The Law Site

A Washington woman has admitted recently that she actually coached her young kids to act out the symptoms of retardation so she could collect Social Security money in their behalf. Rosie Costello defrauded the government out of a quarter of a million dollars because of her scheme. She, as well as the unfortunate kids, have been found guilty of defrauding the government and social security fraud. The young man feigned his retardation well into his mid twenties, and suspicions arose when the man who was supposedly so mentally retarded, he wouldn’t respond to government workers was ably defending himself against a traffic citation in court.

All charges have been dropped against the Duke Lacrosse players accused of rape. I can remember just a few weeks ago, everyone had these frat boys pegged as absolutely guilty. Now, prosecutors hellbent on putting these kids behind bars despite complete lack of evidence and credibility are getting their dues from reporters. It always seems like these prosectors and media work together to try and convict people in the court of public opinion long before its brought before a judge. We live in a society where peers will decide your fate in a court of law, but that doesn’t mean we get to cut out the whole process! Public opinion as a guide to leadership is never a bright idea, as seen here.

It’s amazing how devoid of basic ethics some doctors can be today. With shows like House, MD on TV, doctors are frequently changing their image from that of the past. My grandma is a nurse and can remember when a doctor was respected like a judge, everyone rose when he entered the room. Now, doctors are becoming more and more human, which means to say they are flawed like the rest of us. That is evident with the recent story where a young doctor cut the hand off a cadavar as a personal gift to a stripper. I can remember a time when a stripper would be happy with a dollar bill stuffed in her underwear, but I guess times are changing.

Advertising for the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie went off without a hitch in many major US cities. It is hard to describe, but it basically was a Lite-Brite type image of one of the pixelated characters of the show giving the finger. Authorites in most towns saw no threat, and took the strange ads down without a question. However, in the city of Boston, two men are facing jail time for placing these devices. Police took the pixelated cartoon as a serious threat, locked down parts of the city, and are trying to justify their horrible misjudgment by charging the men. Now, this wasn’t the greatest advertising scheme ever, but you must admit they are getting 50 times as much publicity thanks to this story breaking.