Year: 2009
How to Stop a Stalker – Thoughts and Observations
I’ve been reading How to Stop a Stalker by Mike Proctor, a former detective in Westminster, California. I’m fascinated by some aspects of forensic psychology, so I was hoping the book would discuss the psychology of stalkers and how to discourage them. However, Proctor’s book is more about how stalking is defined as a crime and… Read more
Fuck Ed Jagels
Radley Balko bids farewell to Kern County California D.A. Ed Jagels: You’d be hard pressed to find a law enforcement official anywhere in the country who better embodies the worst excesses of America’s sharp turn toward law-and-order crime policy over last 30 years. From expanding the death penalty to eroding the rights of the accused… Read more
Profitable DUI Punishment in South Carolina
South Carolina criminal defense lawyer Bobby Frederick has an excellent example today of the scourge of profitable punishment: Law enforcement agencies receive grants based on the number of DUI arrests they make – if the number of arrests goes down, they are in danger of losing that money. Law enforcement officers are given awards for… Read more
God of Tetris
Meet the God of Tetris, master of blocks. If you’ve played Tetris, his last words will haunt you. Read more
The Warlord of Maricopa
At some point, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio decided that the rules no longer applied to him. He and his deputies had all the guns, so why couldn’t they do whatever they want? If those guys in Somalia and Afganistan could become warlords, why couldn’t he do it right here in America? I think it… Read more