Archive for April 30, 2008
Hump day is link dump day
Apr 30th
It’s hump day. It’s been a long hump day. So here’s a link dump.
- People of Lesbos sue over use of the word “lesbian”.
- Should cops value lives of others over their own? No, no and you people have got it all wrong.
- Man accidentally buys son Mike’s Hard lemonade, loses kid for a week. From Volokh.
- Consensual encounters gone awry (It’s not what you think, pervs. This is a family blog).
- Researchers discover a-hole in blogosphere.
- Australia to revoke 100 anti-gay laws, except marriage.
- Alan Shore goes to the Supreme Court. From CrimLaw.
- Apparently, jurors have to abide by a dress code too.
- Federal Court upholds ban on drug offenders receiving student aid.
- The Government on trial? What a novel concept!
- Should we be ruthless or compassionate?
And finally, in honor of hump day, the Black Eyed Peas:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKxs8Ge_9g[/youtube]
So much resistance to change
Apr 30th
Cops really don’t like change, do they? One of the more noteworthy bills the legislature passed this past session was the one re-classifying 16 and 17 year olds as juveniles, as opposed to “youthful offenders”.
Why does this bother the cops? Because it means they won’t be able to talk to these teens without a parent or guardian present.
[West Hartford Police chief] Strillaci said that the law would cause juvenile courts to see a 60 percent increase in cases, and that police wouldn’t be about to question the teens without a parent or guardian, and that they wouldn’t be able to detain a 16-or 17-year-old.
He said it would prove costly for local police departments that would have to build special cells for the teens and hire more staff.
Note the contradiction there? “They wouldn’t be able to detain the teen”, but “they would have to build special cells and hire more staff”.
You can’t see it, but I’m rolling my eyes right now. Oh boy. Now they can’t get confessions from confused, immature teens. Tragedy.
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