The title of this blog post asks the unusual question, can you get a ticket for boating on flooded roads? It’s an interesting thing to consider and certainly a question people would probably never consider or believe to be possible.
This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we start in Ontario where an 11-year-old was caught, not only driving a car but also speeding in it on the wrong side of the road! Then we move to Florida where four men decided to do something about the rising gas prices and a woman is in jail for shooting her neighbour…with a water gun!
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at the case of a man who came up with a really poor excuse to get out of a speeding ticket. Then, we examine the circumstances of police testing drugs and how that actually occurs. Finally, we look at an Ohio man who found himself…in a bit of a pickle.
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Earlier this week, on International Women’s Day, I was featured on the LexisNexis’s podcast, where I talked about my work as an IRP lawyer and what inspired me to do what I do. I also offer some advice to women hoping to work law. If you are interested in listening, here is a link to that.
In honour of March being Women’s History Month, LexisNexis is also running a promo on the two books I had published in early 2021. Using the promo code WOMEN2022 at checkout, you can get 15% off of each book until the end of the month!
The first book is titled Cross-Examination: The Pinpoint Methodwhere I use my years of experience to offer insight on ways to succeed in cross-examinations, while also providing guidance on overcoming the hurdles and challenges that are common in cross-examinations.
These books are not only helpful to lawyers but could also be beneficial to judges or law school libraries.
If you’re interested in honing your skills and becoming more knowledgeable in criminal defence, don’t hesitate to visit LexisNexis’s website to purchase my books. Don’t forget to use promo code WOMEN2022 which will offer 15% off the whole month of March!
This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we’ll be hearing about three cases from Florida, one involving a horrible neighbour another involving a horrible parent and the last one involving an executive with the Central Florida Boy Scouts of America.
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COVID-19 changed the way we do a lot of things in our daily lives. We’ve adapted as a society to what we now consider the new norms, including wearing a mask and social distancing from each other.
In criminal courts, we have seen a number of changes to adjust to the pandemic, including frequent cleaning. In some cases, a negative COVID test may be required to enter the courthouse.
This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we begin in Florida with a dispute between a couple that was a not so innocent misunderstanding. Then we see just how angry promoting vaccinations get anti-vaxxers, and we end out wacky Wednesday where we started it, in Florida with a family dispute.
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at the case of a lawyer who took it all off to make her case. Then, we examine the strangest bail hearing I have ever heard about. Finally, we visit a story that is the stuff that nightmares are made of.
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we begin with a man who was arrested for running into a car…that contained his stolen snowblower. Then we learn about what not to do in an employee bathroom and finally, we hear about a not-so-sweet valentine’s day celebration coming out of Louisiana.
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we start in Florida, where a man used a Netflix show as his reasonings behind the shrooms found in his car, then another Florida drug case where he tried to use the excuse that his meth was in fact breath mints. And then we end here in BC, where a woman was shocked after discovering a man had been considering her car his home for several days.
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