Category: Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement
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Virginia’s Law on Sterilization and Child Gender Transition Procedures
By James C. Sherlock A recent article on this site on medical and surgical procedures for gender transition in children drew more than 100 comments. There is no Virginia law that controls this process for children. But we have a law governing sterilization that appears to make sterilization of a child under 18, by extension,…
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Let’s Get Out of Here
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that four prisoners escaped from the federal prison complex near Petersburg early Saturday morning. No details were released on how they escaped. Undoubtedly, it is important for federal officials to discover how the prisoners escaped and take steps to tighten security. However, there is another question that is…
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Picking the Wrong Fight
by Dick Hall-Sizemore One of the new Commonwealth’s attorneys in Northern Virginia has gotten into serious trouble. Circuit Court Judge James Plowman, in a highly unusual move, has removed the office of Loudoun County Commonwealth’s attorney Buta Biberaj from the prosecution of a case. In his order, Judge Plowman said that the prosecutor’s office had…
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More Legislating Through the Budget
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Since Governor Youngkin was successful in getting into the budget bill a provision establishing a criminal penalty for possession of more than four ounces of marijuana, he apparently has decided to go even further in using the budget bill as a means to amend the criminal code without having to go through…
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Virginia State Policy Guidance Discourages Reporting of Gang-Related Assaults in Schools
By James C. Sherlock Over the last four years I always found it necessary to monitor the workings and products of both the Virginia Board of Education (BOE) appointed by two Democratic Governors and Governor Northam’s Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). The amount of radical and objectively dangerous policy that came out of that system…
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Fairfax County and Protection of Supreme Court Justices Revisited
by James C. Sherlock In response to the adjacent exhortation by Fairfax County from its home page, I am speaking up. Defend the homes of the Supreme Court Justices who live in your county. I offer breaking news to many who only read and watch progressive media, including the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Justice Kavanaugh…
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A Proposal to Mitigate Gun Violence
by Dick Hall-Sizemore In an interesting development, one of the so-called “progressive” Virginia prosecutors has identified a direct link between someone committing misdemeanor offenses and later committing violent felony offenses. The misdemeanor offenses that are predictors are gun offenses. After tracking violent case histories, Ramin Fatehi, the commonwealth’s attorney for Norfolk, as reported by WAVY…
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Gang Activity in Richmond Public Schools Not Reported to Police
by James C. Sherlock I am seldom surprised by the policies and actions of the Richmond Public Schools (RPS). When I read of the handling by RPS of federally funded ChromeBooks — an inventory of nearly 45,000 with over 20,000 unused and nearly 2,000 more unaccounted for — to support a student population of 21,000…
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Instant Background Checks for Gun Purchases – What is Checked and Who Populates the Databases?
by James C. Sherlock The FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is much discussed and little understood by the general public. In an effort to help, this article will inform readers about the NICS Indices, what information is kept there and how it gets there. The information here about the NICS is quoted or…
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Red Flags in Fairfax County
by James C. Sherlock Restorative justice (RJ) in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano’s progressive “reforms” of the criminal justice system had better work. Because they virtually eliminate the very records of criminal and mentally disturbed misconduct by juveniles needed to support gun-purchase background checks. FCPS asserts that their RJ system…