How times have changed! A father in Fairfield, Ohio actually got jail time because his daughter, Brittany failed to receive her General Equivalency Diploma (GED). At the time he was sent to jail, she was 18 years old. That makes her a legal & consenting adult! Even so Juvenile Court…
Here’s another one courtesy of our neighbors just north of the border. A twelve year old sixth grader from Quebec, Canada didn’t like being grounded and missing a graduation trip with her elementary school class mates, so she filed a lawsuit. Initially, she was ordered by her dad not to…
I’d say “thank God” this one happened in Canada and not here, however, I could see this easily happening on our great country. On May 30, 2008, an educational assistant who works in a special education class with five autistic children at Terry Fox Elementary, made a shocking allegation. She…
Imagine a place where failing to mow your lawn could land you in jail. I know what you’re thinking…that could only happen in some communist country. Well, think again. In Canton Ohio (that’s the Canton Ohio in the United States), homeowners face possible jail time if they are found guilty…
Recently, Dallas prosecutors celebrated their victory against Willie Campbell, who was sentenced to 35 years for assault with a deadly weapon. What caught my attention about this case was that the deadly weapon was his HIV-positive spit. Campbell was being arrested for public intoxication when he allegedly began resisting and…
Imagine several armed law enforcement officers bang on your door in the middle of the night demanding to search the contents of your home computer. Over your vehement objections, they storm in and go through all of your personal data, including all e-mails and financial information. Further imagine that they…
In 1990, Robert Kosilek was convicted in a Boston courtroom for murdering his wife. Now serving a life sentence, Kosilek, who in 1993 legally changed his name to Michelle, claims that he’s a “woman trapped inside a man’s body.” As a result, Kosilek has been battling the Department of Corrections…
I’ve been saying for more than a decade now, “The fish who kept his mouth shut never got caught.” Apparently, Joran Van der Sloot didn’t learn that lesson. Van der Sloot is one of the suspects who is alleged to have played a key role in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance from…
And now conclusive proof that judges don’t always automatically do whatever government prosecutors ask of them. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke rejected the government’s passionate request that Jose Padilla and two other fellas who were convicted of terrorism charges be sentenced to life. Cooke sentenced Padilla to 17 years and…
There’s a lot of misconception concerning the arrest of my client Jeff Weinsier, a “problem solver” reporter for ABC affiliate WPLG. Instead of telling you what really happened, why don’t you simply see for yourself and make your own decision. You can view the piece that ran on the local10…