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“Our Credibility Is Important”
“Our credibility is important,” said Police Chief Steve Conrad about the Louisville Metro Police Department, referring to a new policy which penalizes (up to and including termination) officers who are found to be untruthful. That’s right, folks, LMPD is just now starting to address law enforcement personnel who lie. It is shocking that a police […]
State-Sanctioned Murder
Texas and other states which employ capital punishment are struggling to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. Progressive (and benevolent) European-based drug manufacturers have banned U.S. prisons from using their drugs in executions, a move that should be applauded. Death penalty states are now experimenting with new drug cocktails for the state-sanctioned murders, with […]
Vermont Civil Union Does Not Trigger Spousal Privilege In Kentucky
Yesterday, Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Susan Shultz Gibson issued an order in Commonwealth v. Clary, preventing a lesbian couple from invoking marital privilege in a murder trial. The defendant and her partner entered into a civil union in Vermont, though they were never married under any state law. Kentucky law prohibits marriages between people of […]