Canada’s top lawyer takes case – Clayton Ruby, one of Canada’s leading criminal lawyers has offered to take the case, free of charge. The boy was released yesterday into his parents’ custody on $10,000 bail and plenty of conditions. This kid is staying pretty positive, considering he spent his 16th birthday, Christmas and New Year’s in jail for his “crime” : “I am extremely proud of that story, I will never ever regret writing it. I will never regret writing anything.”
…mumble..mumble..can’t trust women…mumble Barry Darrell Freeman would be a rapist if only he were any good at it. In 1992, he forced a woman into an abandoned house and was ready for rape when he saw flashing lights from a police car and fled. Nevertheless, he was arrested and served eight years in prison. Last February, two months after he got out of jail for his last attempt, he forced a 20-year-old woman into a driveway and ordered her to undress. The quick thinking woman responded, “You’re going to rape me, so take off your clothes!” Freeman didn’t see anything wrong with that, so he obliged and stripped down. While he was standing in the nude, the woman realized he was unarmed and made a run for it. As she took off, Freeman was heard mumbling something about not being able to trust a woman.
Jailed teen has his day in court Here’s an update on the story. Today a justice of the peace will decide if he can go home pending his trial. What does he want to do when he gets out? Write – this time his story will be a courtroom drama.
Another link about that boy… this one from the Boston Globe…
What could IT be? The question on everybody’s lips these days… haven’t heard about IT? IT is an invention by 49-year-old scientist Dean Kamen. IT is predicted to change the world. IT is so extraordinary that it has captured the attention of technology visionaries Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs and others. In a private meeting with Bezos, Jobs and Doerr, Kamen assembled two Gingers (the code-name for IT) in 10 minutes using a screwdriver and hex wrenches from components from a couple of duffel bags and cardboard boxes. Bezos on IT: “(it) is a product so revolutionary, you’ll have no problem selling it. The question is, ‘Are people going to be allowed to use it?’ ” Jobs on IT: “If enough people see the machine you won’t have to convince them to architect cities around it. It’ll just happen.”
Swear Bear – too funny (thanks walking bitch)
Be careful what you write – you may land yourself in jail! This 16-year-old kid has been beaten up repeatedly by school bullies – by as many as 11 at a time. His parents have complained to school officials and police, to no avail. Described as “gentle and creative,” he has become scarred by years of verbal and physical abuse by a group of his peers. As part of a school assignment, he writes a short story about a tormented teen who plans to blow up his school to avenge years of abuse from school bullies. School officials question him, the OPP and their canine unit search the school and his home, find nothing – no hit list, no guns, no bomb-making paraphenalia, nothing – but they arrest him anyway. He has been in jail awaiting a bail hearing since December 8 (four hearings over the past month were postponed). He has spent his 16th birthday, Christmas and New Year’s alone.
This is outrageous. This boy is in jail for a piece of creative writing. Sure, I know – we all should be much more sensitive now in this post-Colombine era… but where does it stop? “This case has severe implications and people are very concerned. Does this mean writers will have to worry whether they’re breaking the law with every sentence they write? Can their imagination break the law?” (thanks to MeFi)
Divine Interventions – “the home of Baby Jesus Butt Plug and more!” I know I’m going to be out of God’s good books for a while for this link, but what the hell… Jackhammer Jesus may be the ideal gift for the Linda Blair in your life. (thanks to dack for the link)