LFO Calculator

There have been a lot of legal updates with reference to legal financial obligation in Washington.

As such, a group was given a grant in order to generate an "LFO Calculator" which breaks down mandatory and discretionary LFOs for courts in Washington.

So, if you are facing a misdemeanor or felony, you can try it out yourself. 

Cincinnati police officer gets convicted of sexually assaulting four women

A police officer had sex with two women that he met on Backpage.com as well as two arrestees. He arrived in uniform with the two prostitutes claiming to investigating various crimes. He was ultimately convicted for various offenses relating to this abuse of authority. He received a 43 year sentence.

Officers claim 18 year old consented to sex

In a recent article, two plainclothes police took turns having sex with an 18 year old who had presumably been arrested for minor offenses.

The 18 year old was in a car with two males and a small amount of marijuana when the narcotics officers pulled up.

The officers let the two male subjects leave and "arrested" the female subject. They did not issue any citations or take her to the police station.

Instead, they took turns having sex with her, which she says was non-consensual. There is then surveillance video of the police dropping the woman off on the side of the road.

Is big brother watching you?

Records of purchases from certain government agencies like ICE and the DEA suggest that they are buying surveillance equipment to install in things like street lights.

The question is who would be authorizing this surveillance and if there are any constitutional concerns. Countries like Britain have closed circuit television in public.

Is this good for society?