Sunday, June 25, 2006
Strange legal news
- Man With Faulty Penile Implant Gets $400K: PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A former handyman has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection.
- Lawyer Objects to Young Age of Jurors: ATLANTA (AP) -- A 79-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her 85-year-old ex-beau is being deprived of her constitutional right to a fair trial, her attorney said, because the potential jurors are not old enough for her to be judged by a jury of her peers.
- Sheriff's Deputy Mistakes Pistol for Taser: BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) -- A sheriff's deputy who was trying to get a man down from a tree shot and wounded him after mistakenly pulling a gun instead of a Taser, authorities say.
posted by Robert Ambrogi @ 9:33 PM,
