Radley Balko has been all over the problems with Mississippi's forensic sciences, but now David Tarrell reports in from Nebraska: ...CSI commander David Kofoed was called in for one more search. He "found" a speck of blood matching one the murder victim's DNA on the vehicle's steering column. Case closed, right? How is the defense lawyer going to demonstrate that the DNA isn't … [Read more...] about CSI: Douglas County, Nebraska
Prosecuting Johns – Part 2: Strange Logic, Strange Language
Yesterday, I posted Part 1 of my response to an opinion piece by Melissa Farley and Norma Ramos arguing that Eliot Spitzer and other men who hire prostitutes should be punished as criminals. The article made me angry, and I'm trying to explain why. To start with, although Farley and Ramos want leniency for prostitutes, they don't want legalized prostitution. They regard the … [Read more...] about Prosecuting Johns – Part 2: Strange Logic, Strange Language
Obama Derangement Syndrome Roundup – Part 3
I've got a few more bits of Obama Derangement Syndrome to report. Obamacalypse At World Net Daily (which, the first time I stumbled across it, I thought it was a parody site) Jill Stanek opens her article this way: It was the Sunday after the election, and everywhere I looked I could only see impending doom. There is no way God would have allowed Barack Obama to become … [Read more...] about Obama Derangement Syndrome Roundup – Part 3
On the Calls for an Auto Industry Bailout
I was planning to write a post on the foolishness of bailing out the big domestic auto makers, but Kip Esquire has already written it for me. This is an important point to remember: "Bankruptcy" is not the same as "liquidation." No one is seriously suggesting that General Motors be liquidated, all its plants shuttered, all its equipment left to rust and all its employees let … [Read more...] about On the Calls for an Auto Industry Bailout
Prosecuting Johns – Part 1: Gender Bias
In response to the news that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer would not be charged with any crimes crime for hiring prostitutes, Newsweek magazine published an opinion piece by Melissa Farley and Norma Ramos arguing that this was "a stunning betrayal of the public trust," and coming out in favor of cracking down more heavily on men who hire prostitutes. The DOJ also … [Read more...] about Prosecuting Johns – Part 1: Gender Bias