Kona, HI Courthouse Scheduled to Open Late Summer 2019

The Hawaii State Judiciary’s appropriations bill, including $5.8 million to get instrumentation and furnishings for the new Kona courthouse, passed final reading within the Senate and House of Representatives. The bill has been sent to Gov. David IgE for his review and thought. “On behalf of the Hawaii State Judiciary, i would like to precise …

A City with one New Years Drunk Driving Arrest.

Only one drunk driving arrest New Year’s Eve in Jackson County, MS records show. With increased police presence on holidays and multiple ad campaigns warning motorists of the risks of impaired driving, maybe folks are finally getting down to get the message. Only one driver was arrested for a suspected DUI on New Year’s Eve …

Man Confronts Suspected Drunk Driver After Crashing into Concrete Barrier

San Antonio-TEXAS In February of this year, a 20-year-old Texas criminal justice major got some real-world crime-fighting experience. Deandre Lewis was a passenger in the car when he saw a man crash into a concrete barrier on the Highway. What did Lewis do? He captured the scene and posted that video on Twitter. Lewis, then …

Non-Defense Aid to Pakistan should End, U.S. Congress

The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate recently to ask fora halting of the U.S. economic assistance to Pakistan while Trump administration has already halted its military assistance to Pakistan. A bill was introduced in the House saying the non-defense assistance to Pakistan should now be put to an end and the money set …

Judge punishes lawyer for using hashtag

A Pennsylvania judge recently overturned a $27.8 million verdict against the makers of the blood thinner Xarelto in a lawsuit by an Indiana woman who claimed the drug caused severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Judge Michael Erdos issued a judgment despite the decision as a result of a declaration by the recommending specialist for offended party Lynn …

Deactivating President Trump’s Twitter Account

Many individuals fantasize about sensational approaches to stop their employment. One mysterious Twitter representative purportedly followed up on one such dream. For eleven minutes in November of 2017, President Trump’s own Twitter account was deactivated. Twitter’s underlying clarification was that the deactivation was because of human error. In any case, it appears this was no …

49 Alabama sheriffs are sued over pocketed inmate-meal funds.

Two civil rights groups have sued 49 Alabama sheriffs to learn whether they personally pocketed unspent money used for inmate meals. The sheriffs may be relying on a “dubious interpretation” of state law that says they may “keep and retain” leftover prisoner meal money, according to a press release by the groups that filed suit, …

Does Law Enforcement Need a Warrant to Obtain Cell-Site Location Data?

When you make or get a call or text with your mobile device, your carrier stores data about which cell tower transmitted your signal, in the general territory where you might be located when that transmission happened. Courts have been differing for quite some time about whether this information accumulated by your cellphone provider can …

How can hiring a Criminal Defense Attorney help my Drunk Driving case?

Criminal Defense lawyers who have expertise in drunk driving cases are regularly better suited to speak to the individuals who are arrested for drunk driving. This is due to these lawyers have the abilities, expertise, and knowledge required to effectively speak to their clients, particularly in cases including improper BAC and Field Sobriety testing. In …

Suspended Rhode Island lawyer jailed for failing to pay sanction

A suspended Rhode Island legal counselor has been imprisoned on a common scorn charge for neglecting to pay more than $11,000 for an endorse forced for making deceptions to the court. The “legal counselor and provocateur,” Keven A. McKenna of Providence, was arrested on Tuesday, the Providence Journal reports. On Thursday evening, McKenna’s legal counselor …