ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE June 20, 2015 Dylann Roof made it clear he did not like black people, when he unleashed hell killing nine innocent worshippers in a Charleston AME church. While it remains unclear why a person would have such hatred… Read More ›
Criminal Law
DON’T FIGHT WITH POLICE: THE OFFICER HAS PUBLIC AUTHORITY
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE August 23, 2014 The action this week of Dan Page, a Missouri Police officer did not help public opinion about law enforcement. Video of him pushing back Don Lemon, a CNN reporter and other protesters in… Read More ›
WHAT IS “SPECIFIC INTENT?” HOLDER MOVES FOR PROOF IN ZIMMERMAN
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
SELF DEFENSE: A SETTLED PRINCIPLE OF CRIMINAL LAW
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE No doubt we all have the reflexes of self-defense the moment we were born. It is innate and we react in self-defense when we feel the impulses or it is necessary to do so. If a fly lands… Read More ›
PUBLIC AUTHORITY: A Special Defense in Criminal Law
BY Adeyemi Oshunrinade There are certain acts which if done by order of a superior or under the protection of public authority, are not considered crimes; if a police officer shoots and kills one holding a knife to his wife’s… 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 ›
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 ›
THEFT-BOTE: Legal Doctrine, May The Offended Condone The Offender
By Adeyemi Oshunrinade The legal doctrine of Theft-Bote simply put, is the acceptance of a payment from a thief in exchange for an agreement not to pursue prosecution; this is known as compounding a crime. It is a situation where… Read More ›
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