Multiple sources (e.g., Montreal Gazette) are reporting that at least some of the maple syrup that disappeared from a warehouse last month has been located. See "Who Stole the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve? And How?" Lowering the Bar (Sept. 14, 2012)….
"I intentionally turned a negative [test result] into a positive a few times," said the woman at the center of a state drug lab scandal in Massachusetts. The actual number is probably somewhere between "a few" and 34,000, which is…
This person was not intended to look like, as one 911 caller put it, a guy "wearing a dress with a torpedo on his shoulder," but even people who did finish high school had some concerns when they saw him…
As I mentioned in this followup to the Kentucky case last week, whether or not it is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence depends on state law, and there are other things the rider could be charged…
Readers have raised some interesting questions about the RUI allegations in Kentucky, described in this earlier post. Mark T. asks, "I wonder if the Kentucky definition of 'vehicle' ["all agencies for the transportation of persons or property over or upon…
Samuel Mullet, leader of what has been variously described as a "sect," a "cult," and an "Amish beard-cutting mob," was convicted on Thursday along with his children and 11 other family members and followers. The Mullet Mob was charged with federal hate…
Guess I will create a new category for this topic, once I decide on a way to categorize it. "Things Not to Drive Drunk" doesn't seem right; you shouldn't drive anything drunk, or at least anything that goes faster than…
The seat representing the 10th House District in the Illinois General Assembly seems to be a pretty safe one for the Democrats. I infer this from the fact that a recent poll showed that the current Democratic candidate for that…
It seemed worth a second post on Holsey v. Warden (first one here) to mention the dissent's view that the Georgia Supreme Court was wrong to hold that the defendant was not prejudiced by ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. She…
Well-known activist defense attorney and self-described big mouth Ron Kuby said he was walking home from his law office in New York's Chelsea neighborhood last week when he noticed that the female member of a young couple ahead of him…