BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE July 20, 2013 The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin meant an end to the criminal prosecution of the one time neighborhood watch, at least, at the state level. Since the jury… Read More ›
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INSANITY, CASE OF ERIKA MENENDEZ-THE SUBWAY PUSHER
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE Her crime, she pushed an Indian immigrant to an incoming train causing his death. Erika Menendez a 31-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder as a hate crime after she admitted before law enforcement that… Read More ›
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: HORRIFIC KILLINGS IN THE NAME OF RELIGION
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE The sudden death of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens, shocked the minds and human conscience, he was killed along with three other members of his staff in Benghazi in what should be called a senseless and vicious attack… Read More ›
CRIMINAL LAW DEFENSE OF OTHERS: Homicide in the Name of Family
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE The law that gives one the right of self-defense also confers the privilege to act in defense of others whenever it is reasonable and necessary to do so. It would be unreasonable and unwise for a man… Read More ›
SAVANNAH DIETRICH: PLEA DEAL, When Tweeting is a Crime
BY Adeyemi Oshunrinade Her ordeal began when she got drunk at a gathering and fell asleep; 17-year-old Savannah Dietrich of Louisville Kentucky woke up to realize she had been sexually assaulted by two teenage boys she knew. Her offenders did… Read More ›
INCAPACITATING THE KILLING MACHINE: After Colorado and Connecticut, Solutions to America’s Gun Problems
BY Adeyemi Oshunrinade When a nine month pregnant mom took her 3-yr-old to a park outside Roosevelt Apartments in Bedstuy Brooklyn, what she never envisioned was her son getting shot in the leg by gun wielding criminals, going around the… Read More ›
DRUNKARD IS EXCUSED: ALCOHOLISM AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL LAW
Adeyemi Oshunrinade One of the issues in criminal law is whether one intoxicated and controlled by presence of alcohol in his system, should be deemed to have the required intent to commit the crime charged. Prior to the nineteenth century,… Read More ›
ANDERS BREIVIK: Meaning of Insanity Defense in Criminal Law by Adeyemi Oshunrinade
Since the commission of the most gruesome and the worst peacetime massacre in modern history, prosecutors and the defense team have battled in court to determine whether the confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik suffers from the disease of the… Read More ›
ANDERS BREIVIK: Meaning of Insanity Defense in Criminal Law by Adeyemi Oshunrinade
Since the commission of the most gruesome and the worst peacetime massacre in modern history, prosecutors and the defense team have battled in court to determine whether the confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik suffers from the disease of the… Read More ›
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER: Meaning of The Charge- In re Michael Jackson by Adeyemi Oshunrinade
Soon after learning of the pop singer’s death, his fans in the United States and all over the world were in dismay and wonder what caused the untimely passing of the pop icon. Weeks after, his fans began to learn… Read More ›
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