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Since most folks’ knowledge about what happens behind bars comes from binge-watching Orange is the New Black, here are some tips to protect your rights and keep you safe in case you get arrested.

Article by: The Festival Lawyer

DON’T TALK TO THE COPS.
The most important thing I can tell you about what to do after being arrested is: Do not talk to the police or give a statement about your case. Ever. If you’ve been arrested, any officer interviewing you has already decided you are guilty and is talking to you for one reason: to get you to confess.
Police are allowed …read more

On October 1, a debate between the three nominee for State Auditor was televised. Watch it at this link. The three candidates are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties. All three nominees are women. …read more

On October 1, the West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Republican Party has a right to place a new nominee on the November ballot for Delegate to the House, 35th district, to replace its earlier nominee who had withdrawn in August. Here is the eleven-page opinion, with two concurrences. The case is State(More)… …read more

On Wednesday afternoon, a revealing tweet by someone claiming to have inside information on the Mike Brown Grand Jury paints a dismal picture of “justice” in this case, and has led to an investigation of misconduct.
Dedicated activist and journalist, Shaun King, took to twitter Wednesday claiming he had an explosive announcement.
URGENT. I need ALL VIRTUAL HANDS ON DECK. Are you ready? This is a very BIG deal and that’s not Twitter-hype. Please share what’s coming…
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 1, 2014

He wasn’t kidding.
Early this morning, a longtime St. Louis resident posted that she had a friend on the Grand Jury …read more

Despite the evidence against them, the police department has insisted that the use of force was necessary and justified.

New video released in a police brutality case in Baltimore shows that the police had lied in their initial reports about what took place on the night in question. New cell phone video shows that victim Jamar Kennedy was actually attempting to move away from police with his hands above his head at the time of the assault.
However, the police said in their report, and in testimony after the incident, that Kennedy was being violent with them, and attempted to grab …read more

We love the fact that anyone with an Internet connection can use the Bitcoin network, but in most countries it is still far too difficult for users to buy and sell bitcoin. Last month, we expanded internationally by adding 13 European countries and today we’re adding 5 more countries to the Coinbase family: Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland. Users in these countries can now link their bank account via SEPA and easily buy and sell bitcoin. For users in France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, and Finland, we have also raised the daily buy and sell limits from 500 EUR to …read more

On October 1, the Fourth Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, ordered North Carolina to restore election-day registration. The majority noted that in past recent elections, African-American voters were substantially more likely to make use of election-day registration than other voters. Here is the decision, which also requires the state to continue to let provisional voters(More)… …read more

On October 1, a 3-judge panel of the Shawnee County District Court ruled that the Democratic Party need not run anyone for U.S. Senate if it doesn’t wish to. Here is the 22-page decision in Orel v Kansas Democratic Party, 14-cv-958. The panel said the law is ambiguous, but in any event it would be(More)… …read more

We recently rolled out an update to our merchant tools, which are used by over 36,000 businesses to accept bitcoin payments. Our new payment pages are simpler to use, nicer to look at, and more customizable.

2-Click Payments

One thing hasn’t changed: users who are already signed into Coinbase can pay with the touch of a button. Instead of scanning a QR code or interfacing with a 3rd party wallet — just two clicks. Payments don’t get simpler.

Buyback

When a purchase is made with a Coinbase account, users can immediately re-purchase the bitcoin they just spent, so that their bitcoin holdings aren’t reduced.

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After driving around for what seemed like hour’s Stu had a lightbulb moment when he realized he had a place for me to stay. Him and his brother used to …