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“Is it stealing if you empty a Little Free Library?”
From Library Link of the Day (July #7 post) or direct link to OnMilwaukee dot com article):
“Is it stealing if you empty a Little Free Library?,” Molly Snyder’s Blogs, OnMilwaukee dot com, June 30, 2015.
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When Lawyers Go Bad: Law Library Book Thieves: Law and Ethics
The Law Librarian, the Washington County Bar Association, the Law Library Committee, and the Oregon State Bar consider it a serious matter when attorneys do not return borrowed Law Library materials. Please note OSB Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(a) & ORS 164.005, 164.015, 357.975 & 357.990
More about law book page thefts at the Legal Research is Easy blog: This Just Torques my Shorts.
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Oregon Innocence Project (OIP) Event: “Picking Cotton” Authors: Eyewitness Identification, Wrongful Conviction, and Forgiveness
OIP Event: This is Innocence: May 15, 2015, at Mercy Corp Action Center (Portland).
Guest speaker Jennifer Thompson, a rape victim who wrongly identified her attacker and sent the wrong person to prison. “DNA later freed that man, Ronald Cotton, and the two wrote a book together about the unreliability of eyewitness identification and the beauty in forgiveness called Picking Cotton.”
Also speaking will be Rep. Jennifer Williamson from House Dist. 36 and Steve Wax, OIP’s Legal Director
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ID Theft: A Tax Return Grab and Go (aka Hit and Run) at the Post Office
A few days ago a Trimet buddy told his fellow riders about an appalling tax return grab and go theft that happened at the downtown post office earlier this week. He was jostled from behind and when he turned the mail in his hand was grabbed, including, especially, the easily identifiable IRS tax return envelope.
He spent the remainder of the day, and week, doing the rounds of police, credit reporting agencies, IRS, and all the other ID theft checklist items, including a couple hours looking at security video, sadly to no avail.
Yes it’s a lesson to file electronically, but it’s also a lesson we all need to keep in mind – watch out for other people and not always strangers who invade your personal space. And keep those valuables out of sight!
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Beyond February 14th: Love, Adultery, and Madness in American History
If you think you live in the most interesting of times, you are not reading enough history – or not reading the right wild and crazy stories that make reading history so absorbing and enlightening. The Library of Congress has marvelous history in small bites blog posts, like this one:
“Love, Adultery, and Madness,” February 13, 2015 by Robert Brammer, Law Library of Congress
Excerpt: “It is often said that love can drive you mad. As further evidence, take the 19th Century case that is said to have introduced the defense of temporary insanity in American jurisprudence. This case resulted from an affair between the wife of a member of Congress and one of Francis Scott Key’s sons….” [Link to full blog post.]
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The Meaning of the Word “Accompany” in 18 USC 2113 (SCOTUS)
From Willamette Law Online: ‘Whitfield v. United States, Case #: 13-9026, Date Filed: January 13, 2015
Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Full Text Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-9026_11o2.pdf
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Sandy Hook: Soto vs. Bushmaster Firearms Lawsuit (complaint)
You can find a copy of the complaint at SCRIBD and other places if you search: sandy hook bushmaster complaint.
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ABA launches online database of collateral consequences for each U.S. jurisdiction
ABA launches online database of collateral consequences for each U.S. jurisdiction
“WASHINGTON , Dec. 16, 2014 — The American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section has completed the National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction, an online database that identifies legal restrictions imposed upon individuals convicted of crimes that go beyond any sentence imposed by a court.
Available at www.abacollateralconsequences.org, the database lists federal and state laws and regulations that restrict employment, housing, and education benefits and other opportunities for people with convictions….” [Link to ABA article.]
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Documenting Ferguson: Digital Repository for Students, Teachers, and the Communuity
From Washington University Libraries digital gateway: “Documenting Ferguson is a digital repository that seeks to preserve and make accessible community- and media-generated, original content that was captured and created following the killing of 18-year-old, Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. A freely available resource for students, scholars, teachers, and the greater community, Documenting Ferguson has the ultimate goal of providing diverse perspectives of the events surrounding the conflicts in Ferguson….” [Link to Documenting Ferguson website.]