Legal

A new study of students who drink to become intoxicated has shown that they believe they are able drunk drivers.

The study involved 40 'binge drinkers' who were asked to do driving simulations after receiving a small dose of alcohol or placebo.  The study showed that all involved did poorly when intoxicated, whether they were binge drinkers or not.

But, the binge drinkers believed that they did quite well on the driving tests even though their results were equally poor.

Parents beware!  You may get arrested if your kids skip too much school.

In Florida, some parents were taken into custody for failing to comply with the state's school attendance laws.  Many states in the country have laws that kids have to be in school between the ages of 5 and 18.  Compulsory education and 32 states have penalties for the parents if the kids skip school.

In Jacksonville, Florida, 15 parents were arrested at work or home and sometimes with news cameras present.  Every parent who was arrested had a child who had a minimum of 20 unexcused school absences. 

Supporters of compulsory education say that these laws keep kids of the streets, lowers crime and gives them a better chance to make it in life.  Statistics have shown that kids who attend school are less likely to be involved in criminal activity.

But, critics want to know the reason why we are so disturbed that kids don't attend school.  And, they remind us that some of these parents have kids who they cannot control or who are poor.  Is sending these parents to jail really a good solution? 

The arrested will likely be sentenced to probation.

There's more turmoil in the life of controversial singer Amy Winehouse.  The rock singer was taken into custody yesterday for drug possession.

Back in January, images of Winehouse smoking drugs at her home were all over the London tabloids.  At that time, Winehouse voluntarily went to the police station and was let out.

On Wednesday, an attorney for Winehouse made the statement that she met officers at the police station to answer questions about the January drug smoking incident.  She was then arrested so she could be interviewed, according to her lawyer.

In Nevada, Governor Jim Gibbons has decided that he doesn't want to be married anymore.  So, he has filed for divorce and decided to move out of the governor's mansion.

But, there's a slight problem. His wife, Dawn, has said that she doesn't want a divorce and that she isn't moving out.  

In the meantime, the governor has moved to a much smaller Reno house about 25 miles away from the governor's mansion.  Since his wife doesn't want to get out of the governor's mansion, he is going to have to get her evicted.  After all, it's the governor's mansion and Gibbons is the governor.... Better change the locks when you move back in, Governor Gibbons.  

Attorneys for R. Kelly, the accused child pornographer/singer, want to delay the trial again.

Kelly's trial has been going on since 2002.  He is accused of having intercourse with a 13 year old girl and it was video taped.

Jury selection was to begin on Friday but the lawyers put in a postponent request with the judge citing extreme media attention. Judge Vincent Gaughan will likely decide on the matter tomorrow.

A college student's drug overdose at San Diego State University has led police to a giant drug bust on campus. 

Dozens of students were busted with stashes of drugs, guns and money.  A total of 96 people were arrested, most of them San Diego State students. 

The police investigation was prompted by the death of a freshman student coed who suffered from a cocaine overdose about a year ago.  Included in the items found by police: two kilograms of cocaine, 350 ecstasy pills, pounds of marijuana, prescription drugs, $60K worth of cash and a bunch of guns. 

Police believe that they have the majority of the drug ring participants in custody.  But, they speculate that those people could be a part of a much larger organization so there could be more arrests.  There is also a possibility that the drug ring has expanded to include other college campuses. 

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson has been arrested for driving a boat while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

Benson was boating on the Lower Colorado River in Texas on Saturday evening and was stopped by the police.  According to reports, his behavior was so out-of-control that he had to be subdued with pepper spray.

Benson also did not cooperate with authorities by refusing to but on a required lifevest and refusing a breathalyzer.  He did fail a sobriety test designed specifically for boaters.

Benson denies that he was drunk and says the police 'roughed me up'.  He was released on bail on Sunday morning.

R. Kelly's legal trouble don't seem to be going away.  According to sources, a new, unknown witness is set to testify that she had group sex with Kelly and an underage girl.

The anonymous woman claims that the girl was only 13 or 14 years old and that she got sexually involved with Kelly and the girl.

According to lawyers for Kelly's defense team, the new mystery witness will deny the new allegations. 

The trial has been going on since 2002 but may finally begin next week.

Uma Thurman is being stalked and the details seem to be horrifying.

The actress will take the stand today in the criminal trial of her stalker in New York today.

Jack Jordan is the accused stalker.  During his opening statement, his attorney told the jury that the defendant does not think like everyone else.  He supposedly believes that stalking is a way to romance someone.

The prosecutor in the case countered with the fact that Jordan stalked with the 'intent to harass, annoy, threaten and alarm'.

Jordan was arrested in October 2007.  The charges he faces stem from stalking incidents during a 2 year period between 2005 and 2007.