In October 2010, 20 year old college student, Yasir Afifi, was alerted by a mechanic to the presence of an unknown electronic device attached to the undercarriage of his car. On a hunch the equipment was some type of government tracking device, Yasir posted photos of the device on the popular website Reddit where contributors… Read more »
New Supreme Court Justice: Elena Kagan
Filling Justice Stevens’ vacancy, Elena Kagan was sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Roberts on April 7, 2010. Just the fourth female US Supreme Court justice, Kagan was President Obama’s second Supreme Court nomination since taking office. Although Kagan has no prior judicial experience outside of clerkships, she brings her… Read more »
Ramsey County, MN: Koua Fong Lee Released, No retrial
Koua Fong Lee was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide in Ramsey County from a 2006 automobile accident where his car slammed into another vehicle, killing three of it’s occupants. Lee was sentenced to 8 years in prison. During Lee’s trial, the prosecution presented expert testimony that Lee did not apply the brakes in his 1996… Read more »