As odd as it might seem suicide used to be against the law in the United States. Odd because how in the world could you punish a dead person for taking that final, fatal act? Still, some states continue to have laws on the books labeling attempted suicide as a criminal act, although prosecutions have been rare. The latest statistics show more than 47,000 people killed themselves in the United States in 2017. Historically that number climbs … [Read more...]
If You Share Your DNA, Should You Expect Privacy?
Imagine a day when hardly anyone is able to get away with murder. Think about that. If there were a way to almost guarantee a killer would be discovered and punished wouldn’t the murder rate go into freefall decline? Frivolous thinking, you say? Well, consider the forensic crime fighting advances that have been developed in recent years. … [Read more...]
Facebook Needs to Face Facts on Criminal Behavior
Say you invented something that became so popular more than a billion people across the planet used it. Wow, you’d be famous worldwide and one of the richest people on earth! But then, say, you discovered some of your customers were criminals using your product in nefarious ways. Terrorists were using it to communicate deadly plots amongst themselves. Con-men using it to scam millions from unsuspecting and vulnerable people. Child predators … [Read more...]
This Impeachment Won’t Work
This is not a column about impeaching our current president. This is a column about the impeachment process and the history of the legal route our nation is obliged to follow to oust a federal official. In the 231 years since the U.S. Constitution was ratified, Congress has seriously considered impeachment only a handful of times, just 19 to be exact. Most of the cases involved federal judges accused of “high crimes and misdemeanors” like … [Read more...]
The Supply-and-Demand Solution to the Drug Crisis
A famous Greek myth recounts the tale of the diabolical King Sisyphus. He was punished for his many murderous actions by being forced to roll a huge boulder up a hill. No matter what method he used, each time Sisyphus neared the top of the hill the boulder would crash back to the ground, ensuring his punishment was eternal. I’m reminded of the King’s futile actions every time I think about U.S. efforts to stop illegal drugs from entering this … [Read more...]
Science and Making Babies – Buyer Beware
We live in a remarkably over regulated world. Yet almost unbelievably there are few hard and fast laws to protect those who want to create a baby the non-traditional way. When something goes wrong following a surrogate or in vitro arrangement the aggrieved parties often finds themselves in a murky space, without a clear-cut legal leg to stand on. Consider the case of an Asian couple from New York. … [Read more...]
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