18.Jul.2011 Law Enforcement Likes Facebook
One of the unintended rewards of the Internet has been to allow us to watch stupid people do stupid things. A subset of this pleasure is we get to watch stupid criminals commit stupid crimes. It’s no surprise that law enforcement has decided to use this to their advantage, and is now using the web [...]
22.Jun.2011 New Bill Banning Bath Salts and Synthetic Marijuana Set to Become Law on July 15, 2011
A bill banning chemicals used in the manufacture of bath salts and synthetic marijuana has passed the Louisiana Legislature and is on its way to Governor Jindal for signature. Once signed, it will become effective on July 15, 2011. (click for full text) Besides banning the sale, manufacture or possession of “bath salts”, the new [...]
09.May.2011 This Week in Criminal Law: 5.9.11
It seems like a lot of people like to monkey around with the law when they’re on the road. That’s exactly what happened when a 21-year-old chimp named Suco got loose according to the Kansas City Star… The shenanigans don’t stop there. Last week, A New York man was arrested for DWI twice in the [...]
02.Mar.2011 UPDATE: DEA Ban on Synthetic Marijuana Finalized
The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a final order today to temporarily place five synthetic cannabinoids into the Controlled Substances Act pursuant to the temporary scheduling provisions. The substances are 1-pentyl-3-(1- naphthoyl)indole (JWH-018), 1-butyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole (JWH-073), 1- [2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl]-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole (JWH-200), 5-(1,1- dimethylheptyl)-2-[(1R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-phenol (CP-47,497), and 5-(1,1-dimethyloctyl)-2-[(1R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-phenol (cannabicyclohexanol; CP-47,497 C8 homologue). The full text of the [...]
14.Dec.2010 Substance abuse treatment center and alternative to incarceration program among Federal grant winners
A substance abuse treatment center and an alternative to incarceration program were among ten New Orleans organizations to share $1.5 million dollars of Federal money, according to an article in NOLA.com.
07.Oct.2010 If it Ain’t Broke….
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, is what I always heard people say – the import of that being that if you try to fix something that isn’t broken, you wind up breaking it. Of course it wouldn’t have come to be an idiomatic expression if people weren’t so fond of trying to fix [...]
23.Sep.2010 Louisiana’s New Synthetic Marijuana Law: An Analysis
The new synthetic cannabis law Certain forms of synthetic marijuana, many sold over-the-counter in convenience stores and head shops with names like “Mojo,” “Spice,” “K2″ and “Voodoo,” have been illegal in Louisiana since August 15, 2010. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL TEXT OF THE NEW LAW Simple possession of the synthetic marijuana can result in [...]
23.Aug.2010 Dumb Criminal
Sometimes people are just bound and determined to get caught…
16.Aug.2010 Going “Stewardess”: The Case Against Steven Slater
The story of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater has garnered quite a bit of attention in the last week. And rightly so. The guy snapped, cursed out a surly passenger, deployed the emergency slide, grabbed a cold one and slid of the plane onto the JFK airport tarmac. Come on…that’s awesome! The 80′s gave us the [...]
28.Jun.2010 Arrests for Minor Offenses a Drain on NOPD – and YOU
If you spend much time (like I do) looking at the types of offenses most people are arrested and taken to Orleans Parish Prison for on an average night, you will notice one thing above all others – most of them probably shouldn’t be in jail.
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