Victim Notification System Everyday – VINE

Great developments in crime victim notification.  Read article here.

Sliding Glass Door Security

Sliding glass doors are the most attractive mode of entry for would-be rapists.  They are very rarely properly installed and very easily manipulated from the exterior of the building.  Unfortunately, we have all seen friends/family who put a stick in the door track in the floor.  This is dangerous and unlikely to prevent someone from entering.  If you do not have the “stick” precisely measured to prevent any motion at all, the door can be popped open – even an inch – and the door can be easily pulled out of the track.  Demand better security from your landlord or if in your home, install a charley bar and a pin-lock system.  Best thing to do is to avoid first and even second floor apartments with sliding glass doors.  Have a safe 2010.

Drunk Driver Kills Student and Runs-3 Years; Woman Who Threatens Jail Guard – 7 Years; Consistent Justice?

Are these prison sentences consistent with the wrong? First Article – A 50 year old man speeding down the road, drunk, kills a young man, Shawn C. Williams, who was standing on the side of the road.  The driver fled the scene and was quickly caught.  He pled guilty and received a sentence of 3 years in St. Louis County, Missouri.

In the second article, a woman was convicted right across the river, in Quincy, Illinois, of biting a public official and making threats against that same public official.  This woman was sentenced to 7 years.  Don’t know which is right, but can the two sentences be reconciled?

Interesting set of articles in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on the lenient punishment doled out in Missouri courts for DWI’s.  Michael Bruce Whittaker Avoiding DWI Convictions