Weird Ciminal Law Stories 11
September 24th, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong
So, here we go again. Birdsong provides more weird criminal law stories for you reading enjoyment.
Archive for September, 2008
Is It Neglect or Negligence?
September 23rd, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong’s criminal law students will learn in coming weeks that both neglect and negligence can sometimes become actionable criminal violations. Here is a true story that might be one of criminal neglect or criminal negligence:
On Wednesday, September 17, 2008, a Florida Department of Children and Families investor in Leesgurg, Florida, along with a Leesburg police officer went to the home of James Seever, 40 and Debra Chappell, 27 to investigate allegations that the couple’s two year old child was being raised in unsanitary conditions. The first thing they noticed was a pile of 40 to 60 dirty diapers outside the house,
A Birdsong Thought For The Day
September 22nd, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong
Watched Pot Never Gets Smoked.
…Think about it.
– Birdsong
Child Sex and Physical Abuse is Persecution for Grant of Asylum
September 21st, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong’s Refugee and Asylum Law students might wish to read the story of three children from Honduras who were recently granted asylum in the U.S. on the ground that their persecution was was based upon child sex and physical abuse. They were found to be a “particular social group” It will be interesting to see whether this decision is allowed to stand if the government appeals to the BIA. Birdsong believes that the decision should stand:
NY judge cites abuse, OKs Honduran kids’ asylum
By FRANK ELTMAN | Associated Press Writer
September 12, 2008
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. – In a victory their own lawyer considered a “very, very long shot,” three children who sought asylum on grounds they fled sexual and physical abuse at the hands of relatives in Honduras will be allowed to remain in the United States.
Florida Town's Sagging Pants Law Unconstitutional
September 19th, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong
After class discussions last week concerning overbroad criminal statutes that target minority groups, a number of Birdsong’s criminal law students have sent him email news stories regarding the recent arrests of black teenagers in south Florida for wearing sagging pants.
We now learn that a judge in Riviera Beach, Florida has declared unconsitutional a law banning the wearing of sagging pants
