Some Legal Quick Hits

Norwegian police have recovered the impressionistic existentialist painting by Edvard Munch, called "The Scream". "The Scream", and another Munch painting, "Madonna", were stolen two years ago. Several men had been convicted of the crime, but the paintings remained missing until today. Today, police announced they had recovered both paintings. They did not reveal how they had located the artwork, but it is believed that one of the convicted gave them the location in return for a reduced sentence.

A 29 year-old lawyer in Connecticut has been charged with killing his 58 year-old neighbor. Police said the attorney climbed through the neighbor's window, and stabbed him repeatedly while he lay in his bed. The attorney was angry because he believed the neighbor had sexually molested his daughter. Even if the charge was true, that cannot make what the lawyer did acceptable. His being an attorney makes the crime even worse. He cannot claim ignorance of the law, or of the proper procedures. It's sad that he did not trust his own profession to take care of the matter appropriately.

In Illinois, an 18 year-old girl has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for killing a teenaged friend. She told the judge that she had "no feelings" as she watched her friend die. I think I'm glad this girl is off the street. If she'll do that to a friend, what would she do to a stranger? By the way, she murdered the friend, because the friend had expressed interest in some of the 18 year-old's ex-boyfriends.

Cult leader, Warren Jeffs, is not fighting extradition to Utah. He has been charged in Utah with two counts of "rape by accomplice". He was accused of forcing underage girls to marry older men and submit to them sexually. He could possibly receive life in prison on these charges. Whatever happens, more charges of the same kind await him in Arizona. This fool tried to use religion to cover for his child molestation activities. I hope they throw the book at him.