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Sandusky judge: Jury could get case Thursday

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Friends and ex-colleagues of Jerry Sandusky testified Monday on behalf of the former Penn State assistant football coach as his defense sought to counter prosecution witnesses' claims that he sexually abused boys in the shower on Penn State's campus.

The testimony came on what was a truncated ...

What Happened to the Mojave Desert Cross?

Eagle Forum - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
The atheists have been litigating for more than ten years to get some judge to order the removal of a memorial cross in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. The cross is on a remote hilltop known as Sunrise Rock. Anyone would have to climb a long distance over rugged terrain to see it and then claim to be offended by it. The cross was first erected in 1934 by a World War I veteran in Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com0

Summit lets Obama, Putin size up the competition

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin need one another, an uncomfortable truth for the superpower leader waging a tough re-election campaign and the newly elected Russian leader who is deeply suspicious of the United States....
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British Man Tries to Arrest Tony Blair During Lecture in Hong Kong

TruthNews.US - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
Patrick Henningsen | War criminal and globalist entrepreneur Tony Blair is collared by British protester whilst speaking at paid engagement in Hong Kong.

Calif man rescued after whale hits boat off Mexico

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A Northern California man was rescued after his 50-foot boat was struck by a whale while he sailed alone about 40 miles off the western coast of Mexico, authorities said....
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Calif man rescued after whale hits boat off Mexico

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A Northern California man was rescued after his 50-foot boat was struck by a whale while he sailed alone about 40 miles off the western coast of Mexico, authorities said....
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Easing of pot laws poses challenge for parents

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
DENVER (AP) -- Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he's got three boys, the oldest near adulthood, and finds himself repeatedly explaining green-leafed marijuana ads and "free joint" promotions endemic in his suburban hometown....
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Easing of pot laws poses challenge for parents

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
DENVER (AP) -- Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he's got three boys, the oldest near adulthood, and finds himself repeatedly explaining green-leafed marijuana ads and "free joint" promotions endemic in his suburban hometown....
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D.Minn.: Matching description of bank robber, wrapped money sticking out of pocket, GPS locator on him was RS

FourthAmendment.com - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50

Matching the description of a bank robber just given by the tellers, wrapped and loose cash sticking out of pockets, and GPS transmitter located in the money locating him was reasonable suspicion. United States v. Johnson, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83417 (D. Minn. May 23, 2012).* [Come on. If that's not, what is? In fact, this looks like probable cause to me.]

Defense counsel was not ineffective for conceding defendant had no standing in the house of another that he was briefly at before the search. There was nothing that supported his standing as a guest. State v. Brown, 2012 Ohio 2672, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 2355 (5th Dist. June 13, 2012).*

The warrant in a child pornography case sought “Written documents in communications with [E14] or describing the relationship with [E14], Computers and any other electronic devices used in the transmission of communication and solicitation of [E14], any electronic storage devices that may be used to store communications, ....” Seizure of a computer, camera, CDs, DVDs, and storage media were permitted, but male enhancement lotion was not. United States v. Young, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83198 (D. Neb. June 15, 2012).*

AP Exclusive: Feds: Design led to nuke plant woes

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50
CAPISTRANO BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Federal regulators say design flaws appear to be the cause of excessive wear in tubing that carries radioactive water through California's troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant....
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W.D.Tex.: Fingerprint evidence as a result of an illegal seizure in an illegal re-entry case not suppressed

FourthAmendment.com - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:50

Fingerprint evidence as a result of an illegal seizure in an illegal re-entry case would not be suppressed. United States v. Lopez, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83426 (W.D. Tex. June 15, 2012):

No such bright line exists in published case law explicitly preventing the suppression of fingerprint evidence gathered as part of an illegal seizure and arrest in the illegal re-entry context. However, in Roque-Villanueva, the Fifth Circuit held that, "[e]ven if the [d]efendant was illegally stopped, neither his identity nor his INS file [is] suppressible." 175 F.3d 345, 346 (5th Cir. 1999) (emphasis added); Scroggins, 599 F.3d at 450 (quoting the holding in Roque-Villanueva). In a number of unpublished Fifth Circuit opinions, panels have acknowledged that "identity" includes fingerprint evidence by, for example, concluding that "even if there was a Fourth Amendment violation, this [circuit] has held that evidence of identity, such as one's fingerprints and A-file, is not suppressible." United States v. Cervantes-Malagon, 2012 WL 13769, at *1 (5th Cir. Jan. 4, 2012) ...

The Court is persuaded by the reasoning in the foregoing authorities that, in the context of an illegal re-entry prosecution, even fingerprint evidence gathered following a Fourth Amendment violation is not subject to suppression when that evidence is used merely to establish a defendant's identity. ...

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