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NY - City officer (Adam Schwabrow) facing a year in jail for raping a 16-year-old girl

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Adam SchwabrowOriginal Article 03/05/2014 By MICHAEL ANICH JOHNSTOWN - Former city Patrolman Adam Schwabrow has gone from law-enforcement officer to sex offender. Schwabrow pleaded guilty Tuesday... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

What About Florida Marijuana Cooperative Farms - Chapter 893 Statute if Florida Legalizes Medical Marijuana? - Part 12

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Florida Marijuana CooperativeFlorida Marijuana CooperativeUnder current Florida Drug Laws: Florida Statute 893.13.6(b) If someone or a group conspire to cultivate marijuana, a person commits a felony.  Possession or cultivation of marijuana are both felonies with forfeiture provisions for the tools and property where the cultivation occurs.Under my proposed Florida Medical Marijuana Law:  Qualified patients, persons with valid identification cards, and the designated primary caregivers of qualified patients and persons with identification cards, who associate within the State of Florida in order collectively or cooperatively to cultivate marijuana for medical purposes, shall not solely on the basis of that fact be subject to state criminal sanctions under Chapter 893 of the Florida Statutes.Stop Worrying about Drugs. The Call is Free, the Relief can be valuable. 1-877-793-9290 .

Michigan enacts Miller fix for current and future cases, just as its Justices are to consider past cases

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As reported in this local article, headlined "Gov. Rick Snyder signs 'juvenile lifer' update as old cases head to Michigan Supreme Court," the Great Lakes State is busy this week working through all the fall-out from the U.S. Supreme Court's...

NY - The Box: Teens in Solitary Confinement in U.S. Jails, Prisons and Juvenile Halls

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Video Description: Read the stories at https://medium.com/solitary-lives. Every year, thousands of teens are placed in solitary confinement cells in juvenile halls, jails and prisons nationwide. This... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Kentucky GOP representative sets out "conservative arguments in favor of repeal" of the death penalty

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I just cam across this recent op-ed by David Floyd, a Republican member of Kentucky's General Assembly, explaining why he has introduced a bill to repeal his state's death penalty. Here are some excerpts from the op-ed: My initial opposition...

"D.C. Council Passes Pot Decriminalization Bill"

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From FindLaw: The D.C. Council voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use on Tuesday, leaving the mayor to sign the bill into law. If approved by Mayor Vincent Gray, the pot bill will have to...

Federal Judge Orders Louisiana to Disclose LI Drug Info

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The federal district court ruling in Hoffman v. Jindal is available in Adobe .pdf format, via NOLA.com. "Louisiana judge orders state release information on lethal injection drugs," is by Lauren McGaughy for the New OrleansTimes-Picayune. Louisiana corrections officials must reveal...

Missouri Lethal Injection Drug News

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St. Louis Public Radio posts, "How Missouri Got Ahold Of Its Backup Execution Drug," by Chris McDaniel. There are documents at the link. When Missouri's execution drug supplier backed out after facing a lawsuit, the state found another pharmacy willing...

Dyson on the Mens Rea of Attempt

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Matthew Dyson (University of Cambridge - Trinity College Cambridge) has posted Intended Consequences, Suspected Circumstances and the Criminal Law: Pace and Rogers [2014] EWCA Crim 186 on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Pace and Rogers is a new case on...

Delaware Lacks Lethal Injection Drugs

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That's the title of an Associated Press report by Randall Chase, datelined Dover, Delaware. It's via KCAU-TV, and is also available from the Guardian. Here's the beginning of this detailed article: Delaware has 17 condemned prisoners facing the death penalty,...

JAIL RELEASE AND MAKING BOND IN DALLAS: WHY HIRE A DALLAS BAIL BOND ATTORNEY INSTEAD OF A BAIL BONDSMAN BONDING COMPANY?

