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The Insanity Defense – Part 2: Who Has The Defendant’s Best Interests at...

In Part 1 we explored the practical role of psychiatrists in criminal trials. Now we turn to the ethical side of the psychiatrist-defendant relationship. There is an ethical side to the “hired gun”...

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Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart Dies In Hit-And-Run Accident

An absolute tragedy of a story comes out of Fullerton, California this morning as TMZ reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Nick Adenhart, after pitching six scoreless innings in last night’s...

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Willie Francis: Twice Put In Jeopardy

Willie Francis was convicted of murder in 1945 and sentenced to death. The following year, on May 3, 1946, he was strapped to the electric chair. The executioner threw the switch, but Francis was not...

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Has Tombstone Become the Town Too Dumb to Die? – Part III

In Part Iof this series, I discussed the handbill problem. Part II detailed the problems with the closing of Fourth and Fifth Streets at Allen. Will Mayor Escapule be recalled? Will the off-Allen...

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Has Tombstone Become the Town Too Dumb to Die? – Part IV

Part I of this series talks about the Great Handbill Crackdown. Part II is all about the Malling of Tombstone. In Part III we learned it is now illegal to walk down the streets of Tombstone in...

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Pirate Bay Operators Found Guilty

This morning in Sweden, a guilty verdict was leveled against the four founders and operators of The Pirate Bay, on the charge of "assisting in making copyright content available" for torrenting...

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Twin Reports Suggest We are Losing the Cybercrime War

According to Symantec, malicious activity in 2008 amounted to 60 percent of all the activity they have recorded since they started keeping records. Last year, they recorded 1.6 million new malicious...

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The Insanity Defense – Part 3: Loyalty, Truth and Justice in the...

In part two I explored the ethical relationship between the psychiatrist and the court system. Now I will revisit the hired gun side of the psychiatrist, defendant, and attorney relationship. If a...

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Scammers Exploiting MoneyGram Money Order Verification System

If you were scammed recently with a money order, the counterfeit might have been an instrument spoofing the MoneyGram brand. These money orders have been known to appear in all the...

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Legal Analysis Should Not be a Partisan Plaything.

There is an old legal maxim, When the facts are on your side, pound on the facts.When the law is on your side, pound on the law.When neither is on your side, pound on the table. Sometimes this works,...

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The Insanity Defense – Part 2: Who Has The Defendant’s Best Interests at...

In Part 1 we explored the practical role of psychiatrists in criminal trials. Now we turn to the ethical side of the psychiatrist-defendant relationship. There is an ethical side to the “hired gun”...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart Dies In Hit-And-Run Accident

An absolute tragedy of a story comes out of Fullerton, California this morning as TMZ reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Nick Adenhart, after pitching six scoreless innings in last night’s...

View Article

Willie Francis: Twice Put In Jeopardy

Willie Francis was convicted of murder in 1945 and sentenced to death. The following year, on May 3, 1946, he was strapped to the electric chair. The executioner threw the switch, but Francis was not...

View Article


Has Tombstone Become the Town Too Dumb to Die? – Part III

In Part Iof this series, I discussed the handbill problem. Part II detailed the problems with the closing of Fourth and Fifth Streets at Allen. Will Mayor Escapule be recalled? Will the off-Allen...

View Article

Has Tombstone Become the Town Too Dumb to Die? – Part IV

Part I of this series talks about the Great Handbill Crackdown. Part II is all about the Malling of Tombstone. In Part III we learned it is now illegal to walk down the streets of Tombstone in...

View Article


Pirate Bay Operators Found Guilty

This morning in Sweden, a guilty verdict was leveled against the four founders and operators of The Pirate Bay, on the charge of "assisting in making copyright content available" for torrenting...

View Article

Twin Reports Suggest We are Losing the Cybercrime War

According to Symantec, malicious activity in 2008 amounted to 60 percent of all the activity they have recorded since they started keeping records. Last year, they recorded 1.6 million new malicious...

View Article


The Insanity Defense – Part 3: Loyalty, Truth and Justice in the...

In part two I explored the ethical relationship between the psychiatrist and the court system. Now I will revisit the hired gun side of the psychiatrist, defendant, and attorney relationship. If a...

View Article

Scammers Exploiting MoneyGram Money Order Verification System

If you were scammed recently with a money order, the counterfeit might have been an instrument spoofing the MoneyGram brand. These money orders have been known to appear in all the...

View Article

Legal Analysis Should Not be a Partisan Plaything.

There is an old legal maxim, When the facts are on your side, pound on the facts.When the law is on your side, pound on the law.When neither is on your side, pound on the table. Sometimes this works,...

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