Is this justice? In 1987, Jimmy Lee Page was on trial in Austin, Texas for murder. A jury acquitted him (with several of them even shaking his hand.) Yet Page is still in jail for that very same murder. Back in 1975, Page was convicted of killing his friend (according to Page, he and his friend were shooting beer cans when Page accidentally grazed his friend's thigh, then continued shooting when his friend tried to retaliate) and sentenced to life in jail. He was paroled in 1986. So how can he still be in jail for a crime he didn't commit?

I lack the imagination to make these stories up. Seems that young Ms. Marin (age 18) was recently picked up for trying to pinch a pair of shoes at a London store called Lizard. While the police were detaining her, she managed to secure her weapon - her right breast - and let loose with a stream of milk at the officer. For this, she was charged with assault!

Timothy Walker (who, per his lawyer, "developed a bizarre theory that all adult males were smelly") was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in New South Wales, Australia. He felt that he was not getting the proper medical attention. So, he told the staff he was feeling better, and was discharged. Eleven days later, he was feeling "a mixture of negative things." He grabbed an extension cord, and climbed a 30-foot tree in his back yard with the intention of hanging himself.

A court in Australia has ruled that three children will share in the estate of their sperm donor father. It turns out that the man they thought was their father was infertile. When he died, their mother told them the truth, including the identity of their biological father, Mr. Wijma. When he recently died, the three children claimed a share of his estate, and won, much to the dismay of Mr. Wijma's two children from his earlier marriage. Oh, and just how did the kids prove Mr. Wijma was their dad? Their solicitor (lawyer) plucked an eyebrow [for DNA testing] from Mr. Wijma while he was in the hospital! For more details, read this article.

So the Idaho Senate decided to pass an "English only" law (Senate Bill 1172). Perhaps they should have looked at their own STATE SEAL that contains the Latin phrase "Esto Perpetua" (which means "let it be perpetual"). Oh, and here is the Idaho Statute that makes "Esto Perpetua" part of the "Great Seal of State."