Random shots around the web: Postal service hell. Launch a fake North Korean Twitter feed, watch real media pick it up. Kudos to Popehat. Whatever else I may think of Obama, I really hope that on his last day in office he provides the "vault copy" of his birth certificate that all the idiot birthers have been asking for. The guys at Second City Cop chime in on the arrest of … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-07-27
Adventures In Avvo – Take 3
I've been posting about my attempt to get an answer to a simple question using Avvo Answers. In Take 1, an out-of-state lawyer provided a wrong answer. In Take 2, our own Jeremy Richey provided a good answer that misseda part of the question. I clarified my question, and now Jeremy has provided the final answer in a comment to Take 2. My clarified question was: If the bond is … [Read more...] about Adventures In Avvo – Take 3
Adventures In Avvo – Take 2
Out of some curiosity about how bail works, I posted a question on Avvo Answers. The first answer I got was a clean miss by an out-of-state lawyer. Now Illinois's own Jeremy Richey has stepped up. To review, here's the question I asked: What's my exposure if I bail someone out of jail? Chicago, IL Viewed 4 times. Posted about 17 hours ago in Criminal Defense If a friend has … [Read more...] about Adventures In Avvo – Take 2
Adventures In Avvo – Take 1
After a recent episode of Raising the Bar, I've been wondering if some do-gooder could go around bailing indigent people out of jail so they can go home to their families even though they don't have $500. Not that I could afford to do that, but how would that work? I know it only takes a fraction of the bail amount to get them out, but would I be on the hook for the whole … [Read more...] about Adventures In Avvo – Take 1
Customs Agents Beat You Back
In response to my recent missive ("Beating Customs Agents With Your Laptop") about the fourth-amendment-free zone overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Lawrence Friedman at Customs Law sent an email explaining some of what can really happen when you try to apply technogeek law to the real world: In response to your encryption-deleted key suggestion, you might think … [Read more...] about Customs Agents Beat You Back