Law & Ethics - December 2007

I just wanted to know, is this actually covered under Texas' laws? That you can shoot someone breaking into your neighbor's house? I think its a little over excessive, but they deserve what they got. Thieves, who knows what they would have done if they would have been confronted with someone in the house?

My question: Can you shoot someone breaking into your neighbor's house/car/whatever?

Can you shoot someone breaking into your car? I didn't think you could unless they showed agressive actions towards you.

What do you guys think? What's the laws on this?

2007-12-07 06:37:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 years ago, I was taken from my mom along with my sibs. because of "neglect".
I left to live with my dad and I came back in June 2007, but we didn't tell the Department about it.
My mom did her case plan and things are a lot better now.
But today, my mom said that the Department opened up a new case on me because I came back without telling them.
I've been going to school and I've been really happy and making great grades.
What can I do?
PLEASE HELP. I don't know how much time I have..

2007-12-07 06:36:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I basically was interested in starting a business with lotteries. I wondered if I would be able to engage in the act of lottery sales and drawings that pay out, in order to produce revenues for a business. I would like to form this business as a private company without affiliation from the state. Would I need state approval from the gaming board in order to open a business in this nature? Also if I were to do it on University grounds...would I be able to do it without permission from the state. Is there any laws federally barring this kind of business, or does it depend upon the certain laws of the particular state in question? Last question, if the state does not support the start up of a business in this nature, is it possible to start a company like this for the interenet, somewhat like an electronic lottery that can be used by persons either in one state or if applicable regarding state laws throughout the USA. Also, Can i research this in a regular state law library. Thanks much!!

2007-12-07 06:31:05 · 2 answers · asked by jchez86 2

I live in Minnesota, if you need that information.

2007-12-07 06:16:07 · 10 answers · asked by juniper555 5

can you still get married? what are the other options to get married?

2007-12-07 06:06:52 · 8 answers · asked by crazyladi3 1

What is your stand on partial birth abortion ban? Also, how you would have voted in the case if you were on the Supreme Court?

2007-12-07 05:58:30 · 22 answers · asked by ira s 1

Is it true??

2007-12-07 05:55:30 · 2 answers · asked by Daftaan l 1

I was wondering if you should happen to witness a crime do you have the choice to report what you saw or to simply not get involved and ignore? Can you make that choice or do you have to report?

2007-12-07 05:51:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-07 05:46:35 · 3 answers · asked by bradleythebull 1

We have LOST the "War on Drugs."

The Mafia was dying out at the turn of the last century. Prohibition brought them back from the dead.

The street gangs were dying out in the 1970s. The start of the "War on Drugs" in the 1980s brought THEM back from the dead.

Isn't it time we stopped spending so much more money on drug-related police and prison operations than on poverty programs, cancer research, and the space program COMBINED? Shouldn't we be spending that money on treatment and rehab instead?

If drugs were legal, wouldn't people with drug problems be more likely to seek help from a doctor or a psychiatrist, because they wouldn't be worried about prosecution?

Are politicians more interested in sounding "tough" than in actually helping to REDUCE the drug problem?

Is that why a "war on drugs" and not rehab and treatment?

2007-12-07 05:40:10 · 6 answers · asked by Dont Call Me Dude 7

2007-12-07 05:39:25 · 9 answers · asked by patjoub 2

2007-12-07 05:38:12 · 8 answers · asked by mike j 1

Which do you think would do more to prevent people from shooting a bunch of people then committing suicide:

1- More gun control laws. (Preventing unstable people from buying guns and mandating that gun owners keep their guns locked up)
2- Banning the media from publishing shooters' names (like they do in some court cases with juveniles) so that nobody will think they can get famous by pulling that kind of stunt.

2007-12-07 05:36:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Especially when you can buy the very same medicine over the counter for about 3 euros in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and Turkey.

Prescriptions in Scotland are free for doleys and workers.

Is this government racketeering? I can hardly go looking for the best price as I can for any other goods or services.

