November 2015

It is Cyber Monday. All through the house goes the click of a mouse buying presents to be placed under the tree. While Santa is shopping the evil Grinch is trolling for your credit card information. I just read a news release by Cybersecurity expert Tony Perez. Here are some of the takeaways.

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 Metro Nashville Police Department lobbied for it’s own crime lab. Supported by former Mayor Karl Dean, it was funded. Now blood alcohol reports are being generated by the lab. The key question is whether having a forensic crime lab run by the same folks who are prosecuting the crime create an inherent conflict of interest. Secondly

Charlie Sheen disclosed last week on the Today show that he was infected with the AIDS virus. During the interview, Mr. Sheen denied knowingly having unprotected sex without the other persons knowledge.

Under Tennessee criminal law,  person is person commits the offense of criminal exposure of another to HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) when knowing

While at my desk this week, I opened a email about a recent death. The email had a great line in that we should send flowers while someone is alive rather than waiting till death. I thought about and it makes perfect sense. So I thought I would express my gratitude to my first mentor.

The Tennessee State Legislature pasted a DUI law several years ago that authorized a mandatory blood draw in multiple DUI prosecutions, accidents involving serious bodily injuries, and if a minor child was a passenger in a car driven by a DUI driver. There  were constitutional issues raised on a seizure of a person’s blood without