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Thanks, thelawprofessor! I appreciate your taking the time to answer my questions. I was a FidoNet BBS sysop back in those days, and know how much personal time and work can be involved in maintaining a site, especially these days when the systems are far more complex.

Now I have to wonder what gave you the impression that I don't like the members here... if you see a post of mine indicating such, please let me know. I have posted things many in the Legal profession/community may find incriminating, but I do find the information disseminated here very...

Re: Serpico - I was drawing a comparison to the situation within the NYPD at the time, and the LAPD Dorner wrote about. You are absolutely right that Serpico took a different approach; I believe he migrated to Switzerland thereafter too. Too dangerous to continue living in NY after blowing the...

Before more people start beating the dead horse aspect of this whole thing, I think we are all in agreement here that Dorner should not have gone round killing people under any circumstance. I tend to look at things from the historical perspective; something triggered this guy to go beserk. He...

When I first started reading the related articles all over the internet, Serpico came to mind. It would appear Dorner came from a background (Navy) that may have had a better system of justice, reward and punishment, where he excelled, compared to the LAPD, and he could not deal with what he saw...

Yes, he clearly went berserk, and killing people was certainly not something he should have done. Law Enforcement cornered him at Big Bear, used some special vehicle to rip down a side wall of the house (?) he was in and threw tear gas in, causing a fire. The charred corpse found may be his...

A case of a fraternity (this time, of cops) retaliating against a whistle-blower among them, and the end result. Summary: Cop tries to do the right thing by turning another cop in (for use of excessive force). Department decides to fire him. He retaliates by shooting a number of people. Turns...

Why would the OP, who is the victim here, be charged criminally? These kind of advance-fee scams have been going around for quite some time. Here's more info on how they operate, so that others will not fall into their trap: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_scam

Regarding the amount our soldiers were paid: The buying power of $99 in 1967 is about $680 in 2012.

Yes, thank you for your service, Benny. I am sorry to hear someone spat at you at the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal when you returned. The media/protestors at the time had painted a very negative picture of the people who served, instead of focusing on the bad choice the government had...

I only saw about half the video before it started getting really choppy on my phone. Did they verify his story? Playing the Devil's Advocate here, but could he have had some other altercation with the victim, then made up his version of the story after attacking/killing the victim?

Point taken, but my primary reason for my original post was to highlight a serious issue in our government agencies: the lack of motivation of the workers there who are supposed to be doing work for the rest of the citizenry. This Forum: General Chat, News, TV, Politics "Social banter...

I got locked out of editing my message above to add more details... The myth then, as it is today, is that they are saving/defending this nation and the entire planet. You see, this is the same myth the Roman Empire and the Greek Empire tried back in those days too.

Army, what would your mother, who was a teacher, have said about this: The Worst Union in America - How the California Teachers Association betrayed the schools and crippled the state. e.g. "A CTA (California Teachers Association) document suggested dozens of ways for teachers to protest...

In http://www.thelaw.com/forums/showthread.php?p=171611 , lynng wrote: "I've reported several unfit parents to DSS in my area. It is a complete waste of time. DSS does not investigate these types of reports at all." While parameters may exist to determine when DSS should investigate an issue...

After reading your predicament, I recall this often hard to follow piece of advice from the Bible, in Proverbs 25:21 (also in Romans 12:20) - "If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord...

Note that all the judges concerned were from the same county/region, so I have my doubts that these are isolated incidents of misconduct by attorneys and judges (at least, in that region); it sounds more like the tip of the iceberg. Cases like this involving attorneys and judges should be...

Some prosecuting attorneys in CA have been known to play golf with judges who were on their case. Gee, I wonder which way those cases will go... And, "... where a couple of judges assigned to his cases had either recused themselves or were under investigation by the judiciary and/or the...

It appears that juries have been around a lot longer (circa Magna Carta, 1215?) than the United States, and from the very beginning of juries, there was the realization that a group of common people would be in a better position to judge the accused than entrusting a single individual to make...

Now this thread got locked http://www.thelaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51830 before I could post a related reply. Some interesting perspectives were presented, but what are your thoughts on Jury Nullification? http://dictionary.thelaw.com/jury-nullification Additional background...