Apparently thinking that the nation's appointed (and often heroic) defense counsel don't have enough to put up with already, a Washington man recently decided to become a literal pain in the neck for two of his attorneys. (I really couldn't…
Among the many good reasons to do that: she may be part of an all-female pickpocket squad. Police in [Sterling Heights, Michigan,] say an all-female criminal ring, made up of middle-aged and elderly women, are running a sophisticated con in…
After a two-day trial featuring "contentious testimony" by 11 witnesses, a Kansas City judge has ruled that the owners of a chimpanzee that went apeshit last year must pay to fix the police car she damaged. As I mentioned at…
Okay – after watching this surveillance video many times, I'm now prepared to concede that it's unlikely to be bin Laden. (Among other things, he was reportedly much taller and not known to drink Bud Light.) But I'm also prepared…
Any two of these three elements would have justified a post on this story. But we have all three.
The Associated Press reported this week that at least one judge of the International Criminal Court in The Hague has told lawyers appearing before her to stop wearing wigs. There is no official dress code at the ICC, and given the wide…
There may still be time to take advantage of the fantastic deals being offered by Somali pirates, but act now – they can't last forever. Reuters reported last month that Somali pirates had said they were willing to lower their…
Self-explanatory. Of course, few ideas this good are original. Link: Neatorama
In considering whether something could be the "worst legal brief" ever filed, we have to recognize that there are different kinds of badness. Many briefs are filed every year by people who are, evidently, insane. If it is fair to…
The video caption below will tell you most of what you need to know, but here's a little more detail. For reasons that remain unclear, these two gentlemen attempted to firebomb an English pub one night in May 2008. They devised…