Justice For All: Despised Defendants And Their Zealous Advocates

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"Is Atticus Finch's courage only virtuous because we all end up liking and believing in Tom Robinson?"  --  Prof. Lawrence MarshallThe popular version of the heroic criminal defense lawyer is one who tirelessly defends the wrongly accused, saving a client who is more victim himself (or herself) than perpetrator.  In real life, defense lawyers are usually called upon to represent the guilty, to provide a vigorous defense for those who have committed despicable acts.  This is a far more heroic calling. Indeed, it is critically necessary to our system of justice to have zealous advocates representing people who are hated and feared, and ensuring that the government is following the law.Unfortunately, it is becoming all too common that those lawyers who take on the cases of notorious clients are themselves targeted.  As Dalia Lithwick put it, "[o]nce upon a time in America this was called advocating for justice. But in today’s America, it’s deemed a miscarriage of justice."A few years ago, Liz Cheney and her group, Keep America Safe, launched a smear campaign against lawyers in Obama's Justice Department, referring to them as the "Al Qaeda 7," for previously having represented Guantanamo detainees.  A group of former Bush Administration officials and other prominent lawyers shot back, publishing a letter condemning Liz Cheney's ad as shameful.  They rightfully stressed that "the American tradition of zealous representation of unpopular clients is at least as old as John Adams's representation of the British soldiers charged in the Boston massacre." Next, the ACLU and CCR (Center for Constitutional Rights) were chastised for representing (the now deceased) Anwar al-Awlaki.  The Obama Administration had authorized the killing of Awlaki, an American-born cleric tied to Al Qaeda and allegedly hiding in Yemen at that time.  A lawsuit brought by Awlaki’s father, who was represented by the ACLU and CCR, challenged “whether the government has the power to kill any American citizen it labels as a terrorist without review by the courts.”  This did not “cross the line” as Andrew Sullivan asserted.  Indeed, as Glenn Greewald, who more recently has been vilified for his work with Edward Snowden, passionately argued:  "How could it ever 'cross a line' for a civil liberties lawyer to represent an American citizen in an American court arguing that the Government is transgressing the limits of the U.S. Constitution?  The only thing that crosses a line is to insinuate that there's something improper about that."And, most recently, the United States Senate voted to reject Depo Adegbile, an otherwise sterling choice to run the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, because he headed the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund when it represented Mumia Abu-Jamal, sentenced to death for killing a police officer, in his successful fight for life.  (Abu-Jamal is now serving a life without possibility of parole sentence.)Pennsylvania Democrat, Bob Casey paid lip service to “respect[ing] that our system of law ensures the right of all citizens to legal representation no matter how heinous the crime" but added the disturbing non sequitur that "it is important that we ensure that Pennsylvanians and citizens across the country have full confidence in their public representatives — both elected and appointed.”  Casey added that “The vicious murder of Officer Faulkner in the line of duty and the events that followed in the 30 years since his death have left open wounds for Maureen Faulkner and her family as well as the City of Philadelphia."Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, defending Adegbile's rejection by the Senate, was more direct:  “When someone has a history of helping cop-killers, this is what happens.” So, there you have it.  While it might be important for our legal system to ensure that all criminal defendants have effective advocates, a lawyer's representation of a particularly despicable client accused of a particularly despicable crime (such as killing a police officer) is a disqualifying factor for public office.  If, as Lindsay Graham says, "this is what happens" when a lawyer helps a "cop-killer" or any other unpopular client, our system of justice is in peril.

Oklahoma LI Challenge Update

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The Oklahoman reports, "Motion filed to send Oklahoma death row inmates' lawsuit back to district court," by Graham Lee Brewer. Lawyers representing two Oklahoma death row inmates who are suing the state have filed a motion to have their case...

Where Do I File a Lawsuit If I Was Injured Out-of-State?

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The following question was posed to me by someone looking for information on out-of-state personal injury lawsuits. “Can I file a personal injury claim in the state I live in if I was injured out of state? In other words, if I live in Minnesota, but suffered the injury while visiting family in Wisconsin, can […]The post Where Do I File a Lawsuit If I Was Injured Out-of-State? appeared first on Paul Edlund.

Montour Case in Colorado Settles with Life Plea Agreement

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"Montour agrees to plead guilty after prosecutors drop death penalty demand," is by Jordan Steffen for the Denver Post. Inmate Edward Montour has agreed to plead guilty to first-degree murder in the beating death of a corrections officer in exchange...

Landmark Civil Rights Action Filed by Campus Rape Victim to Halt New Federal Law

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University of Virginia rape victim files suit to stop Campus SaVE Act from undermining federal investigations of UVA’s alleged mishandling of her sexual assault case A University of Virginia rape victim represented by the Marsh Law Firm has filed a landmark civil rights action to stop a new federal law from undermining pending federal investigations […]

Senate Blocks Debo Adegbile Nomination to Head Civil Rights Division

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That's the title of National Law Journal coverage of the U.S. Senate floor action, which begins extensive coverage and commentary. It's be Todd Ruger. The Senate today blocked Debo Adegbile's bid to lead the Civil Rights Division of the U.S....

Celebrate International Women’s Day – Equality for Women Is Progress for All!

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International Women’s Day is also an occasion for global activists to focus world attention and rally together for the work that still needs to be done to combat gender discrimination.

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United States v. Bainbridge, No. 30017 (3-6-14) (Bea with O'Connor and Tallman). This is a change in conditions of SR case.  The defendant pled to assault with intent to kidnap.  He served his sentence, and upon his release, the probation officer asked to modify his SR conditions to reflect sex offense conditions.  The assault involved a sexual assault and the court had imposed a registration requirement.  The probation officer wanted more.  The court ordered a sexual deviancy evaluation be performed before he imposed additional requirements.  On appeal, the defendant argued that the court lacked jurisdiction to modify conditions absent changed circumstances or new rehab approaches.  He also argued that the court erred.  He lost on both points.  The 9th held that under 3583(e)(2) the court had the jurisdiction and power to modify even absent a change.  The statute does not restrict jurisdiction to changes.  The court possesses the power.  The 9th sides with the 8th and 10th circuits on this.  The 9th also found no error given the circumstances of the offense and the need to protect the community and address the offense.  Moreover, the court was gathering information so he would not have to impose unneeded or unnecessary conditions.

Watch: Barry Scheck Talk about the Work of the Innocence Project

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As part of leading global banking management firm Goldman Sachs' ongoing efforts to communicate with the broader public, it launched the Talks@GS speaker series. The series, which features leading thinkers and influencers from a broad range of sectors, recently invited Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck to its New York office for a session. Scheck spoke about the creation of the Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and how using DNA in criminal investigations has transformed the justice system. Highlights from that talk can now be viewed on the Talks@GS page.
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