2007-12-07 05:21:42 · 21 answers · asked by Scraggle_aggle_baggle_laggle 3

2007-12-07 05:21:01 · 6 answers · asked by envy2066 1

my friend was working at a job for about 3-4 months then they sent out that paper for sex offenders living in the area they got it and fired him the next day. i just want to know if that legal i live in new york state

2007-12-07 05:10:10 · 10 answers · asked by bloodbcult 2

This is a safety concern to me and my family. Its also a nuisance abatement issue for the rest of my neighborhood.
When I and my family first moved to this town, it was a nice, quiet town, people were willing to work with their neighbors if a problem arose. And the city law enforcement was willing to help the citizens of the town to combat problems too.
Things have changed dramatically since then. it seems a certain family moved into town and now they are running the said town. I am afraid of my neighbors dog, and they know it. . I have to do my work outside my home to keep the yard looking nice. yet my neighbors have told me repeatedly, "dont go where the dogs can see you." They wont put up a privacy fence either. I know this may sound like an old saw, but I am really concerned, especially now that I know my neighbors have purposefully trained their dogs to be vicious. ( I heard the man who owns them say it.) I have told every law agency I know about this, and they just tu

2007-12-07 05:05:14 · 6 answers · asked by cjam 3

And this question has nothing to do with Race/Color/Gender!!!

Im just saying, it I had a servant by my side at all times, I would be at least 10x more productive and more beneficial to society, since I would have so much more free time and it would be like adding hours to the typical 24hr-day.

My slave could be anything from a fully functional robot to a well-fit bum on the streets. I mean if you look at from his/her point of view...he/she is getting food and shelter for the service he/she provides me. Im not saying I would treat him/her the way slaves of the past were treated, but if he/she gets old or I stop liking their attitude, I could very easily make a trade to better suit my needs...

Just an opinion... and I thank America for letting me voice that opinion.

HAAHA...

2007-12-07 05:00:07 · 12 answers · asked by kennyk 4

I live in Toronto and we Canadians arent really like the US where gun ownership is seen akin to citizenship rights.
And I continuously hear of how illegal guns coming in from the US where gun laws are so lax are used in homicides.
So would there be less gun violence in Canada if the flow was eliminated?
And who should be responsible for that? Should US control its gun laws or should Canada be better at ensuring they dont get smuggled in?

2007-12-07 04:51:08 · 10 answers · asked by Vampie 7

it was 2 years ago he keeps saying he will pay but won't.

2007-12-07 04:49:50 · 5 answers · asked by envy2066 1

I am a peruvian and I was in Miami driving a rent car like a tourist. A police put me a traffic citation because I did a bad change in a road. I have never received a letter from Miami to pay the ticket. Today I enter in the miami-dadeclerk web page and I see US200 penalty and I can not pay the ticket because it is in a collection agency. That is incredible!!!

What hapend if I don't pay the citation?
I heard, that in the future I want to go to Miami, I am goint to have probles in the airport. Is it truth?
What hapend with the foreing peaple in this cases?

Thank you very much

2007-12-07 04:43:34 · 2 answers · asked by Mike Life 1

Do you think civil disobedience is acceptable in a democratic government? When and why?

2007-12-07 04:34:01 · 8 answers · asked by firecrackerjt 2

Or a couple of lashes a day?
I was just wondering if it could kill her?

2007-12-07 04:12:53 · 15 answers · asked by other boy 2

2007-12-07 04:05:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a room mate who is doing drugs and drinking in our apartment, just got a DUI, drunk driving on a suspended license, coming home at all hours of the night, and brings home a different person every night to sleep on MY brand new couch. I am losing sleep, I feel uncomfortable in my own home, and when I confront my room mate about it, the reply I get is, "My friend was too drunk to drive home" or "I'll get my own couch so my friends have a place to sleep". I tell my room mate that his friends don't pay rent here so they are not entitled to a place to sleep but he is not seeing it my way. We are both on the lease to the apartment. Is there anything I can do to get him out?

2007-12-07 04:02:52 · 11 answers · asked by Koren's Mommy 3

my friend has been sexually abused for years and she was raped by her stepbrother when she was only 13 and it went on for a 1 1/2 years. her mom contacted the local athorites when she found out but they havent done anything its been almost 2 years and she is always depressed (which im woking on helping her with i just need help with the legal stuff) i know she got a restraining order. but i want to help her more. i have his myspace his brothers cell number (cuzzz im good like that :]) i have some other too information. i dont understand how on the news they arrest those preditors all the time and nothing is being done about him. i need some advice please. expecially so he dosent hurt anyone else. plus the police said they cant find him which is bULL. any advice on catching this CREEP would help thank you. ps. he is 21 now.

2007-12-07 03:50:11 · 7 answers · asked by .Fearless. 4

2007-12-07 03:37:39 · 7 answers · asked by XB70Valkyrie 2

The attorney who had hired this paralegal will not try to get my car back.

2007-12-07 03:37:31 · 6 answers · asked by Dianna 1

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2007-12-07 03:32:54 · 6 answers · asked by nazaar s 1

Charges were filed against me without my knowledge 2.5 years ago. The evidence against me is complete hearsay .

2007-12-07 03:24:41 · 1 answers · asked by homeslice 2