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- From the Bad Idea File: '10 Hottest' Lists for State Sex Offenders
- The Day's Three Burning Legal Questions
| From the Bad Idea File: '10 Hottest' Lists for State Sex Offenders | Top |
| There's not anything funny or "hot" about people who sexually assault others or who commit indecent acts with children. I thought we were all in agreement about that, right? Until this week, that is, when the Houston Press decided to publish its "10 Hottest Women on the Texas Sex Offenders List." Ugggghhh. The article states that, while most of the people on the state sex offender list are male and "not good-looking," there are some females on there as well. And while most of those females aren't good-looking either, the article states, We combed through 15 of the biggest counties in Texas and came up with the ten hottest women in the database. Warning: In some cases, we picked out the best of a series of mugshots. Alternative choices were starkly different. So click on each link before you send any marriage proposals. The article then went on to show photos of the "ten hottest women" selected along with their crime and the age of their victim. Ugggghhh. Again. When "a lot of people" immediately became "riled up," the Houston Press issued an apology later that day, saying the article was "a way of getting readers to look at the... | |
| The Day's Three Burning Legal Questions | Top |
| Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I was a complete jerk to my ex-girlfriend while we were dating, to the point that it inspired her to write enough lovelorn songs to create a popular album. Am I entitled to some of the album's royalties for my role in the creative process here? Answer: Novel theory, but I'm going to have to go with "no."(NME, Adele's ex-boyfriend demands '19' album royalties) 2) Question: I've just been sentenced to 20 years in prison, but I'm thinking about asking the judge to tack on four more years to the sentence so that it will be 24 years -- the same number that my favorite basketball player wears on his jersey! Awesome, right? Will the court allow this? Answer: The court may well indulge your request to tack four more years on, but rethink this. Others who have increased their sentences to match their favorite player's number have later regretted it once they started doing hard time. (Boston.com, Oklahoma inmate's tribute to Larry Bird's number 33 backfired) 3) Question: I have some thoughts for a new business, but they are inchoate. Actually, some... | |
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