Penny Dean and Your Rights

<img src="http://libertycrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Annie-Dookan.jpg" align="right">A scandal in a Massachusetts crime lab continues to reverberate throughout the state’s legal system. Several months ago, Annie Dookhan, a former chemist in a state crime lab, told police that she messed up big time. Dookhan now stands accused of falsifying test results in as many as 34,000 cases.

As a result, lawyers, prosecutors and judges used to operating in a world of “beyond a reasonable doubt” now have nothing but doubt.

<img src="http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SO&Date=20130310... align="right">Day by day, it seems that our government and our elected officials and our public servants are distancing themselves from The People, the ones whom they serve.

<img src="http://www1.whdh.com/images/news_articles/210x118/130312_danville_police... align="right">We are anxiously waiting to hear more about this story.

DANVILLE, N.H. (WHDH) -- New Hampshire state police are investigating a death inside the home of the Danville police chief.

Police rushed to Police Chief Wade Parsons’ home after someone called 911 shortly after 7 p.m. Monday. When troopers arrived they found one person dead. Officials are not saying how that person died.

Police are not saying how Parsons and the victim know each other.

It would seem that Hollywood's answer to criminals is to make duplicate laws making illegal things illegal.

Wait, what?

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<img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/03/01/suspect_501.jpg" align="right">A Texas police officer has been fired from the force after the death of a suspect he'd shot at more than three dozen times.

Patrick Tuter was terminated from the Garland Police Department for violating department pursuit and use of force policies.

Tuter had tried to pull over Michael Vincent Allen on August 31 last year, but Allen refused to stop leading to a 30-minute car chase.

Tuter shot at Allen 41 times during the chase. Three shots hit Allen and he died at the scene.

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Apparently, you don't need to be an inmate to find yourself incarcerated in San Diego. And this is not a one-time problem, either. It's one of those ongoing-type issues in San Diego.

A California lawyer was left in a waiting room at a San Diego jail, after guards forgot about him, according to NBC News.

The lawyer, Erubey Lopez, was visiting a client. He was left in the waiting room without a cell phone, as the prison didn't allow the use of cell phones inside.

<img src="http://politicaloutcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/GunControl1-220x1... align="right">Evan Todd was one of the people injured in the infamous Columbine High School shootings, and in a recent open letter to President Obama, he pulled no punches.

“Why would you prefer criminals to have the ability to out-gun law-abiding citizens?” he demanded. “Whose side are you on?”

It’s a question many people have wondered about.

While debating a bill on the Colorado house floor that would ban all firearms from Colorado university campuses, freshman lawmaker Joe Salazar (D-Thorton) suggested female college students should not have guns because they may shoot a non-rapist due to an irrational fear of being raped.

Recently it was made known that many judges carry concealed, under their robes, in a courtroom which is presumably a "gun-free zone". This would strongly imply that the judges do not expect it to be a gun-free zone, and are concerned for their safety. It is reasonable to expect the same kind of protection, self-preservation, for the attorney(s) present.

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A Delaware court shooting has left three people dead, including the alleged shooter, now identified as Thomas Matusiewicz.