In the aftermath of the Duke lacrosse rape case, lawyers in North Carolina are learning lessons from the faulty rush to judgment against three college athletes.
From the start, when players Reade Seligmann, David Evans and Collin Finnerty were wrongfully indicted for raping a stripper in 2006, there was a stampede by the media, some members [...]
Archive for the 'ethics' Category
I am a lawyer. During a first date with another lawyer, we had sex, and I wore a condom. Days later, when I came down with a bad fever and couldn’t determine the cause, she revealed that she had genital herpes. A judgeship will soon open up in her county, and she’s a near lock [...]
Removal of Girl’s Uterus in ‘Ashley Treatment’ Breaks State Law (Wired)
Posted in ethics, hysterectomy, law, sterilization on May 9th, 2007
Under pressure from a disabilities rights group, Seattle Children’s hospital administrators admitted Tuesday that they violated the law by failing to consult a judge before removing the uterus of a severely disabled 6-year-old girl known as “Ashley.” But they said they stand by the procedure as appropriate for some children with special needs.
“We believe [...]
Bitch Ph.D responds to Kos’ post regarding blogger code of conduct
Posted in bloggers, ethics, harassment, stalking on Apr 13th, 2007
…Dude, this post is messed up. I agree with you that the proposed blogger code of conduct is asinine, but it certainly doesn’t follow that Kathy Sierra (or any other women who are threatened with death, rape, or frivolous lawsuit, ahem) are making shit up or overreacting or (as you kind of imply) being [...]
John Wirenius (a former public defender), comments on the press conference held yesterday by North Carolina’s Attorney General Roy Cooper regarding of the dropping of charges in the Duke lacrosse team rape case:
…Two things stand out for me in Cooper’s press conference:
First, Cooper was willing to criticize, in genuinely scathing terms, a sitting District [...]
The Shame Game (Columbia Journalism Review)
Posted in Dateline, ethics, law, legal, media, pedophiles on Feb 11th, 2007
By Douglas McCollam
It was just before 3 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon last November when a contingent of police gathered outside the home of Louis Conradt Jr., a longtime county prosecutor living in the small community of Terrell, Texas, just east of Dallas. Though the fifty-six-year-old Conradt was a colleague of some of the officers, [...]
Dear Abby Lee: We’ve outed you!
Posted in London, bloggers, ethics, journalism, news, nicholas hellen, press, privacy, sexbloggers, sexblogs on Jan 3rd, 2007
Having the Sex Carnival has allowed us to post about a wide range of subjects and concerns, depending on our whims: sex and sexuality, news, local events of interest, blogs and blogging, security and privacy.
And you know privacy and protecting a blogger’s identity is a big concern of mine.
Which is why I am [...]