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7. Throwing Away Electronics in the Trash. Disposing of old electronics like smartphones or laptops in your regular garbage can be illegal. This is because many regions have specific e-waste ...
A Florida defense lawyer was busted for allegedly smuggling legal documents soaked in the wild synthetic marijuana known as K2 into jail so inmates could get stoned, officials said.
It may come as a surprise, but all of these things are legal in the U.S., at least in some parts. The post 18 Things You Think Are Illegal but Aren’t appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Florida used public hanging under a local jurisdiction, overseen and performed by the sheriffs of the counties where the crimes took place. However, in 1923, the Florida Legislature passed a law replacing hanging with the electric chair and stated that all future execution will be performed under state jurisdiction inside prisons.
Entrapment is a practice in which a law enforcement agent or an agent of the state induces a person to commit a crime that the person would have otherwise been unlikely or unwilling to commit. [1]
Felony disenfranchisement in Florida is currently a contentious political issue in Florida.Though the general principle of felony disenfranchisement is not in dispute, [citation needed] the disenfranchisement of people who had been convicted of a felony and have served their sentence — that includes prison, bail and parole — but continue being barred from voting if they have outstanding ...
The post 60 Normal Things People Believe Will Become Illegal In 25 Years first appeared on Bored Panda. They hope that new laws will create a better, brighter, safer future for everyone.
Some state laws criminalize certain communications with minors, even in the absence of physical sexual contact. In Florida, which Foley represented in Congress, the age of consent is 18 and attempts to seduce a minor are illegal. Louisiana makes it a felony to have sexually explicit communications over the Internet with anyone under 17.