Flipping the bird has long been known as an insulting gesture. Although the gesture is sometimes considered disorderly conduct by law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit recently ruled that police officers cannot pull over and arrest drivers for giving the finger on the road. The court made the decision based on…

Tasers are a non-lethal weapon that police officers have used for years to subdue unruly or belligerent people. Recently, an early morning altercation between NBA player Donte Greene and NFL star Jo-Lonn Dunbar resulted in the use of tasers, bringing the 6-foot-11 Greene to the ground. While some believe that tasers are a necessary tool…

Farrah Franklin, a former member of the popular R&B group Destiny’s Child, was recently arrested in South Carolina on charges of disorderly conduct. Franklin, who was only in Destiny’s Child for five months before leaving the group in 2000, was taken in by officers after a night of partying in Myrtle Beach. While disorderly conduct…

Think famous actors, musicians and athletes get to break the law and get away with it? Think again. According to Las Vegas defense attorneys Gabriel L. Grasso and Brian J. Smith, “the law is very often much tougher on celebrities than it is on a person not known to the public”. Read on to discover the…

In order for law enforcement to pull someone over, courts require police to have “reasonable suspicion” for doing so. This suspicion can be raised by something as seemingly slight as “furtive movements” or ducking below the dashboard. But new software is going one step further and aims to put a stop to crime altogether, by…

We all know that drugs are bad and that possessing or selling them is against the law. But sometimes, the mandatory minimum sentence for drug charges far exceeds the crime committed. Is selling a few pills worse than sexual assault or battery charges? Time and time again, mandatory minimum sentences guarantee that people are put…

It can be difficult for many to find a job in the current economy, but for individuals who have a prior conviction, that task can become nearly impossible. Those who have paid their debt to society with prison or jail time still face a deep social stigma on the outside. Oftentimes, the only thing standing…

When it comes to disclosing information, many of us are often reserved and will only offer knowledge to people we trust, with one glaring exception. In the age of social media, people are becoming more comfortable with expressing their opinions and letting complete strangers know information about their lives on the Internet. Because so much…