Month: November, 2007

Invasion of Privacy or Criminal Stupidity? – The Martha Davis Case

20 November, 2007 (10:43) | opinion

Windsor lawyer and part-time judge Martha Davis was recently busted for marijuana possession and cultivation. According to the affidavit of game warden Stephen Majeski, on 10/10/07 he received a complaint at 8:00 am via Rockingham dispatch from Ms. Davis about a dead deer on her property. When he arrived at the [...]

Vermont’s Governor Douglas: Selective Prosecution Bad – Unless He’s Doing the Selecting

16 November, 2007 (12:15) | opinion

 

Windsor County State’s Attorney Robert Sand gave Windsor lawyer Martha Davis, 61, a diversion program for possession of 2 1/2 pounds of marijuana and 32 small plants. This so outraged Gov. Douglas that he ordered the Vermont State Police, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles [...]

CSI Vermont

15 November, 2007 (16:52) | Uncategorized

With the tremendous popularity of CSI (and CSI New York and CSI Miami) the public now places great faith in crime labs. After all, there are strict procedures and the forensic scientists have little apparent reason to lie. Unfortunately, the public should be more skeptical. [...]