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Bryan Pregon

DNA ancestry searches can now identify most white Americans. Here's why that's legally ... - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 15 Oct 18
     
    "DNA ancestry searches can now identify most white Americans. Here's why that's legally questionable"
Bryan Pregon

Massachusetts Court: Marijuana Smell Not Enough for Traffic Stop - 0 views

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marijuana massachusetts court smell traffic

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  • Bryan Pregon on 09 Apr 13
     
    "The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that a police officer is not justified in stopping and searching an automobile merely because he smells the presence of marijuana. The Supreme Judicial Court took up the case of Benjamin Cruz to clarify the legal impact of a 2008 voter referendum that had decriminalized possession of less than one ounce of pot in the Bay State."
Bryan Pregon

Breath Testing Instrument in Dodge County Miscalibrated for 3 Years - 1 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 29 Oct 15
     
    "Any individuals that were convicted of a driving under the Influence charge in the County or District Courts of Dodge County during this time period can seek legal counsel to review their cases."
Bryan Pregon

Kansas judge rules sperm donor not on hook for child support - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 30 Nov 16
     
    " A Kansas judge has ruled that a Topeka man who donated sperm so two women could have a baby together isn't legally the child's father and doesn't have to provide financial support."
Bryan Pregon

Legal challenge questions reliability of police dogs | Las Vegas Review-Journal - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 22 Dec 13
     
    "In 2010, a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis set out to test the reliability of drug- and bomb-sniffing dogs."
  • Payton Whiteaker on 07 Jan 14
     
    If 85% of the tests are failures, I wonder how many peoples rights have been violated.
Bryan Pregon

Parents consider legal action after South Dakota police use Taser on 8-year-old girl - ... - 2 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 10 Oct 13
     
    "The parents of an 8-year-old South Dakota girl want the police officer who stunned their daughter with a Taser disciplined, but the police chief said Wednesday that the officer acted properly and may have saved the little girl's life."
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  • Bryan Pregon on 15 Oct 13
     
    Today everyone needs to COMMENT a response to this article. Please answer both: ~In your personal opinion, did the police act appropriately? ~Based on your team's taser policy (from yesterday) was this an acceptable taser deployment? Why or why not?
  • cristiangarcia23 on 15 Oct 13
     
    Well she could have posed a threat to herself or the police so yes this was an acceptable taser deployment my group policy is that no minors will be tased unless under some circumstances like concealing a weapon or posing a threat to self or others.
  • brocha249 on 15 Oct 13
     
    i think it was the right thing to do because they saved her life but according to my group policy it shouldn't be ok because we put that minors shouldn't have the taser used on them
  • meganmiller22 on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think that the police were correct by using a Taser. This girl had the intent to harm others but mainly herself. I do think there could have been better ways to prevent her from harming herself but the Taser worked just as well. My group had the policy of No one under 10 unless has possession of a weapon. This girl had a weapon (knife) in her possession AND intent to harm. Therefore, the police acted appropriately according to my group's policy.
  • Julia Gibler on 15 Oct 13
     
    I do think the police officer acted properly because there aren't many choices in a situation like that. His main goal was to save the girl from further harming herself or anyone else. Based on my group's rules yesterday, it probably wouldn't have been acceptable because the girl was under 15.
  • Jensyn Hanson on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think they did the right thing, if she was really threatening to commit suicide, I'm not sure where an 8 tear old gets that idea, but according to my group policy, it shouldn't have happened because she wasn't threatening the police.
  • kadenroen on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think what they did was wrong when i just heard about it but after finding out she had a knife and was being suicidal i think what they did was right what else should they have done so she wouldn't hurt herself? With are policy it was not but in this case it was okay.
  • tyler nielsen on 15 Oct 13
     
    Yes because she was going to kill her self and the police saved her life. So i think that they did what they should have.
  • jordan fichter on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police did the right thing. They're were trying to stop her from hurting herself. She was a threat to them and her self.
  • Gracelyn Sales on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police did act appropriately in this situation. The little girl was pointing the knife at herself and the officer. The police weren't quite sure if she would harm herself so they tased her to get the girl's behavior under control. According to our policy from yesterday this was acceptable taser deployment.
  • angel fernandez on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police acted appropriate because the girl tried to kill her self and based on my team this would be acceptable because we said the girl had a knife and they should have used the taser against the girl for their safety and the girls.
  • Keegan Caskey on 15 Oct 13
     
