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?

Washington Supreme Court Declares Juvenile Life Sentences Without the Possibility of Parole is Unconstitutional

In another major decision this month, the Washington Supreme Court in State v. Bassett, has declared that sentencing a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole or early release was cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Washington Constitution.

This comes on the heels of another decision declaring the death penalty unconstitutional in Washington.

The driving force behind all of these decisions is advances in the knowledge of how the brain develops and that the juvenile brain is structured differently. The law is slowly coming around to the idea that a juvenile should not face a sentence that they can never recover from for something done as a child.

Death Penalty in Washington State Found Unconstitutional

A new Washington State Supreme Court decision has held that the death penalty in Washington, as applied, is unconstitutional.

The death penalty has long been a controversial topic and there are valid points on both sides of the debate.

However, in State v. Gregory, the Washington Supreme Court found that the evidence and statistics showed that the death penalty was imposed in an arbitrary and racially biased manner. Whether the death penalty was sought or not depended on factors such as where the crime took place, the county of residence, the budget of the local government, and the race of the person on trial.

Some of the research suggested that black people were four and a half times more likely to be sentenced to death than similarly situated white persons.

Additionally, the other stated factors showed that depending on where you were charged, the odds of getting the death penalty increased drastically.

So, for now, the death penalty is unconstitutional in Washington State!