Stacey Barchenger reported on last Friday’s hearing in the Vanderbilt rape case. One defendant asked for a continuance in order to obtain an expert witness and one defendant requested the jury to be sequestered. Both motions were denied. The case is set for November 3rd ,2014. I watched a little bit of the hearing on Friday waiting on my
Ceelo’s Defintion of Rape Is Just Wrong
Ceelo Green suffered an extreme public relations backlash when he tweeted his understanding of what is rape. After his plea to a charge of giving a women ecstasy , he aired his case on Twitter . Here is a couple of his tweets;
In posts that were later deleted from his account, Green addressed the case, tweeting, “People
More on Collecting DNA at the Time of Arrest
How the government will implement collecting DNA at the time of arrest remains a subject of discussion .The Urban Institute Justice Policy Center issued a final technical report on the policies , practices , and implications of collecting DNA at the time of arrest. Here are a few of their findings;
- Arrestee laws will increase
Statutory Rape By An Authority Figure
A Gallatin , Tennessee band teacher was charged with statutory rape by an authority figure . From news reports , a female teacher had sexual relations over 20 times with a student . The case is set for hearing in the General Sessions Court of Sumner County , Tennessee in December. There are two points about