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Bill Madden's Blog
Abuse: Permanent stay refused.
By Bill Madden
With thanks to Patrick Thompson for drawing attention to this matter. GLJ v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Lismore [2021] NSWSC 1204 (on Caselaw)…
The Right Coast
Larry Elder rips media, Democrats’ silence on egg assault: ‘If I were a Democrat, it would be a hate crime’ | Fox News
California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder reacted Thursday to an encounter while campaigning in Los Angeles with a woman wearing a gorilla mask who threw an egg at his head and…
Legal Profession Blog
Southern Exposure
Michigan tri-county hearing panels have imposed sanctions in two unrelated criminal matters.One involved a Florida incidentBased upon respondent’s admissions and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent…
Criminal Lawyer Illinois
How Does Illinois Differentiate Between Assault & Aggravated Assault?
In common parlance, the word assault is often used interchangeably with the term battery. Under Illinois law, however, assault and battery are completely separate criminal offenses. Whereas battery requires physical…
The Right Coast
Video: Drone with adult toy led to confrontation at Manny Gonzales political event | KOB 4
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A video posted to social media is revealing more details about the reported assault on Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales during a Tuesday night mayoral campaign event in…
Simple Justice
The Word: Punch
Among the great many flagrant failings of the woke is violence. It was once about punching Nazis, but has metastasized since into justified violence against anyone who doesn’t share their…
Birdsong's Law Blog
Weird Criminal Law Stories # 669: Parking Lot Pooper…
MASSACHUSETTS: Parking Lot Pooper? A woman was recently arrested for allegedly turning a store parking lot into her own personal potty – defecating there eight times in a month. Dubbed…
Simple Justice
Criminalizing Awful
It was awful. Disgusting. Repugnant. But was it assault? A Florida woman who was seen in a widely watched video intentionally coughing on a shopper at a Pier 1 home-goods…
Simple Justice
Brutal Attacks Are Brutal
That it was caught on video is fortuitous, a reflection of the reality that much of our world is preserved on video. This provides us with the ability to see…
The Right Coast
Texas man forced at gunpoint to get tattoo before his death
A Texas man was reportedly forced to get a tattoo of his girlfriend s name on his neck before he was shot to death last month in a killing allegedly…