Bear in Prison
Might be eight or ten of ’em in there, actually.
May 2008
Oregon Says Its Laws Are Copyrighted, Can’t Be Published
A battle has been going on for about three weeks now between the state of Oregon, which has laws, and some legal websites that have been publishing those laws. Oregon is insisting that they not do so. Justia.com, for example,…
Probation May Be Revoked for Sharing
A judge in Vinton County, Ohio, has been asked to revoke probation for Timothy Caudill and send him to prison for nine months. The offense: sharing a Little Debbie snack cake without permission. At the time of the infraction, Caudill…
Droopy-Pants Law Fails in Louisiana; Similar Measure Gutted in Florida
On April 22, a bill that would have ended the scourge of droopy pants throughout Louisiana failed in the state senate. This was lamented by the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Derrick Shepherd (D-New Orleans), who said the state should take a…
Everything’s Bigger in Texas — Including Bad Checks
Saying he was planning to start a record company, Charles Fuller tried to cash a large check at a bank in Fort Worth last week. Problems with this story included: One does not normally start record companies using cash; and…
Hand-Held Lie Detector Deployed: Now We’re Completely Safe
If you have been taking any comfort in the idea that our strategy in the War on Terror can’t get any worse, cut it out. MSNBC reported recently that the Pentagon has spent $2.5 million to date on a project…