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The court used common law analysis to determine that a game of Russian roulette evinced malice and recklessness towards a very serious risk, thus fulfilling the mens rea required for depraved heart murder despite the fact that the killing of the specific victim was unintentional.
Hard cases make bad law is an adage or legal maxim meaning that an extreme case is a poor basis for a general law that would cover a wider range of less extreme cases. In other words, a general law is better drafted for the average circumstance as this will be more common.
The state of Tennessee appealed Trauger’s decision to the 6 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in March, arguing that placement on the sex offender registry is not punitive and thus not ...
The Trent Tucker Rule is a basketball rule that disallows any regular shot to be taken on the court if the ball is put into play with under 0.3 seconds left in game or shot clock. The rule was adopted in the 1990–91 NBA season and named after New York Knicks player Trent Tucker , and officially adopted in FIBA play starting in 2010.
The far-right Supreme Court majority has bigger accountability problems than Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. Opinion: The Supreme Court's lack of accountability is worse than you think Skip to ...
The Supreme Court held in Coleman v. Thompson that a petitioner who failed to comply with a timeliness requirement in a state court could nevertheless plead their claims on the merits in federal court if the petitioner could show that "failure to consider the claims [would] result in a fundamental miscarriage of justice." [6]
Yet, as our nation grieves the loss of so much life, the US Supreme Court could be poised to make it even easier for troubled people to access guns. On November 7, justices will hear United States v.
The game officials, led by referee Bob Frederic, allowed this act, but Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula—a longtime member of the NFL Competition Committee, which proposes rules changes to be voted upon by owners—protested to Commissioner Pete Rozelle that it constituted an unfair act and thus could be overturned. Rozelle, although he agreed ...