One of my fellow native Kentuckians behaving badly, commiting a little assault and breastery:
A Kentucky woman was charged with assault after she allegedly squirted breast milk into the face of a deputy, sparking online debate Sunday in the local media.
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Lock and load, boys and girls:
Most Hoosiers could take a gun to work as long as the weapon is stored out of sight in a locked vehicle, under legislation enacted Thursday to the delight of gun-rights advocates and the alarm of Indiana businesses.
At least 12 other states, including Kentucky, have passed similar legislation.
A Kentucky man who lost big in Indiana adds a new twist to the "I'm a gambling addict and the casino should have stopped me" argument:
A gambler lost $75,000 at the former Caesars Casino in Indiana back in 2004, and now he is fighting to have the debt wiped out. Jimmy L. Vance, from Indiana, has sued the casino, claiming they took advantage of his drunk state.
The Supreme Court heard arguments in the McDonald case yesterday challenging Chicago's handgun ban. Early indications are that the ruling will be good news for Second Amendment supporters:
How many times do you get to screw up and still keep your job?
Officer Scott Morales is walking on thin ice after his latest violation.
Police Chief Rusty York says he suspended Morales for five days without pay for problems with "alertness on duty."
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While the offense may not be a major one, it further tarnished the record of the 19-year veteran, who has now been suspended for the 14th time since 1991.
See, that wasn't so hard, was it?
Homeless people who are living beneath a railroad overpass on Indianapolis' near-east side will be evicted on Monday, three days after Mayor Greg Ballard toured the camp.
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Deputy Mayor Robert Vane said the city is not being cold-hearted, but simply putting the safety of area citizens first.
Hoo, boy, nobody I'd rather meet on the road early on Monday morning than a bunch of liquored-up Colts fans:
The provision on Sunday bar hours would allow establishments to remain open until 3 a.m. instead of the current 12:30 a.m., a change motivated by Colts games that have ended late on Sunday nights.
So does the state need an "upskirting" law, or is state Sen. Tom Wyss just going to clutter up the legal code with an "offense" that can already be handled by existing statutes? Last year, Wyss decided the state needed to specifically prohibit the practice of using a video camera (usually attached to a shoe) to look up women's dresses.
The purpose of the ex post facto clause of the Constitution is to prevent authorities from punishing people for acts that weren't a crime at the time they were committed. That seems as straightforward a principle as can be. "Just think about it in terms of olden days when a king could suddenly banish everyone who wore red the day before."
When it comes to assisted suicide, most jurisdictions in this country still make it a crime (34 states, including Indiana, explicitly by aw, and nine through common law). Three staters (North Carolina, Utah and Wyoming) have abolished the common law of crimes and have no statutes criminalizing assisted suicide. In Ohio, the state Supreme Court has ruled that assisted suicide is not a crime. In Virginia, there is no clear case law, but there are civil sanctions against assisted suicide.
