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An attorney for a businessman accused of using multiple websites for internet harassment is arguing in court that his client did nothing wrong and that his online activity was protected by federal law. Charles “Chuck” Rodrick was not in U.S. District Court in Phoenix when lawyers made opening statements to a jury. The civil case started three years ago with allegations Rodrick used

Last week the Florida District Court of Appeals vacated the sentence of a man who was convicted of violating his probation because his driving logs didn’t match his GPS tracking. In Laing v. Florida, the defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for violating probation by allegedly falsifying his driving logs and allegedly lying to his PO about it. He was

Last week, a ruling came down from the California Appellate Court in the case of People v. Morgan which should serve as a cautionary tale and reminder to make sure you know the rules of the jurisdiction BEFORE moving there! The defendant in that case was a registered citizen in Florida who moved to California. In Florida, sexual offenders are

A high school prank nearly landed an Arizona teenager in deep trouble recently. On a teammate’s dare, the 19-year-old football player exposed himself when the team photo was shot for the yearbook. No one, other than those in on the prank, was aware of what happened until the yearbook was published and circulated to students. That’s when law enforcement swooped

“…the decision underscores a broader trend in these cases: courts across the country, faced with unfamiliar technology and unsympathetic defendants, are issuing decisions that threaten everyone’s rights.” That’s a quote from Mark Rumold of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a California-based digital rights group, in response to a recent federal decision that the FBI did not need a warrant to surreptitiously

Anyone who has any familiarity with the prison system knows what a scam private, for-profit prisons are. They are a human rights tragedy, where the guards are often worse criminals than the inmates. Where a blatant conflict of interest exists; rehabilitation is bad for the prison/company’s bottom line. In this summer’s issue of Mother Jones, a reporter intentionally gets a