O.J. Simpson Actually Not Guilty of Something
At least according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Crime and Punishment
UPDATE: Hiccup Girl Convicted of Murder
Jennifer Mee originally became semi-famous in 2007 when she had hiccups that lasted for months and sometimes hit a frequency of 50 hiccups per minute. (They eventually stopped by themselves.) She became more semi-famous three years later when she was…
Canada’s Long National Nightmare Is Over: Last Maple-Syrup Pirate Arrested
"To the delight of headline writers everywhere," said The Economist last week, "it appeared a maple-syrup mob was involved" in the theft of six million pounds of the stuff from the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve last fall. Yes, that…
Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Off to Jail—So Everything Must Go!
You have until September 26 to bid on some of the personal items that former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife bought with campaign funds. Turns out you're actually not supposed to buy personal items with campaign funds, so they…
House Stabbed
Resting comfortably A Seattle-area home is said to be recovering from a knife wound it suffered sometime late Sunday night, according to KOMO News. Police believe the home was stabbed by a man who was angry over his belief that the…
Lousy War-on-Terror Arguments Used to Justify Preemptive Strike Against Neighbors
Well, this has just leapt into contention for Argument of the Year: "I think legally that term has sort of been evolving especially given changes of our government’s definition of 'imminent,'" attorney Robert Berry, who is representing Woodward, told Florida…
Joe Francis Sentenced to Nine Months in Jail
Hooray!Original photo: TMZ) Maybe that time period was selected because Joe doesn't seem to have finished gestating the first time around, or at least it wasn't successful, so now he can give it another shot. Fine, but it still seems…
Droopy Jeans Ruin Yet Another Getaway
This is one reason not to ban them.
Defendant Claims His Underwear Is 50 Years Old
Faced with evidence that he and his family lived in luxury on a politician's salary, Bo Xilai insisted in court that he is a simple man, according to reports yesterday. Bo, who was formerly head of the Communist Party in…
Good Reason to Kill #36: Dubstep; and #37: King of Pop
From an Aug. 23 press release by the SF Public Defender's Office: San Francisco, CA — A 52-year-old man accused of smashing a champagne bottle over his 30-year-old coworker’s head after the younger man changed the music from classic Michael Jackson to…