behavior changes. so i m trying to think of a way to defend these people. that s the only one i can come up with. but other than that, it s despicable. you had judge janine on who had thoughts about if we should change the laws. what did she say? we don t have the good samaritan laws in terms of there s a duty to report unless you re in a position of power or government official and you know that a child is being endangered, then you have to answer. but it s not uniform. i can also imagine that i imagine that democrats are going to tell you that the social media company should be held responsible. that s like blaming the gun, right? so, i again think that we have to go back to character and we should do something to protect people and the police and help them out, help out public officials like the mayor or, excuse me, the gentleman from the transit agency in pennsylvania which is deport people who should be deported. mm-hmm. and there should not be a an appeal. right.
talking about lamar odom he is apparently out of a coma showing signs of improvement just days after falling unconscious at a nevada brothel. could the next chapter for the former nba star include criminal charges for his use of illegal drugs, and if so, who would be charged? would the brothel be brought into this? would the owner of the brothel, dennis hof be brought into this? let s talk about this with our legal panel, a criminal defense attorney and ebony williams an attorney and fox news contributor. thanks very much for joining us today. thanks for having us. lisa, let s start with odom, first of all. if he makes it through, obviously we hope he does, again there are reports that he had used illegal drugs, that he was basically a cornucopia of drugs in his system. we don t have the official word. but that s that s what the the, you know, they re saying. will he face any charges? he won t face charges especially in nevada. because in may of 2016 they passed what s called
so his intent really doesn t matter. and then, of courts you have the liability issues on behalf of the police department. whether or not there s this issue of whether or not his training was falsified, whether could also result in other police officers being charged with official misconduct with falsifying paperwork and conspiracy. okay. listen to another pretty horrible story in the headlines this week out of the young woman who was gang raped in panama city, florida. authorities said this occurred out in the open hundreds of people were watching. so what is the duty of onlookers? the good samaritan laws as a rule, what do people have to do? i would like to tell you that we wouldn t even have to have laws for people to step in in this kind of disgusting really, what kind of children are we raising as a nation that nobody steps in right? a bunch of monsters at this point. but this is not uncommon. this happens quite a bit and is called the bystander effect. good samaritan laws a
just trying to give this the best possible spin and it looks really bad on the video. but could the trial lawyer culture that we live in be contributing to this seemingly heartlessness? i m as outraged as anybody watching this video that my fellow new yorkers are so jaded that they can walk somebody on the street and do nothing. as surprising as it may sound, somebody could be dying in front of your eyes and there is no duty under the law to call for help, to pick up a phone and call 911. to render aid or assistance or do anything. there simply isn t what we call a duty to rescue. now, what you are say something some people may be concerned that if they do do something, action can be taken against them. there is what is called the good samaritan laws, which basically means that if you are walking by and you see somebody on the ground in trouble and you go to render assistance and let s say you cause them more harm by trying to help them out. you are worried that they sue you. they ca
just trying to give this the best possible spin and it looks really bad on the video. but could the trial lawyer culture that we live in be contributing to this seemingly heartlessness? i m as outraged as anybody watching this video that my fellow new yorkers are so jaded that they can walk somebody on the street and do nothing. as surprising as it may sound, somebody could be dying in front of your eyes and there is no duty under the law to call for help, to pick up a phone and call 911. to render aid or assistance or do anything. there simply isn t what we call a duty to rescue. now, what you are say something some people may be concerned that if they do do something, action can be taken against them. there is what is called the good samaritan laws, which basically means that if you are walking by and you see somebody on the ground in trouble and you go to render assistance and let s say you cause them more harm by trying to help them out. you are worried that they sue you. they ca