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| Url: | http://kennedy-law.blogspot.com |
| Author(s): | Paul B. Kennedy |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | law, criminal law, DWI |
| Description: | The thoughts, musings, rants and raves of Houston DWI Attorney Paul B. Kennedy. |
| Ratings |  (7 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 113 Followers |
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Court upholds NYPD intoxilyzer policy
| Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit held that the New York Police Department's policy of requiring that any officer who killed or injured a person as the result of a shooting ta...more |
2009-12-15
Will video kill our access to the courts?
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The "open courts provision" of the Texas Constitution guarantees people in Texas access to the courts.All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him, in his lands, goods, person,...more |
2009-12-15
The LackBerry Bold
| Last week my Dash crashed on me. That sucked. Instead of having access to my contacts and my calendar at my fingertips outside the office, all I had was a phone. Couldn't access the internet and co...more |
2009-12-14
Busted for DUI in a horse-drawn buggy
| Elmer Stoltzfoos Fisher, a 22-year old Amish man in Pennsylvania was arrested for driving under the influence after an off-duty police officer came up on a horse-drawn buggy moving very slowly down...more |
2009-12-14
Department of (In)justice says no to pardon for Jack Johnson
| Back in August I wrote about Congressional efforts to pardon former Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson of Galveston.Yesterday the pardon attorney for the Department of Justice, Ronald Rodgers, infor...more |
2009-12-11
A flaw in logic
| Just one more thought on Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos' apparent backtracking on the office's new drug policy...If the reason for the new policy is that any amount less than .01 grams d...more |
2009-12-11
Ethics cuts both ways
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So it turns out that Cincinnati head football coach Brian Kelly interviewed for the vacant Notre Dame coaching job prior to his team's showdown with Pitt for the Big East Conference championship, a...more |
2009-12-10
DA backtracks on new drug policy
| One day after announcing a policy change in the prosecution of some drug offenses, Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos seems to be backtracking from her original position. Facing stern opposi...more |
2009-12-10
Missouri seeks to criminalize breath test refusals
| Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has decided that the Fourth and Fifth Amendments should not apply to drivers accused of DWI. Gov. Nixon has proposed making it a criminal offense for a motorist to refu...more |
2009-12-10
Harris County to institute "catch and release" policy
| The Harris County District Attorney's Office announced a change in its policy regarding arrests for trace amounts of drugs, particularly crack pipes with cocaine residue.Beginning on January 1, 201...more |
2009-12-09
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Richard Batista is demanding, as part of a divorce settlement, that his estranged wife Dawnell return the kidney that he donated to her. This is something new, and the press has been busy analyzing the implications. Discussion has centered on the ethics of organ donation and the commodification of body parts. They are missing the point. This has nothing to do with ethics or money; it is about spousal abuse. Specifically, this is an example of the all too common phenomenon of abusive, controlling men trying to continue abusing and controlling the women who leave them.
There is neither ethical nor legal justification for demanding the kidney or compensation. An organ donation is a gift. We have specifically prohibited the selling of organs for just this reason. Ethically, we believe that the only acceptable reason for donating an organ to another person is out
Daniel KempOct 27, 2008