    If he had to taze her to safe her he should do it and she did point a knife at the police office Yes she threatend the police officer and herself
  • Tyler Larson on 15 Oct 13
     
    From what my group said, the cop was right when he tazered the girl
  • Ryan Kups on 15 Oct 13
     
    Police acted appropriately. According to my group the use of a taser should not of been allowed because the girl was under the age of ten.
  • Eli Rankin on 15 Oct 13
     
    I believe that the police acted appropriately because there was no other way to get her to put the knife down. They talked to her about putting the knife down to give her an opportunity for this to not happen but she did not listen and suffered the consequences. My group thought that if the person is refusing to obey police order that the taser is okay to use, and in this case exactly that happened.
  • Taylor Morgan on 15 Oct 13
     
    i fell that the officer did the right thing because the 8 year old was going to kill herself if anything the police officer saved her life and based on my teams decision it wouldn't have been ok but she is trying to kill herself
  • Payton Hiffernan on 15 Oct 13
     
    She could have harmed herself or the police, so the taser use was appropriate in this case. Based on my team's taser policy I think it would be okay to use in this situation.
  • morgan davis on 15 Oct 13
     
    they saved her life so therefore i think it was the right thing to do.
  • Cecilia Saldana on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police did good with taser the girl. Also it would meet all of my groups expectations
  • keeley45 on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think in this situation the police did the right thing, yes it was acceptable because she could have harmed herself and others.
  • De'metre Neely on 15 Oct 13
     
    The officer could of handled this problem better, but he the right thing.
  • patrick boian on 22 Nov 13
     
    First why would an 8 year old girl be suicidal but regardless the officer did the right thing so they can figure out what the problem is
Bryan Pregon

Felony Theft Case Dismissed On Technicality - 1 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 25 Sep 15
     
    "His attorney learned the waiver had been signed without legal counsel present. Assistant Public Defender John Hascall said, "I don't think the prosecutor in this case did anything wrong, just I was able to find a loophole based on the diversion policies and I exploited it.""
Bryan Pregon

Federal Court Says It's 100% Legal To Give Cops The Finger - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 21 Jan 15
     
    "The 14-page opinion issued by the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that the "ancient gesture of insult is not the basis for a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or impending criminal activity.""
btracy251

Charlotte police officer who shot black man resigns. - CNN.com - 2 views

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  • btracy251 on 14 Oct 15
     
    The separation payments include $112,935.98 in back pay and unused vacation days, $50,630.80 in attorney's fees and other legally required Social Security and retirement contributions, according to the agreement. "This agreement, which contains no admission of fault or liability, includes a release of all potential legal claims," it states.
Bryan Pregon

Ohio officer: 'Direct eye contact' one reason for ticket - CNN.com - 4 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 31 Aug 15
     
    "When a police officer in Dayton, Ohio, handed John Felton a warning for a traffic signal violation, Felton asked whether he was stopped for something besides having out-of-state plates, according to a video of the conversation posted on Facebook."
  • reeganfilip on 09 Sep 15
     
    Is this even legal?
Kendra Snethen

| Diigo - 2 views

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  • Kendra Snethen on 10 May 12
     
    This is a horrible thing to hear about. I cant imagine what would make someone want to do that to a family. It makes me sick.
Bryan Pregon

U.S. News - Report: 9-year-old who skipped school is Tasered - 11 views

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  • garrett smith on 14 Mar 12
     
    didnt use mace or try to use reasonable force to restrain the child, just went straight to taze. very nice. not sure if its legally sound but nice
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  • Cara Ireland on 15 Mar 12
     
    Why would you taze a 9-year-old for skipping school? That's just mean
  • gary reaper on 16 Mar 12
     
    wow really why would you do that...... hahaha never mined that was to funny idc haha props to the cop
  • Mackenzie Bolton on 20 Mar 12
     
    It was wrong for the police officer to tazer the 9 years without trying other options. He might of been a big 9 year old but you can't tell me that the police officer couldn't over power him or find another method to restrain him.
  • Nyssa Ranney on 20 Mar 12
     
    that's beyond excessive. he tased a child for.. what, skipping school and being stubborn? that hardly warrants tasing a nine-year-old.
  • Megan Funkhauser on 20 Mar 12
     
    He had no reason to tazer the kid. It was definitely wrong on his part. He should have found a different way to restrain him, not use the tazer before trying.
Nathanial Belt

