Archive for January, 2010

Birdsong Reads Weird Criminal Law 16

January 29th, 2010 by Leonard Birdsong


Weird Criminal Law Stories 113

January 28th, 2010 by Leonard Birdsong


Findlay, OH: This really is a weird one. A woman called Findlay police one recent weekend to complain that her husband claimed that her daughter — his stepdaughter — had performed oral sex on him and was far better at it than her mom. Police made note of this crime against humanity but had to tell the woman it actually did not violate any part of the penal code.

Weird Criminal Law Stories 112

January 26th, 2010 by Leonard Birdsong


Conway, SC:  Here is a follow-up to the horse and buggery story from late autumn 2009. A South Carolina man caught having sex with a horse was sentenced to three years in prison in early November, 2009, after pleading guilty for the second time in two years to abusing the animal. Rodell Vereen was also ordered never to go near the stable where the horse owner caught him and held him at gun point. He apologized after admitting to buggery at the Horry County Courthouse. The owner of the horse, Barbara Kenley, had been staking out the stable after setting up a surveillance camera and taping Vereen’s assault on her 21-year old horse, Sugar.

Annual Numbers for Overseas Refugees

January 25th, 2010 by Leonard Birdsong


Section 207 of the INA provides that the President of the United States, after appropriate consultation, justified by grave humanitarian concerns, may fix a number of refugees to be admitted to the United States during the succeeding year.

Follow the link below to see the numbers of overseas refugees admitted:

Information on Withholding of Deportation

January 25th, 2010 by Leonard Birdsong


Following this link will help students in Professor Birdsong Refugee Law Seminar better distinguish Withholding of Deportation from political asylum:

http://www.vkblaw.com/law/withholding.htm