38 posts tagged ‘law crime’
It's a Close Race for Biggest A**Hole on the Supreme Court
Jezebel,
On Friday, the New York Times published an investigation on how, exactly, the Supreme Court used a Mississippi law to overturn Roe v. Wade. While Justice Samuel Alito is an absolute villain in the piece, he still faces some steep competition for the title of biggest asshole on the court. Read more...
Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault, Harassment After Weeks of Jarring Testimony
On Monday afternoon, a six-person jury in New York City found Jonathan Majors guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and guilty of second-degree harassment against his ex-partner, Grace Jabbari, stemming from an incident in March. The jury found Majors not guilty of one other charge of intentional assault in… Read more...
Jonathan Majors’ Trial Has Been Jarring. Domestic Violence Experts Have Seen It All Before.
Over the last two weeks, Jonathan Majors’ ongoing domestic violence trial has unearthed a series of gutting revelations about his former relationship with Grace Jabbari, whom Majors is charged with assaulting one evening in March. After closing statements were made on Thursday, the jury began deliberating and returned… Read more...
Oklahoma Wants to Prosecute Woman Who Took Edibles Because Her Fetus Didn’t Have Medical Marijuana Card
On Thursday, Pregnancy Justice filed a lawsuit asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to stop prosecutors from charging pregnant people in the state with felony child neglect for using medical marijuana—a legal medication—during pregnancy. Per reporting from The Frontier, since 2018—when the state voted to legalize medical… Read more...
Did Indiana Jones 5 Borrow a Scene From an '80s Animated Movie?
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Public Outrage May Have Helped Clear Mother of Murder Charge Over Fatal Home Birth
Three years ago, Kelsey Carpenter, now 34, planned a home birth for her third child. She’d long battled with substance abuse problems and feared her baby would be taken from her by the state if she had a hospital birth, since she’d lost custody of her first two children after testing positive for drugs prior to this… Read more...
Judges Given the OK to Use ChatGPT in Legal Rulings
Robots may help determine your legal fate if you end up in a British court. The UK Judicial Office issued guidance Tuesday permitting judges to use ChatGPT and other AI tools to write legal rulings and perform several other tasks. Read more...
Someone broke into Keanu Reeves' house and stole one of his guns
AV Club,
Today, in “Criminals who apparently do not watch Keanu Reeves movies” news: Actor Keanu Reeves’ home was recently broken into this week, and one of his guns stolen, presumably by thieves who do not watch Keanu Reeves movies. Read more...