Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts teen who allegedly urged her boyfriend to commit suicide via text message in 2014, will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state’s highest court ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court determined that Carter, who was 17 at the time, had preyed upon her boyfriend Conrad Roy III’s insecurities and used a “systematic …
An unbelievable amount of people each year are put in jail because of results made by a two dollar roadside drug test and there has been sufficient evidence that shows these tests are known to create a false positive effect. With that being said, why are law enforcements still using them? After a lengthy road …
Some officials are up in arms over a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will now force police to get a search warrant in order to do a blood alcohol test, but not breath tests, from suspected drunken drivers. Late last week the Supreme Court placed new limits on state laws that made it a …
A recall effort against a California judge was announced in a sexual assault case at Stanford University that ignited huge public outrage after the defendant, Brock Turner, was sentenced to a mere six months in jail and his father complained that his son’s life had been ruined for “20 minutes of action” that was fueled …
It has been a constant tug of war before finally a legislative subcommittee gave final approval on the regulations of Nevada’s new School Choice Law that allows the parents to use state funding in order to send their children off to private schools. Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke, in the April 29 brief said opponents’ …
54 year old James Todora pulled out his pistol and aimed it at a Las Vegas police officers head after being pulled over for a broken brake light on his Jeep Cherokee. After being pulled over Todora became incredibly aggravated, he jumped out of the car and began to scream at officer Luna. Officer Luna …
It was a parents worst nightmare being notified that Nicole Wilfinger, a 37 year old middle school teacher at Molasky Junior High School has been in custody since Friday. Being one of the head chairs in the math department at Molasky Junior High School, the last thing her peers and colleagues expected was sex allegations …
North Las Vegas is getting a noticeable boost in their economy because of the medical marijuana industry. Currently the city has made almost $1.1 million on licensing from cultivators, production and dispensaries. Currently, North Las Vegas is making it more affordable for cultivators to open facilities. In 2014, they passed an ordinance in conjunction with …
The gun issue is known to be one of the largest controversial subjects. Recently, the fight taking place in Nevada over having a gun background check to private-party gun sales is pulling through stronger than ever. In Nevada, gun control advocates continue to argue that the states who have embraced the restrictions on firearms beyond …
The natural response when you see the police violating someone’s rights is to make them aware that they don’t have to answer any of the police’s questions, consent to a search, etc. Someone may be surrendering those rights simply because they don’t know them. Although, there was a law that stated speaking to a …
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