Massachusetts Bill Could Ban Sex During DivorceLooking to get back into the dating pool or lose yourself in the throes of passion?If you’re in the midst of a divorce and living with children in Massachusetts, dating or having sex at home could soon be banned until all divorce proceedings are finalized, pending the passage of a new bill. In order to have sex, a judge would first have to sign-off an approval.The proposed legislation reads:In... [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of Florida’s death-sentencing scheme in which judges rather than jurors determine whether a defendant is mentally disabled.
The Supreme Court granted cert on Monday in the case of Timothy Hurst, sentenced to death for a May 1998 murder of a Popeye’s restaurant manager based on a 7-5 jury recommendation, according to the cert petition (PDF) and Florida’s brief in... [...]
Responding to news of parents placing children they find difficult to deal with in the care of strangers they identify as potential caretakers via the Internet, a growing number of lawmakers are enacting legislation to curtail the controversial practice.
Meanwhile, Facebook has disabled an “Adoption Through Disruption” page being used to “rehome” children, the Washington Times reports, relying on an investigation by a London... [...]
Adnan Syed, Subject Of 'Serial' Podcast, Makes Case To Appeals CourtBALTIMORE (AP) — The convicted killer at the center of the popular podcast "Serial" is making his case that an appeals court should toss his conviction because his lawyer failed to interview an alibi witness and never inquired about the possibility of a plea deal.An attorney for Adnan Syed, now 34, filed a brief Monday with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, which has... [...]
Perlin & Lynch on Risk, Security, Danger, the Constitution, and the Clinician's DilemmaMichael L. Perlin and Alison J. Lynch (New York Law School and Disability Rights New York) have posted 'Toiling in the Danger and in the Morals of Despair': Risk, Security, Danger, the Constitution, and the Clinician's Dilemma (Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 26, 2015, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Persons institutionalized in... [...]
