Year: 2012
Florida Court Makes it Easier to Unknowingly Commit Crimes
I like to think I know a thing or two about the excesses of the war on drugs, but I had no idea that the legal situation in Florida was this ugly: Florida will remain one of the only two states in the country that sends people to prison on drug possession charges without first… Read more
When DNA Evidence Doesn’t Prove Much
Some criminal defense bloggers are skeptical of the supposedly high reliability of DNA evidence. Since almost every other form of forensic testing is based on shaky scientific foundations, they figure it’s only a matter of time until DNA falls too. I don’t share their skepticism, at least not about the basic principles of DNA profiling.… Read more
“Happy White Peoples Independence Day”
Jack Marshall is peeved at Chris Rock over this tweet: Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but I’m sure they enjoyed fireworks Jack thinks that’s “Ignorant, racist, divisive, unfair, disrespectful, bitter, dumb, and not funny.” I’ll give him bitter and not terribly funny, but Jack’s seriously overreacting to the rest of it.… Read more
The Natural Disaster We’re Having
[Update: I was far too pessimistic about the heatwave. According to Wikipedia, it killed 82 people, far fewer than I was worried about. I guess I am a bit of an alarmist after all.] Over at Breitbart, Joel B. Pollack is trying to use the recent heat wave against President Obama: With much of the… Read more
There Will Be Turnabout, Bitches
Congratulations are due to Democrats and various big government liberals now that the Supreme Court has now given its approval to the most controversial parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Of course, none of this would have been necessary if the Democrats had been honest enough to pay for affordable care… Read more