Category Archives: Legal

The Law of Squatting

We’re not talking about squatting as part of gluteus maximus workout regime. We’re talking about this particular Oxford Dictionary definition of a squatter: “a person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land”. But what is the exact legality …

Barefoot Bandit Receives Federal Sentence

Do you remember the reality-inspired film Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio? It seems a related Hollywood deal is in the making and the lead character is Colton Harris-Moore aka the “Barefoot Bandit”. Except Harris-Moore did not pretend …

JoePa Leaves this World Remembered

Sunday morning, former Head Coach Joe Paterno passed away. He was diagnosed with lung cancer shortly after being fired from Penn State on November 9. For his final hours, “he fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of …

Top Five Legal & Justice News Stories of 2011

Many memorable events happened in 2011, stories that will be described in history books studied by future generations. Both Osama Bin Laden and Muammar Qaddafi were killed. Japan suffered a major earthquake and tsunami and Hurricane Irene furiously stormed up …

From Coast to Coast, Security Makes Headlines

When you ask people what the top of their list would be for what they want out of life, most people tend to answer “health”. I bet if you were to ask them to elaborate, the conversation would gradually transition …

Natalie Wood’s Case Reopened

Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unearthed the case file of Natalie Wood’s mysterious death yesterday. The cold case dates back 30 years (November 29, 1981). Back then, the three-time Oscar-nominated actress’, who starred in films such …

Penn State Update

The Nittany Lions played their first game this past Saturday since Head Coach Joe Paterno was fired and former Defensive Coach Jerry Sandusky’s suspected sexual abuse scandal came to light. Consequently Penn State lost by a small margin (17-14) to …

Dr. Conrad Murray Found Guilty

Dr. Conrad Murray barely flinched, simply blinked and maintained a sedately serious expression when the jury declared he was guilty of involuntary manslaughter this morning. Jury members deliberated for nine hours to determine that Murray was criminally responsible for the …