Sometimes the police seem to forget they're suppost to be stopping crime. For example, if the police discover that someone has stolen your car, you'd expect them to try to catch the thief and return your car to you. That's not what the DEA did when they discovered that someone was using Craig Patty's truck to transport marijuana. Instead, they teamed-up with the thief: … [Read more...] about When Cops Forget To Fight Crime
Archives for July 2012
Ten Years At the Keyboard
It was ten years ago today that Windypundit was born.For this anniversary, I'm going to tell you a bit about my approach to blogging, and my experience in writing a blog. Think of this as "How to Blog Like Windypundit" in one easy lesson. Perhaps those of you new to blogging will find something of interest in the accounts of one guy who's been a very minor figure in the … [Read more...] about Ten Years At the Keyboard
New Yorkers Get Charitable Bail Funds
Over at Indefensible, criminal defense lawyer (and TV producer) David Feige writes: Finally, after almost three years of work, the New York State Legislature has passed our bill allowing charitable bail funds. This is a big step toward alleviating one of the more tragic consequences of poverty in the criminal justice system--being forced to plead guilty because you can't … [Read more...] about New Yorkers Get Charitable Bail Funds
Enslaving Our Kids
Over at Nobody's Business, I finally get around to responding to Thomas Ricks' idiotic New York Times op-ed: Proposed for your consideration: We should be allowed to hunt Thomas Ricks for sport. I'm sure it would be great fun for us, and I think that if skinned and properly tanned, his silver-haired visage would look great on my living room wall. Find out why, read the … [Read more...] about Enslaving Our Kids
Towards Shifting the Judicial Balance
In response to my noting that the Florida Supreme Court has approved the state's policy of convicting people of possessing drugs without proving they did so knowingly (a problem not unique to Florida), someone named Paul Murray comments, Surely all that's needed is to get a pickpocket to plant some grass clippings on these judges. Yeah, I'm convinced that one of the reasons … [Read more...] about Towards Shifting the Judicial Balance