Child abuse charged in girl's death | Recordnet.com - 9 views

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depravity crime child abuse

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  • Nathanial Belt on 28 Feb 12
     
    STOCKTON - A man charged with beating to death his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter told police he was frustrated by the child's crying. Demetrius Anderson, 23, is charged with child abuse resulting in the death of a child younger than 8. The toddler died from suspicious circumstances at a University of California, Davis, medical facility.
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  • jefferyduncan on 29 Feb 12
     
    its terrible that someone could beat a 2 year old to death for crying
  • garrett smith on 29 Feb 12
     
    That would be the world we live in Jeff. The question is whether or not the girlfriend will take action against him legal or otherwise. Or if she actually knew of the abuse
  • Jordan Freeaman on 01 Mar 12
     
    That's very depraved and someone should beat him when he cries.
angel fernandez

Teacher gets month in jail for raping student who later kills herself - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • angel fernandez on 28 Aug 13
     
    (CNN) -- A mother in Montana is outraged that a high school teacher who admitted raping her 14-year-old daughter received only a month in prison, while her daughter took her own life. "I think this sentence is a joke, a travesty," the mother, Auliea Hanlon, told CNN on Tuesday night, a day after the sentencing.
  • cristiangarcia23 on 30 Aug 13
     
    how can someone do something like that and only get a month in jail, are legal system is messed up
alewis516

Teen Playing 'Knockout' Shot By Victim - 0 views

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  • alewis516 on 22 Nov 13
     
    A Michigan teenager who assaulted a man with a stun gun was shot twice when the victim defended himself with a legally concealed pistol. In May, Marvell Weaver, 17, was playing a variation of "knockout," a brutal and senseless game in which an assailant sucker punches an unsuspecting person with the intention of knocking him unconscious with one blow.
haleyleonard

Man injured in accidental shooting in Harlan - 1 views

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ALHS Legal Studies shooting

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  • haleyleonard on 24 Sep 14
     
    HARLAN - Authorities are investigating what is believed to be an accidental shooting that occurred Saturday morning in Harlan. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office was called to Nishna Bend Recreation Area for a report of a shooting. Deputies found Daniel J. Schumacher, 38, of Harlan, with apparent gunshot wounds to his hand and thigh.
kadenroen

Georgia executes man despite disability claim - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • kadenroen on 30 Jan 15
     
    Despite pleas by human rights groups and legal representatives who have argued that Hill's intellectual disability should have made him ineligible for the death penalty, Hill died by injection at the prison in Jackson, Georgia. His time of death was 7:55 p.m. ET, said spokeswoman Gwendolyn Hogan.
Bryan Pregon

Imprisoned over HIV: One man's story - CNN.com - 2 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 19 Nov 12
     
    "The former hotel administrator was arrested three months later. The official charge: criminal transmission of HIV -- a class B felony in Iowa, where the encounter occurred. Other crimes in this category include manslaughter, kidnapping, drug crimes and robbery."
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  • Dylan Garner on 19 Nov 12
     
    I think that law is acceptable. It says it is your moral and legal obligation to inform and that is correct if you ask me.
  • Nick Larmon on 20 Nov 12
     
    I also believe that you should let these people know instead of not telling them. You should feel responsible if you have it, to tell them you have it.
  • Bryan Pregon on 14 Mar 17
     
    Let me know your opinion.
  • dmoritz558 on 14 Mar 17
     
    The law states that there has to be intentional transmission of this virus in order to criminalize people yet in the article it states that Plendl"s hospital test came up negative. There was no transmission of the virus and the man was in prison and is now a registered sex offender.
  • joesneller on 14 Mar 17
     
    If the viral load at the time of intercourse was undetectable and he took precautions to be safe on top of that he should have not been found guilty of the charges especially since there was no way of either of them knowing if Rhoades was infected and if Plendl did not contract the HIV virus according to hospital tests
  • Matt Collins on 14 Mar 17
     
    I agree with the law and that you need to let people know but they used protection and and they didn't know at the time so Nick shouldn't be in prison. The law says it needs to be intentional but it wasn't intentional.
  • cvanhessche237 on 14 Mar 17
     
    Nick Rhoades stated that he was protected and that he shouldn't be getting any sort of punishment but I can see that he did a class B felony crime because he did pass it on but for him being protected he wasn't trying to do any harm he doesn't deserve the punishment.
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