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Darth Vader Given Arrest Warrant, Pleads Guilty to Assault

After Darth Vader kicked a Jedi Master's ass with the Dark Side of the Crutch, District Judge Andrew Shaw issued an arrest warrant against the Lord of the Sith. After dictating it, he added: "I hope the force will soon be with him" (really—God save the Judge, Queen, and English humor.) Vader arrived later, pleading guilty to assault. During the trial, however, the court found that the events weren't exactly as we were initially told: the Jedis were actually even more moronic than previously imagined. More »

12:00 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By jesusdiaz
14,374 views, 28 comments

Latest by Tomahawk214: I say that man did a service for queen and country. Why are you charging him with assault? He beat the shit out of someone who was being a dillhole. more »

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Judge Rules Making Files 'Available' Doesn't Constitute Copyright Violation

A Boston judge has just followed up on the previous NY judge ruling that just making files available isn't enough to constitute copyright infringement. According to the EFF, it's the most "extensive analysis yet of the recording industry's 'making available' argument", but doesn't actually make things better for people who are being sued by the RIAA. The same judge ruled that even though the "offer to distribute" won't be enough to decide a case, it is enough to permit a lawsuit to move forward. On the other hand, another NY judge has ruled in the opposite manner, that making an "offer to distribute" could violate copyright, even if nobody downloaded whatever you put up. [EFF via Boing Boing]

2:00 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Jason Chen
2,170 views, 19 comments

Latest by tehronin: @chillywilly: torrents FTW more »

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New York Judge Who Jailed Everyone in Court for a Ringing Cellphone Is Removed From the Bench

A New York judge who jailed all 46 people in his courtroom after someone's mobile phone went off has lost his job. The chairman of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended that Judge Robert Restaino be removed from the bench, three years after the incident, which was described as "two hours of inexplicable madness." More »

10:23 AM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By AddyDugdale
9,381 views, 48 comments

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Why You Should Turn Off Your Cellphones In A Courtroom

A judge got so pissed when an elderly woman's cell went off that he stepped down from his seat, ordered her to hand the phone over, and chucked it out into the hall. The phone was, of course, broken when the woman went to go get it. After that, the judge wanted the deputies to confiscate all cellphones in the room. More »

5:16 PM on Sat Jul 8 2006
By Jason Chen
207 views, 21 comments