http://crimlaw.blogspot.com/2010/09/last-weeks-pic-is-named.html "Whatdaya mean its not running? We just replaced the hamster wheel Tuesday!". Posted Originally at CrimLaw - http://crimlaw.blogspot.com http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/clemend_lied_about_doping_indi.html Roger Clemens, the larger-than-life pitcher who appeared destined for the Baseball Hall of Fame, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on Thursday on charges that he lied to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens became the third high-profil http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/exsuntimes_columnist_mariotti.html ESPN personality and former Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti was arrested early this morning by Los Angeles police officers on suspicion of felony domestic assault, according to the L.A. Times. Sources told the Times that Mariotti was angry with his girlfriend after he thought she http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/guilty_on_just_1_count_blago_t.html After a federal jury convicted him of just one count -- lying to the FBI -- and deadlocked on 23 other counts, Rod Blagojevich declared his innocence today and defiantly taunted prosecutors. "The government threw everything but the kitchen sink at me, and on every charge but one, they co http://www.duiblog.com/2010/08/30/taping-a-cop-making-an-arrest-is-a-felony/ I think the following news story speaks for itself: ACLU Challenges Illinois Eavesdropping Act Lawsuit cites cases of people charged with breaking the law for making audio recordings of police in action http://crimlaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/right-to-arm-for-self-defense.html So, you have the right to bear arms and you have the right to defend yourself, but what if you arm yourself in anticipation of defending yourself?In Virginia, the answer is that if you have armed yourself in reaction to a threat the inference of malice that the use of a firearm in a homi http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2010/08/why-are-people-bad-friends.html Outside of romantic love, friendship is the most important aspect of a person's life.  To men, friendship is as important as erotic love - which is why a wife's first goal is separating her husband from his lifelong friends.  Yet we don't spend much time thinking about fri http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2010/08/people-who-dont-need-to-diet-diet.html Going out for business lunches is always a ridiculous experience.  "Why are you eating like that?" - where that refers to something other than french fries and fatty meat.  "I'm on a diet."  "You don't look like you need to be on a diet http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2010/08/predicting-americas-future.html There is much to disagree with about this set of predictions.  It's certainly a plausible hypothesis, though: http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2010/08/news-v-knowledge.html During college I did something that I wish I had the will to do today - I did not follow any of the news.  Any of it.  When a classmate told me that the World Trade Center buildings had been hit, I assumed it was eco-terrorists.  When he said, "Bin Laden," I had no res http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/orange_county_man_allegedly_pu.html An investment company executive was arrested Tuesday after DNA recovered from a female co-worker's water bottle revealed he allegedly put semen into a bottle that she later drank from, prosecutors say. Michael Kevin Lallana, 31, of Fullerton, a field director for Northwestern Mutual Inves http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/judge_orders_man_freed_in_a_th.html The case has been widely cited by those pushing to change the law, including civil rights activists and the Los Angeles district attorney, as an example of the kind of heavy-handed sentencing it can lead to. Judge Peter Espinoza of Superior Court, who ordered the release, said conviction http://www.nyfederalcriminalpractice.com/2010/08/second-circuit-issues-notable-15.html The NYSACDL has published the second edition of its excellent revitalized Atticus.  It's well worth checking out - Donna Newman gives a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of the Russian spy case, and Donald Tho http://crimlaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-last-weeks-name-that-pic_26.html Congress authorized much needed upgrades for the capital police to handle the new wave of government scandals.. Posted Originally at CrimLaw - http://crimlaw.blogspot.com