Is there ever a crime scene exception to the warrant requirement?
Depends on the “scene”. If, for instance, a body is discovered in a public place like an alley or a street, then we may quite freely search the surrounding area for evidence.If we think that perhaps a retail store may have video surveillance of the scene, then it MAY be necessary to subpeona the footage or obtain a warrant, if the owner doesn’t want to release it.If a body is discovered in a building, officers can search the immediate area for evidence, but a search of the entire premises may require a warrant, or the permission of the owner/leasee.
In the ROFR scenario where someone else holds the ROFR, is there a way to make an offer that is qualitatively better to the seller? In other words, is there a way win by offering something other than money (i.e., access to land)?
Yes, but is this advantageous to the potential buyer? If the ROFR is triggered by your offer, the seller really can't control whether the interposing party chooses to exercise its right. Before one sweetens the deal with non-cash consideration, you ought to understand what exactly the seller is doing in return for the superior offer.
What would be the most creative way to get arrested?
I would say to get creative you need to look at some of the lesser know laws of the world (or the more bizarre laws at least).Australia — you can get arrested in Western Australia for carrying more than 50kg (110lb) of potatoes. Try roaming the streets with a few hundred kilograms of potatoes offering to sell to the locals… arrested for intent to supply, spuds.Switzerland — it's actually illegal to flush a toilet after 10:00pm (local time). Find yourself some public restrooms and go wild!There's so many odd and outdated laws that something as simple as urinating in the ocean or keeping a goldfish in a bowl can put you in hot water with the cops… all depending on where in the world you are.Of course you could commit suicide in the House of Commons, that will land you in cuffs here in the UK, though you might not be around to revel in the glory… and you'd stink up the cells most likely, so maybe not.
"it looks like I am going to a county jail for 10 days. I am scared - what should I expect what can I bring, ?
You can't bring anything, but if it's only for 10 days, you'll be fine. It's just unpleasant. I've never been an inmate, but I volunteer at a jail. It does not smell good. It smells like body odor, sweat, and bad food. Second, is that all the halls are bare, the doors are huge and EVERYTHING is locked down. You have people watching you all day every day, even in your cell they can listen in on your conversations through microphones ( at least the jail I work in is high tech and you can do this, but in my state they're re-fromatting and building more high tech prisons and jails) the cells are SMALL and you usually share them with another person, so again bad smells and no privacy. During the day, you can get bored really easily, all I ever see the guys doing is playing chess/checkers/shooting hoops, and they do have tv, but limited times you can watch it, and you can't choose the program. It's not that bad if you're only there for 10 days though. There are also "safety cells" where they put you if you go crazy and start hurting yourself. All this is is a 5x4 ft cement room with nothing at all in it. Then there's administrative segregation where they put you if you're causing trouble, where you're in a glass cell with your cellmate for 23 hours a day. yes, 23 hours a day. If you get sick or really injure yourself in a crazy way, they also have the infirmary where you go in a nice glass cell with a hospital bed and tv, but it's completely open to whoever is on the floor, so if want to shower or change your clothes you have to get really creative and hope you have an extra bedsheet. Again, as you're only there for 10 days, a lot of this probably won't apply to you. Plus, they'll put you in the woman's wing where a lot of the offenders are non violent. Just people like yourself that either messed up once, or habitual drug or other offenders. Good luck!
What's the most creative way you've solved a problem?
Progressively. I.E. I keep losing my keys.State the problem in the simplest way you can, so that your infant understands it.I keep forgetting where I left my keys.Restate the problem in even simpler terms.My memory doesn’t work.Identify the traditional solutions to the problem.Habit: Always put them only in the same place every day.Automation: Little tags that attach to keys and beep.Behavior: Stop drinking so much alcohol.. and driving…Identify the causality between each traditional solution and how it affects the problem.Habit: Maximizes brain’s likelihood of working.Automation: Circumvents the brain altogether, replacing it with a deterministic system.Behavior: Error reduction as a result of environmental factors.Identify the merits and shortfalls of each traditional solution’s application to the problem.Habit: Mostly adequate for routine lifestyles and most people. Can easily be defeated by changes in behavior forced by environment.Automation: Annoying beep may decrease utilization. Only works if you can hear it (not if they are in the freezer). Requires batteries that might (will) die when you need them.Behavior: Secondary health benefits. May not provide immediately adequate success for most people regardless of lifestyle.Think about new solutions that contain all the merits of traditional solutions and try to find ways to eliminate the shortfalls.Need something that requires minimal effort, automates remembering where my keys are, and can adapt to environmental changes.Must not depend on my behavior for success, require batteries or other consumable parts, or mandate significant changes to lifestyle.In this case there is only one option. Have my wife do it for me.Think for yourself. Extrapolate from what you know. Clear your mind and focus on all aspects of understanding the problem COMPLETELY. Think again. Consider THE WAY you are thinking about the problem and the biases your experience contribute. Etc…
Is it legal for a police officer to ask a doorman or pretend to be a doorman to deceive a suspect to open his door in order to enter his apartment for a search or seizure?
In this hypothetical scenario, the police have the absolute right to enter and search that apartment by any means necessary, because they have a warrant.The reason for the ruse is for the safety of the officers. If they just knock themselves and announce as police officers, and the guy is there and has a gun, he might choose to answer the knock by firing through the door. However, if the super (the guy is probably a building super, rather than a doorman, if I remember that episode correctly) knocks and announces some plausible pretext, the guy won’t be suspicious: the super does that sort of thing all the time. Furthermore, the super probably has the authority to enter the apartment to do repairs if the tenant is not home, so if the guy is there but pretending not to be home, he’ll probably not come out shooting when the super opens the door. They could have just asked the super to open the door, but if the guy is home and waiting and the door starts to open without warning, again, he’s likely to start shooting. All of this is intended to get the cops into the apartment without anybody getting shot at.There’s absolutely nothing illegal in the deception. Police officers are allowed to lie, and allowed to direct other people to lie, as part of an investigation.Now, if they had not had a warrant, the entry would have been unlawful.