Stephen M. McDaniel

Crime

Breaking: Stephen McDaniel Charged With Murder of Lauren Giddings

A recent graduate of Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia, Stephen Mark McDaniel, has been charged with the murder of neighbor and classmate of Lauren Giddings, the slain Mercer Law graduate whose torso was found on June 30, inside a trash bin just outside her apartment building. Let's take a look at McDaniel's inmate information sheet....

Barack Obama

Morning Docket: 08.01.11

* This whole debt crisis has been a little like Deal or No Deal, except that show had a much better host. Howie Mandel can get people to make a deal with the banker in under 60 minutes. Obama? Not so much. [POLITICO] * Real life intellectual property matters be damned, because even virtual horses […]

Linda Greenhouse

Non-Sequiturs: 07.15.11

* Is the D.C. Circuit is okay with TSA screeners touching your junk? Professor Orin Kerr discusses an opinion handed down today. [Volokh Conspiracy] * According to his mother, Mercer Law grad Stephen McDaniel — a “person of interest” in the investigation of the death of Lauren Giddings — would like to serve on the […]

Crime

An Update On a Mercer Law Student’s Untimely Death

A week and a half ago, we told you about the death of a Mercer Law student. The student has now been officially identified as Lauren Giddings, a recent Mercer Law graduate who was back in Macon studying for the bar. We have an update from Macon: our sources are telling us that the police have two persons of interest, but law students are still being questioned.

Crime

Grisly Scene Developing At Mercer Law School

The stories coming out of Mercer Law School yesterday evening and this morning are surreal. Yesterday in Non-Sequiturs we mentioned that a recent Mercer Law graduate, Lauren Giddings, was found dead. Decapitated. UPDATE: We understand that the Macon police department is not confirming that the body is that of Lauren Giddings. As of now, she’s […]