Birdsong Reads Weird Criminal Law 18
February 12th, 2010 by Leonard Birdsong
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Weird Criminal Law Stories 100
November 19th, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong has been bringing you weird criminal law stories for a year and a half now. Hope you have had a few laughs from reading them. Here is edition number 100. What a milestone. Enjoy.
Turkey: A stitch in time saves five for a Turkish woman charged with slicing off her lover’s penis. That’s because a court has put off sentencing her for 18 months to see if the man’s reattached penis still functions. If it does, she will get three years in jail. If it does not, she will get eight years. She gave him the cruelest cut because he broke a promise to marry her, and forced her into prostitution.
YOOOUCH!
Austria: An Austrian man was hit with a $100 fine when he farted loudly while being questioned by police, causing passers-by to break into hysterics, humiliating the police officers. “This was no accident. He clearly intended to make a laughingstock out of officers and deserved what he got,” said a police spokesman.
POOT….
Austin, TX : A Texas man got a 30 day jail sentence for contempt of court after criticizing a judge in a courthouse men’s room. State District Judge Jack Robinson ordered 69 year old Don Bandelman released following two days in jail after a state appeals court in Austin made inquiries into the
Birdsong on Casey Anthony – Channel 13 News
April 30th, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
Violence Against Foreigners in Germany
February 23rd, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong’s student Kurt Bressler has written an outstanding paper concerning violence against foreigners in Germany since the fall of the Berlin wall. Birdsong wishes to share it with the wider world. Read and learn.
Immigration Reform and Violence Against Foreigners in Unified Germany
Written by: Kurt Bressler
I. Introduction
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany has struggled in its quest for an effective and all encompassing solution to the dichotomy between its immigration laws and the omnipresent xenophobic violence associated with them. In reality, this is not a problem which is unique to Germany; all countries struggle with racist violence in one form or another. Historically though, Germany has shown a correlation between the passing or relaxation of its immigration laws and a spike in racist violence, especially in the area formerly known as East Germany.
An example of the racist violence faced by non-ethnic Germans can be seen in the United States asylum application filed by Zakia Mashiri. [FN1]. Zakia and her husband are natives of Afghanistan who lived in Germany following the fall of the Berlin Wall. On numerous separate occasions, the Mashiri’s were subjected to violence based on their non German background. One such incident occurred when Zakia’s husband was severely beaten in his taxi after being subjected to racial slurs and threats. [FN2]. He was also beaten in a similar fashion on several other occasions. The Mashiri’s son was also beaten by neo-nazi’s several times while returning home from school. [FN3]. Each time, the reason for the attack was explicitly stated: Germany is for German’s.
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[FN1]. Mashiri v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2004).
[FN2]. Id. at 1115.
[FN3]. Id. at 1117.
Another poignant example of the violence endured by foreigners in Germany occurred in November of 2007. A group of eight Indian asylum seekers were chased through the town of Muegeln while being subjected to racial insults. [FN4].
American Workforce Or Pod People
September 12th, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong
Dee Dee is on a roll when it comes to the disappearance of the mainstream workforce.
Take note. We know that banks and credit card companies initially outsourced their customer service jobs from the North to the South (often to Florida) or to the West, where salaries were lower, land to construct offices were cheaper and benefits discretionary and unions were not the norm. Most of these companies have since transferred these offices overseas to India and the Phillipines.
What was criticized as sweat shops where female immigrants sewed clothing for the US fashion industry on 7th Avenue in New York City for Americans to wear (look for the union label of yore), have left the country for good.
Those jobs not outsourced are slowly being filled by the “pod people”.
