Woman Kills Her Boyfriend and Is Not Prosecuted Under Colorado Law Azura Lakin has dodged a bullet and avoided prosecution for murder under Colorado's "Make My Day Law". Azura Lakin is 21 years of age. On October 2, 2011, she had a fight with her boyfriend. During the fight, she slashed his throat with a broken bottle. Her boyfriend Shawn Cassidy, … [Read more...]
Nassau County Loses Marijuana Evidence
Recently, Nassau County, New York lost two bags of marijuana. The bags of marijuana had been seized as evidence by police officers. Due to problems with Nassau County's crime laboratory, the marijuana was being shipped to a laboratory in Pennsylvania for drug testing. The shipment was carried by Federal Express. Unfortunately, the marijuana never … [Read more...]
Iraq Immigrant Kills Daughter for Being too Westernized
Faleh Hassan Almaleki was convicted of murdering his daughter, Noor Faleh Almaleki. His daughter was 20 years old at the time he murdered her. He ran her over with his car because he felt she was "too westernized". This sick philosophy was the product of his upbringing in Iran. Honor killings are still common in Arab countries. In such situations, … [Read more...]
Sentencing of New Jersey Schoolyard Killer
It was a summer night in 2007. Lofemi Hightower and Dashon Harvey were in a schoolyard in Newark. Lofemi was twenty years old and Dashon was eighteen years old. There was another victim in this case who survived and testified at trial regarding the case. She was sexually assaulted, slashed with a machete and shot in the head. … [Read more...]
Gang Colors Not Enough To Search Car
A district court judge in Nassau County threw out a search of a car due to the fact that the reason the police officers gave for searching the car could not be substantiated. The occupants in the car were charged with weapons possession (which includes charges for violent crimes, both felonies and misdemeanors) At the time, the officers … [Read more...]
The Cost of Incarceration: Missouri Tells Judges the Price of Sentencing an Individual to Prison
Crime is expensive. The cost of incarcerating individuals is an expense born by society at large. The State of Missouri is advising judges as to the cost of the prison sentences that they hand out. In Missouri, when a judge is ready to send someone to jail on a criminal charge, he or she now must take into consideration the resulting cost to … [Read more...]
Trimming Down Miranda Rights
The United States Supreme Court has recently taken action to restrict the now famous "miranda criminal warnings". The Supreme Court rulings will have a significant impact on police procedures since police will be given more lee-way in the questioning of suspects. Police Questioning: The Miranda warnings are as follows: "You have the right to … [Read more...]
