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You Be the Judge: The Case of the Glass Eye
A man is on trial for puncturing another man’s eye with a key during a fight outside a Philadelphia bar. The victim is on the stand, testifying, when his prosthetic eye suddenly pops out and falls into his hand. (What the judge decided) For links to CJA posts as soon … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News, Polls
Tagged courtrooms, mistrials, polls, trials
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How Many Gun-Related Deaths Has the United States Seen in the Eight Weeks Following the Newtown, Connecticut Shootings?
The answer For links to CJA posts as soon as they go online, as well as Facebook-only content, please “like” us (using the button on the upper right-hand portion of this page). This article, and all articles on this site, are © 2013 by Bill Bickel unless otherwise noted.
Posted in Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News, Polls
Tagged guns, Newtown, polls
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Wednesday Morning Miscellany: February 13, 2013
Is Veganism a Religion? In Ohio, a vegan hospital employee fired for refusing to take a mandated flu shot is suing on religious grounds (because the vaccination contains animal by-product), claiming that her veganism qualifies as a religious belief. Will 3-D Printers Make Gun Control Moot? Is Bidding On an … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Lawsuits, Lighter Side, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged attorneys, auctions, cell phones, divorce, guns, lawsuits, prisoners, religion, veganism, Weird World of Crime
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Editorial: Why Bill Maher is Taking Donald Trump’s Lawsuit Seriously
Now Bill Maher says he wants to see Donald Trumps’s long form birth certificate. That actually is a good comeback, referring as it does to Trump’s similar demand of Barack Obama, but it still doesn’t change my mind about this case (and I know, Trump, Maher and I are probably … Continue reading
Posted in Lawsuits, Lighter Side, Media-Articles, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged Bill Bickel, Bill Mahar, Donald Trump, Editorials, lawsuits, polls, Weird World of Crime
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Monday Morning Miscellany: February 11, 2013
“[A website's] privacy policy required by this section shall be no more than 100 words and shall be written in clear and concise language at no greater than an eighth grade reading level” -from a bill being considered by California’s legislature: good idea in theory, but is it practical? This … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged guns, Internet, laws, Michael Bloomberg, Mulims, Muslims, New York City, prayer, privacy, religion, schools, Styrofoam
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Teacher Fired For Calling Her Students ”Future Criminals” on Facebook
Jennifer O’Brien, a New Jersey first grade teacher, has been fired for writing on her Facebook page “I’m not a teacher — I’m a warden for future criminals,” and that her students should take part in a “scared straight” program. She’d intended the posts to be read only by her … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Editorials, Polls
Tagged Bill Bickel, Editorials, Facebook, schools
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Colorado 7-Year-Old Suspended For Throwing an Imaginary Hand Grenade
“I think that when a child is trying to save the world, I don’t think he should be punished for it” -Mandy Watkins, mother of Colorado second-grader Alex Evans During recess, Alex threw an imaginary hand grenade into a box full of “pretend evil forces.” You’d think school officials would … Continue reading
Posted in Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News, Polls
Tagged polls, schools, zero-tolerance
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High School Sophomore Faces Criminal Charges for Racist Twitter Post
A New Jersey high school sophomore is facing harassment charges after she took a photo of two black students and posted it on Twitter along with a racist remark. We’re at an informational disadvantage here since because of both her age and the nature of the remark, very few details … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Editorials, News, Polls
Tagged Bill Bickel, Editorials, harassment, hate speech, NAACP, polls, racism, Twitter
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The Guard and the Inmate… Together Again
editorial by Ray Hrdlicka, Publisher The Guard and the Inmate….together again. Okay…we are back to our daily blog about the criminal justice system in the U.S. I would encourage responses to our blogs, not only on the subject matter of the blog, but anything you, the general public, want to … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Ray Hrdlicka, Publisher
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”Hello. My Name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to Fly”: Tuesday Morning Miscellany, February 5, 2013
Possibly the Most Unusual Murder Weapon Ever: And probably the first time CJA has added an adult advisory for a story about attempted killing Trying to cure you friend’s hiccups by pretending the gun you’re firing at him is loaded with real bullets is all great fun until… Will the … Continue reading
