Author: Anne Schultz

After his capture in Puerta Vallarto, Mexico, it seemed that the infamous “affluenza” teen would finally have to own up to his actions and pay the price, but Ethan Couch proved he isn’t done trying to dodge the law and find an easy way out. Prosecutors are fighting to try the eighteen year old in adult court, and have the support of 43,000 signatures collected by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, but the juvenile court judge deferred a ruling on the motion to transfer the case to adult court when Couch’s attorney whined that his parents were not sufficiently notified...

In recent years, the widespread issue of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse on women by on-duty cops has come to light, but even after departments were forced to admit the validity of this epidemic, the problem persists. After Daniel Holtzclaw, a former Oklahoma City police officer, was convicted on 18 counts of sexual assault, an AP investigation was published identifying 1,000 cases spanning six years in which officers lost their badges for on-duty sexual misconduct. An investigation published the same month and conducted and reported by Buffalo News reported 105 “new and credible” cases that year alone. The pervasiveness of the...