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Getting convicted for assault without even raising a hand or fist.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

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In the courts where I practice criminal defense, even giving an unwanted hug is an assault. That is additional testimony to the wisdom of bowing to others to greet them, apart from the reduced risk of catching swine flu (or mucus, if the person recently sneezed into the right hand), but I digress. Geneva Clark was more than angry that her son's school busdriver successfully recommended that his Henrico County, Virginia, school remove his bus privileges, at least temporarily. Ms. Clark's anger may have gone beyond standing up for her son's rights and dignity, to being frustrated about how he was going to get to and from school, at least if he was not a safe or close enough walk from the school. She acted unwisely, as further detailed below, but her actions should not have merited an assault conviction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on May 20, 2009 (boomark / email).

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