Posts Tagged ‘Diane Dimond’s weekly crime and justice column’
It is Not a Crime to Win
This is not one of my typical crime and justice columns. This one comes from a personal place. I love the television show Jeopardy. I adore host Alex Trebek and I watch the program whenever I can. . So, when the contestant, James Holzhauer, recently started racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars, and then…
Read MoreAre Lawyers Immune From Defamation Laws?
If someone libels, slanders or defames your character you can sue them. Of course, you’ll have to be able to prove in court how they injured your reputation or business and you’ll have to show that what they said was more than just their ugly opinion. You’ll have to show the offender made a false…
Read MoreWho Polices the Prosecutors?
We in America have lost faith. Not only is there a decline of religious faith in the United States, there is also a lack of confidence in the institutions that made this country what it became – a worldwide superpower, respected by all. I’m most worried about the lack of faith in our justice system.
Read MoreMyths Surround Rape Victims
Former Pennsylvania Prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden has a message for defense attorneys who represent accused rapists: the days of victim-shaming are over. Her prosecution partner, Stewart Ryan, agrees saying, “The band aid has been ripped off now” and more than ever victims are feeling strong enough to press charges against their attacker and go to…
Read MoreEradicating Robocalls Once and For All
Say, here’s an idea for something Congress can do while they anxiously await release of the Mueller report. How about doing something to directly – and positively – help countless millions of Americans every single day? Stop all those %&*#@!* robocalls that plague us once and for all! No one on the planet welcomes a…
Read MoreThe Stark Lessons After Mueller
We are just emerging from a traumatic nearly two-year-long poltiical drama that will surely be written about in history books. It has created a national schism that’s left permanent scars including between disagreeing family members, political parties and the public’s trust of the media. While the so-called Russian collusion scandal has not yet played out entirely,…
Read MoreImmigration: Crisis or Not – It is a Problem
So, what is the reality about immigration into the United States? Is it the “humanitarian crisis at the border” some speak about or is it, as others maintain, nothing much to worry about since apprehensions along the Southwestern border are now at an all time low? Both statements are correct – to a point. Border…
Read MoreThe State of Hate in the U.S.
Is America really full of hate? Are we truly a nation teeming with victims? Outsiders could certainly come to that conclusion after digesting the steady stream of agitated comments from activists and politicians and media reports about the divisive state of our interpersonal relationships. Hate speech, hate crimes, violence perpetrated by hate groups – all…
Read MoreGun Owners Have Rights – and Responsibilities
Guess how many stolen guns are out there floating around America? (Hint: its in the millions!) These are guns that most frequently make their way to the criminal element and are used with impunity because the shooter knows it will be difficult to tie to them to the weapon. Imagine the trouble this causes law…
Read MoreHis Name Was Bobby
Now we have a name. After two agonizing decades, the ‘Boy Under the Billboard’ case I wrote about last year has finally been solved. But in determining the identity of the strangled 10-year-old boy, abandoned under a highway billboard, sheriff’s detectives also unraveled a dark family mystery. His name was Robert “Bobby” Whitt, a boy…
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