Some Companies Can Refuse To Cover Contraception, Supreme Court Says by Bill Chappell Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Customers enter a Hobby Lobby store in Antioch, Calif., this past spring. The Supreme Court is ruling on the crafts store chain's resistance to...
Month: June 2014
No Air Conditioning during the Summer- Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
On behalf of Ringsmuth, Day & O’Halloran, PLLC | Jun 23, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Texas inmates sue over lack of air conditioningBy Emma Lacey-Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) -- Claiming that even the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is air conditioned, prisoners in Texas have filed a federal lawsuit over soaring temperatures in state prisons that they say have...
The CSI Effect- Juries Dependence on Forensics is Flawed as the Number of Wrongfully Convicted Keeps Growing
On behalf of Ringsmuth, Day & O’Halloran, PLLC | Jun 19, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Forensic Science Isn't Science. Why juries hear-and trust-so much biased, unreliable, inaccurate evidence.By Mark Joseph Stern The CSI effect has led American jurors today to expect a constant parade of forensic evidence during trials and to refuse to believe...
Cannibalism and murder: Grusome Crime Highlights Mental Health Concerns in Our Country
On behalf of Ringsmuth, Day & O’Halloran, PLLC | Jun 17, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Tennessee man accused of chopping up woman and eating her remains By Greg Botelho and Suzanne Presto, CNN It wasn't enough for Gregory Scott Hale to kill his victim, authorities say. He also chopped off her head, her hands, her feet. Buried her torso in a burn pile...
GREAT WIN FOR THE 4TH AMENDMENT!!! Cell Phone Tower Data protected!
On behalf of Ringsmuth, Day & O’Halloran, PLLC | Jun 12, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Court: Warrantless Cell Tracking Illegal Robert Galbraith/Reuters A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined people have an expectation of privacy in their movements and that the cell tower data was part of that. As such, obtaining the...
Data surveillance centers- Are they violating your right to privacy?
On behalf of Ringsmuth, Day & O’Halloran, PLLC | Jun 9, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Data surveillance centers: Crime fighters or 'spy machines?' By Thom Patterson, CNN (CNN) -- Some residents of Oakland, California, fear their community is creating a monster. The city calls it the Domain Awareness Center, but opponents call it a "spy machine" and a...
Two Stings in One Week for LCSO- Drug UnderCover Operation Nets 8 Arrests in Fort Myers
On behalf of Ringsmuth, Day & O’Halloran, PLLC | Jun 6, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Drug sting nets eight drug dealers in Fort Myers Michael Braun, [email protected] Thirty drug dealers in a neighborhood notorious for drug sales were targeted by the Lee County Sheriff's Office Thursday with warrants served on nine homes, eight people arrested...
Sex Sting Operations are not as Open-and-Shut as Law Enforcement Would lead You to Believe
On behalf of Ringsmuth, Day & O’Halloran, PLLC | Jun 4, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Online sex predator sting nets 24 arrests in Lee County By JACOB CARPENTERJosue Cardosa arrived at a house Monday, expecting to meet 14-year-old "Liz," the girl who posted an online personal ad titled "Get Me Pregnant W4M." As Cardosa, 22, of San Carlos Park, would...
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