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9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that tasers cannot be used to force compliance from nonviolent people.

A District Court judge in Goffstown, New Hampshire has dismissed a criminal charge against a Weare man for recording his conversation with a police officer during a traffic stop. Judge Edward Tenney followed a recent First Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Boston in Glik v. Cunniffe in ruling that William Alleman was within his constitutional rights when making an audio recording of Weare Police Officer Brandon Montplaisir during the traffic stop on July 10, 2010.

Tasers are used across the nation by police as a "pain compliance technique." But do the powerful electroshock weapons amount to police brutality? A case that lands before the Supreme Court next week could decide the fate of tasers.

17 year fan who ran onto baseball field was tased by Philadelphia police. Police department says officer followed proper procedure.

Remember when it was just annoying when some idiot ran on the field towards the end of the game. Now you could get shot with a high voltage sphere by a sadist intending to induce "pain compliance", but could could cause permanent neuralgic damage or death my heart attack or organ damage.

An AID is a pain-delivery device that will be soon tested on "unruly" inmates at the sheriff's detention facility in Castaic, California, where an inmate brawl broke out late August, injuring two officers.

Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Writer
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputies yesterday punished an "uncooperative" motorist by Tasing him to death. After 43-year-old Allen Kephart was pulled over for allegedly running a stop sign, he got out of his car and failed to show sufficient deference to at least two deputies. He was subdued with a Taser, passed out, and died.

In a somewhat surprising 9th Circuit ruling (en banc, or in front of the entire set of judges), the court ruled that the 4th Amendment does apply at the border, that agents do need to recognize there's an expectation of privacy, and cannot do a search without reason.

The war drum against Iran beats louder, thanks in part to a ruling from U.S. District Court Judge George Daniels on December 15, 2011 ruling that Iran was linked to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

I must ask:
* will this court ruling be used as justification to invade Iran as part of the Global War on Terror?
* just because a Judge said that Iran was behind 9/11; does that make it true?

A glance at past court rulings will show that judges are not always right.