A 5-4 decision was handed down by the Supreme Court that Florida and a handful of other states must not look at an IQ score above 70 as determinative of mental capacity – inmates that fall within the margin of error of the IQ tests must be allowed to present other evidence of mental disability. […]
DWI #7 for Ferrari driver – gets weekend jail
It was a very theatrical ending to his latest DWI for Joseph Shaun Goodman. He was chased through downtown Olympia, Washington at close to 100mph, but slowed to let his petrified passenger out at one point. In the end he wrecked his 2000 model Ferrari into a house and two cars. It reminds me of […]
Fast food caper ends with the munchies
Caper – noun. A hairbrained escapade… I can not help help but conclude that two men nabbed at a Northwest Houston Whataburger were none-too-sober when they were arrested with “cookies and cash.” The two men stand accused of robbing a subway and dollar general store. Apparently the cookies did not do the trick, the two […]
Officer “Spread-your-cheeks” convicted of Official Oppression
When I heard about the searches that this officer performed, initially it made me think of one of Dave Chappelle’s stand up comedy routines…(When talking about how the police treat black people) “You wouldn’t believe what they say to us! ‘Spread your cheeks and lift your sack!’ Hold on man, I don’t even know you […]
Electric Chair coming back in Tennessee
There has been a nationwide scarcity on lethal injection drugs. How have states responded? Well, in Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed a bill into law Thursday that will allow death row inmates to be executed by electrocution if the prisons are unable to obtain the drugs. Much of the scarcity of the drugs used for lethal […]
Famous fruit cakes purveyor admits to $16M fraud
It was a dark day in a Dallas Federal Court room Tuesday as Sandy Jenkins of Dallas based Collin Street Bakery plead guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, mail fraud, and making a false statement to a financial institution. Far from a modest and secreted scheme, sixty five year old Jenkins allegedly engaged in […]