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Real Estate Fraud: Victims of Ignacio Beato Fraud Seek Help

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Mortgage Fraud Blog. Dozens of residents in Hazleton are seeking for help after being scammed by a real estate agent who was at the same time their community leader. They all bought their houses from Ignacio Beato, who turned out to be selling homes with fraudulent deeds. The Greater Hazleton Real Estate Association says there are about 50 […] The post Real Estate Fraud: Victims of Ignacio Beato Fraud Seek Help appeared first on Mortgage Fraud Blog.

Former Wilmington Trust president pleads not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges

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Mortgage Fraud Blog. Former Wilmington Trust president Robert Harra Jr. was ordered released on bail Thursday after pleading not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from an ongoing federal investigation into the collapse of the century-old financial institution. Harra, 66, said little during his initial court appearance, only acknowledging that he understood the charges and maximum penalties […] The post Former Wilmington Trust president pleads not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges appeared first on Mortgage Fraud Blog.

Texas Forensic Science Commission to Investigate Bite Mark Evidence

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By Matt Kellner Matt is a paralegal in the Strategic Litigation Department, where he identifies potential test cases, conducts research, and assists the department's three attorneys with case-related  tasks. Last Friday, the Texas Forensic Science Commission voted unanimously to investigate the integrity and reliability of bite mark comparison evidence. The Commission’s vote followed a written complaint and oral presentation by the Innocence Project’s Strategic Litigation department, which outlined the dearth of scientific support for bite mark comparisons and detailed some of the many miscarriages of justice resulting from the technique’s use. The complaint asked the Commission, as part of its investigation, to conduct an audit into the Texas convictions which have rested on bite marks and to call for a moratorium on the use of such evidence unless and until it can be scientifically validated. The Commission took up the complaint’s call…

Khan on Excluding Expectant Mothers from Prosecution for HIV Exposure

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Shahabudeen Karamat Khan (Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law) has posted The Threat Lives on: How to Exclude Expectant Mothers from Prosecution for Mere Exposure of HIV to Their Fetuses and Infants (Cleveland State Law Review, Vol. 63,...

Chelsea Manning: “Why Speaking Out Is Worth the Risk”

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Chelsea Manning is serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified US government documents to the website WikiLeaks. From her prison cell in Kansas, Chelsea tells us why speaking out against injustice can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join Amnesty International and tell President Barack Obama to #FreeManning NOW! .@xychelsea I support you for speaking out against potential human rights abuses. RT to tell @POTUS @BarackObama to #FreeManning NOW! — AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) August 21, 2015 Why did you decide to leak documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? These documents were important because they relate to two connected counter-insurgency conflicts in real-time from the ground. Humanity has never had this complete and detailed a record of what modern warfare actually looks like. Once you realize that the co-ordinates represent a real place where people live; that the dates happened in our recent history; that the numbers are actually…

Community-based Chaos

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James Panero has this article in the City Journal with the above title.  It is subtitled "The de Blasio administration has all the wrong answers on the homeless mentally ill."For New Yorkers who remember the bad old days, the recent reminders of an era when urban pathologies ruled the streets can be jarring. Back when times were tough, residents of my neighborhood on the Upper West Side passed by abandoned graffiti-covered lots, crunched red-capped crack vials under their feet, and worried about when Larry Hogue, the "Wild Man of 96th Street," would make his next appearance. Now some of this sense of foreboding seems to be coming back. *                               …

How are Accused Students’ Lawsuits over Sexual Misconduct Discipline Faring?

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Much has been made about allegations of sexual assault on college campuses in recent years. At first the discussion centered on victim’s rights advocates’ claims that colleges swept allegations of sexual assault under the rug. Starting in 2001, and escalating in 2011, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began issuing guidance dictating how federal funding recipients (i.e. virtually all colleges and universities) should handle sexual assault claims. Many point to the OCR’s 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter, which instructed schools to lower the standard of proof they use in these cases to a “preponderance of the evidence” standard, as a turning point in the national discussion about college sexual assault. As we have previously noted on this blog, schools jumped to follow OCR’s guidance for fear of losing federal funding. As the policies and procedures that have been implemented in the wake of the 2011…

Nassau County corrections officer charged with battery after video of inmate confrontation surfaces

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A now-former Nassau County corrections officer was arrested for his role in an altercation with an inmate earlier this summer.  The corrections officer, who was fired last month, is now facing a misdemeanor battery charge for the July incident, according to First Coast News. The television report shows some of the video from the jail and says the incident started with a verbal confrontation with the inmate and the officer. The officer told investigators he confronted the inmate about comments he made to a female inmate when the man took an aggressive stance and the confrontation turned physical, the television station reported. The former officer is now charged with battery, a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in the county jail. As far as criminal charges go, this Nassau County Battery Case is relatively minor because there is no possibility of the defendant ending up in state prison, and it is rare for a person to receive a year in county jail for…

YOU BLINK! NO, YOU BLINK! OK, WE BOTH LOSE.

