New Billie-Jo 'suspect' revealed

Former teacher Sion Jenkins claims he has identified a possible new suspect for the murder of his teenage foster daughter 11 years after her killing at the family home.
Jenkins claims he spoke to someone he thought was a dark-haired, plain-clothed police officer in his hallway in the confused hour after Billie-Jo Jenkins was found bludgeoned to death.
But now, coinciding with the publication of his book, the Murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins, Jenkins says he believes he may have come face to face with her murderer.
Billie-Jo, 13, was found in a pool of blood with head injuries inflicted by a metal tent peg on the patio of the family's large Victorian home in Lower Park Road, Hastings, East Sussex, on February 15, 1997.
Jenkins, at the time headteacher-designate at all-boys William Parker School in Hastings, has maintained his innocence and insisted Billie-Jo must have been killed by an intruder while he visited a DIY store.
In 1998 he was convicted at Lewes Crown Court of murdering her and jailed for life but had a retrial in 2005 after successfully appealing. However, the jury failed to agree a verdict and a second retrial ended the same way in 2006, allowing him to walk free.
Speaking to the Daily Mail on Saturday on his belief of a possible new suspect, Jenkins said: "In my statement, I talk about being in the hall and talking to a police officer.
"I say he was not in uniform, but I was aware he was a police officer, so he must have told me that. Everyone else I describe in my witness statement - the uniformed officer, the female police sergeant, the ambulance man - gave their own witness statements, but this man I describe has never been traced.
"It has only struck me as I researched the book. I would like the police to issue a photo-fit and find him."
Sussex Police said on Saturday it would not comment directly on the book.

Drunk Driving - Drunk Driving facts: by andy taylor

"The facts about driving drunk include consideration of consequences: Punishment for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) or driving drunk, will vary, based on geographic locale and law in that state or county as well as which country you find yourself in. The potential consequences will depend upon whether or not it is the first offense, and whether various punishment enhancements may apply.
Generally, for a first offense DUI or DWI, penalties will include a fine, possible jail time or community service, a driver's license restriction, and mandatory attendance at an alcohol and drug education program.
Why Drunk Drivers Are Dangerous: Imaging studies of the brain when it is under the influence of alcohol reveal that different areas of the brain are impaired under high and low levels of alcohol, according to a Yale study published in Neuropsychopharmacology.
""What we found is that when people were really intoxicated, they drove like they were really intoxicated and in a real vehicle,"" Pearlson said. ""They speeded up, especially on corners, where most people slow down, and crashed more often into other vehicles."" When mildly intoxicated, but below the legal alcohol limit, he said, the drivers seemed aware of the fact that they were impaired and corrected for the deficit. The researchers also found that alcohol had a profound effect on some, but not all, brain circuits activated in sober driving.
The highest blood alcohol level was 0.1 and the lowest was 0.05. Drivers are considered legally drunk when their blood alcohol level is 0.08.
Here are some helpful drunk driving facts:
* One person is killed every half-hour due to drunk driving * Each year approximately 16,000 are killed in alcohol related crashes * Alcohol is a factor in almost half of all traffic fatalities * Every other minute a person is seriously injured in an alcohol related crash
What Are Some Examples of DUI Penalties? DUI punishment varies from state to state, so you'll need to check with your lawyer to see what may apply in your particular state. Using California DUI penalties as an example, first offenders who are denied probation can expect the following:
1. 48 hours of jail time minimum. 2. 6 months driver's license suspension 3. $340 fine
As you can see, DUI penalties are fairly harsh, even for a first offense. There are things that can factor in to a first time offense, depending on your state. Driver's license suspension may be part of the package, but if you get probation, your state may allow you to keep your license provided you meet certain conditions set by the court. These can include rehab counseling, safe driver classes, and community service. Your lawyer will have more information, but make sure you understand what you are committing yourself to under a probation agreement. Violation of probation is taken quite seriously and can result in automatic driver license suspension and jail time. "

Lets make compost from marijuana by Paul

Police in Iowa caught a man with large quantities of marijuana in his truck but when asked what he planned to do with it he said it was to make compost. Now when you think of compost you think of soil to grow other plants in. He must of not thought about what he was saying, he simply told them he was going to grow more weed out of the weed he already had. Criminals will tell you anything in hopes they can get off the hook, but of course cops weren’t buying his terrible story. Officers reported he had about a gallon of weed in each bag but did not say how many bags he had in the truck. For someone with so much weed I would think he would of thought of a better excuse to tell the police. He must have been thinking of how much money he was going to make instead of going to jail. He was later charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell.