The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Capital punishment: The slow death of the death penalty [The Economist]
David Moyes “unable to claim unfair dismissal” after Manchester United sacking, says legal expert [The Mirror]
These guys made up a fake case to get on ‘Judge Judy’ [Vice]
The spread of emoticons [Twitter]
Have just put an emoticon in a formal legal document (as part of a quotation in a witness statement).
Feels so very wrong.
— Jack of Kent (@JackofKent) April 24, 2014
Quentin Tarantino: Judge dismisses Gawker legal case [BBC News]
Asda law is here [Law Society Gazette]
Unrecognised pioneers will “reshape the legal industry”, finds Law 2023 study [Legal Futures]
Businessman pleads guilty to common assault after walking through busy town centre squirting women with water pistol filled with own urine [Mail Online]
Lawyer admits running over retired lecturer [The Scotsman]
Suspended jail term for shamed Northumberland solicitor [The Journal]
Lawyer with six figures of debt forced to work as professional babysitter [Above the Law]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“He’s not a crybaby. He’s just reaching the same conclusion as I am, but 30 years earlier” [Legal Cheek Comments]