State of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection suit against Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts, the Richmond, Washington florist who refused to supply flowers for a same sex wedding. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Ferguson sent a letter on March 28 to…
Lawyer for Steubenville rapist to appeal conviction
During a Tuesday appearance on “Piers Morgan Tonight”, Walter Madison, the attorney for Ma’lik Richmond, explained he would appeal Richmond’s rape conviction because his client’s brain “wasn’t fully developed” when he raped a 16-year-old girl.According to Madison (emphasis mind):I don’t believe that a person at 75 years old should have to explain for something they did at 16 when scientific evidence would support your brain isn’t fully developed… when evidence in the case would suggest that you were under the influence… We have the right to appeal and that is a right we will be exercising.This is from the same lawyer who had earlier argued that Richmond’s 16-year-old victim — who was nearly unconscious during most of the assault — had “consented” to sex with his client and Trent Mays.As Alexander Abad-Santons as the Atlantic Wire notes, neuroscientists have found that teenagers have ”underdeveloped decision processing centers,” but researchers in that study used their findings to advocate for leniency in sentencing for juvenile offenders — not a get out of jail free card for teenage rapists.Continue Reading… … Read More
Officer Sonia Austin-Moore Richmond Police Department User of…
Officer Sonia Austin-Moore Richmond Police Department
User of excessive force on civilians.
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Officer Jerry Carter Richmond Police Department User of…
Officer Jerry Carter Richmond Police Department
User of excessive force on civilians.
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Ohio attorney general’s investigation continues in Steubenville
Judge Thomas Lipps issued his verdict in the Steubenville rape case on Sunday, convicting Trent Mays and Mal’ik Richmond in the rape of a 16-year-old girl. But a wider investigation about the role of parents, coaches and school officials in the sexual assault coverup is ongoing.As the Associated Press reports:The announcement of the guilty verdict was barely an hour old Sunday when state Attorney General Mike DeWine said he was continuing his investigation and would consider charges against anyone who failed to speak up after the attack last summer. That group could include other teens, parents, school officials and coaches for the high school’s beloved football team, which has won nine state championships. A grand jury will meet in mid-April to consider evidence gathered by investigators from dozens of interviews, including with the football team’s 27 coaches.Continue Reading… … Read More
Four lessons from Steubenville
Thanks to a trial overseen by a juvenile court judge, justice in Steubenville was administered remarkably quickly. On Sunday morning, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond were found delinquent of the rape of a sixteen-year-old girl, for which they will serve, respectively, a minimum of two years and one year each. But this isn’t the end of the story, which went national with the help of Anonymous but was truly laid bare in the four days of testimony last week. The only unique aspect of the story was its prominence and the abundant, inarguable recorded evidence, so it’s worth taking stock of what those factors tell us about rape in America:Continue Reading… … Read More
