You may recall that Bobby Chen was possibly the only person in history to (1) convince the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case and then (2) not show up. See "Could Someone Ask Bobby Chen to Call the U.S. Supreme…
As I'm sure you dorks all know, although the One Ring could turn its wearer invisible, it also had the power to influence and corrupt minds. Typically it caused those around it to become consumed with desire for the Ring…
The last window of opportunity for such an event would have been last weekend, because Corcoran State Prison only conducts inmate weddings on weekends, and the marriage license issued to Charles Manson and Elaine "Star" Burton expires this coming Thursday….
I’m trying to keep these posts a little shorter on average, which would mean more posts. So let’s see if I can do that here. As you may recall, although it’s been a while, Nicholas George was detained at the…
This is of course true in a couple of different ways (depending mostly on the meaning of "did it"), but it still seems to be a little jarring for people to see it on a billboard. Larry Archie is an…
The officer's explanation to the lawyer at the time was that if she didn't stop objecting to what he wanted to do, "I will arrest you for resisting arrest." That either made sense to him or he just didn't care….
Not the terrorist kind. The 17th-century kind.
"Drunken trombone-playing clown fires gun from garage, police say." A great headline and also basically the entire story. What more do you need? Speaking of headlines, how about "Accused crayfish thief caught 'waving it down Melbourne street'"? He was waving…
The chapter on the law of carpooling that I'm planning to include in my next book is coming along nicely now. It'll be more interesting that it sounds, I think. Some time ago we learned that the argument "but I…
The lead-in by ABC13 News in Houston pretty much sums it up: The Rosenberg Police Department admitted that this might be a "long shot," but decided to release the sketch anyway, because you never know. On the department's Facebook page,…