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In a prior post, I noted that you should keep your eye on the state legislative special session regarding Congressional re-districting.Today The Sun Sentinel has reported that Florida Legislature has failed again (for the third time) to come up with a congressional redistricting plan.  This time the cause was the State Senate's refusal to adopt the gerry-mandering of the House, and insisting that the House adopt their plan.No consensus could be met in conference, and the House, after rejecting both the Senate's plan, and refusing to extend the session, adjourned at noon.  With no agreed upon extension of the session the Senate followed suit.  It is unlikely another special session can, or will, be called before the August 25th deadline set by the court.  Thus it will fall upon the Federal court to make the decisions and impose a re-districting plan.  That is not good news for the GOP.This is more evidence of…

Full DUI blitz underway in Orange County

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DUI Checkpoints and Saturation patrols in Orange County now until Labor Day The Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced today that a “full force” DUI task force will be underway from now, September 21, 2015 through Labor Day (September 7, 2015).  There will be a DUI checkpoint tonight, but the location has not yet been disclosed.  The California Highway Patrol (CHP) will also be deploying all available officers for a full saturation patrol. They are calling this a “zero tolerance” operation and are labeling it “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”   What to do if you get pulled over for DUI You have rights, both during a DUI checkpoint or if you’re pulled over for any reason.  I’ve written a detailed article featured on the Forbes website that you can read here:  What to do if you get pulled over for Drunk Driving in California Should you be pulled over, you have the right to remain silent, even…

News Scan

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Teen Girls to be tried as Adults in Stabbing:  Two 13-year-old Wisconsin girls are to be tried as adults in the 2014 stabbing of their friend, whom they were attempting to murder as a sacrifice to a fictitious horror character.  Greg Moore of the AP reports that the two girls, both 12 at the time of the crime, plotted in advance to lure their friend, Payton Leutner, into the woods during a sleepover, where they repeatedly stabbed her.  They did to win the favor of Slender Man, an imaginary character that has proliferated online in recent years.  The two girls told police that they believed they would be invited to live in Slender Man's mansion in exchange for killing Leutner, who miraculously survived the attack despite being stabbed 19 times.  Both girls pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and face 65 years in prison if convicted as adults.  An appeals court could move the cases to juvenile…

The Pileons Backfire? Hillary Net Dem Favorables Stable in Gallup Poll

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One of the problems the Media and the GOP have with their attacks on the Clintons, and particularly now, Hillary clinton, is that the pileons generally end up getting Dems to rally around her. This is just 1 data point, but Gallup reports: ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Court Tackles Implied Consent Law

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Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can the police search my car without a warrant?”   The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently issued a long-awaited opinion concerning the constitutionality of the state’s implied consent law. The Appeals Court affirmed the law, holding that a warrantless breath test qualifies as a valid search so long as it is connected to a lawful arrest.   In Minnesota, anyone who chooses to drive a vehicle is said to have consented to a chemical test of his or her blood. This means the person must agree to a test of his or her blood, breath or urine to determine intoxication if a police officer has probable cause to believe the person was drunk driving and has been arrested and charged with such a crime.   If a person ultimately refuses to allow such a test, then he or she will not be forced into submission. Instead, the driver will have his or her…

Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers

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A Bronx Estate Litigation Lawyer said that, this action was initiated with Plaintiffs' filing of their Summons and Complaint in this Court's e-filing system ("NYSCEF") on April 27, 2012. According to Plaintiffs, the dispute arising out of non-payment for Plaintiffs' performance of asphalt, paving and bonding services on behalf of a general contractor in connection with its contract with defendant to make improvements to certain public streets - Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers and 108th and 188th Streets in the Bronx. It is Plaintiffs' contention that defendant wrongfully paid the general contractor monies that were the subject of mechanic's liens filed by Plaintiffs concerning the injury services they provided on these projects. A Bronx Estate Lawyer said that, defendants moved to dismiss the Complaint and the Court held a conference on June 28, 2012 to determine whether discovery would proceed pending the motion to dismiss or if it would be stayed.…

Massachusetts’ Law Criminalizing Sex Trafficking is Constitutional, But Questions About Its Scope Remain Unanswere

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Last week, in Commonwealth v. McGhee, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) addressed, for the first time, the constitutionality of the Massachusetts sex trafficking statute. Massachusetts criminalized sex trafficking in 2011. The state law bars “subject[ing], or attempt[ing] to subject, or recruit[ing], entic[ing], harbor[ing], transport[ing], provid[ing] or obtain[ing] by any means . . . another person to engage in commercial sexual activity . . . or caus[ing] a person to engage in commercial sexual activity,” or benefitting financially from any such conduct. G.L. c. 265, § 50(a). “Commercial sexual activity” is defined as “any sexual act on account of which anything of value is given, promised to or received by any person.” In the case before the SJC, the allegations were that the two defendants had approached three women, taken photographs to advertise the women’s services on the website Backpage.com, and…

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San Diego Police Department Refuses to Release Video of Officer Shooting Homeless Man- Media Sues for Release

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Five San Diego news outlets have filed suit to release a video tape of a homeless man being shot and killed in the alley behind an adult store.  In April, I blogged about this story, as police shootings were highly publicized.  This shooting was spurred by a clerk in an adult store calling police after he said a homeless man was in the store with a knife.  The officer arrived on scene, said he saw a homeless man with a metal object in his hand and the man advanced on him.  The officer, Officer Neal Browder, shot and killed Fridoon Rawshan Nehad, a 42 year old homeless man. At the time, it was not known whether video footage would have caught the shooting.  The Midway District is vacant in the late evening/early morning, and the shooting took place in an alley next to a dumpster.  The police, at the time, did not release any additional information beyond the facts listed above. The estate of Mr. Nehad sued the San Diego Police Department, and a…

How long does a PFA Order last?

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You have been living under the terms of the “temporary” Protection From Abuse (PFA) Order since you were served with the paperwork.  Seeing that there is a “final hearing” scheduled by the Court, you might be wondering “how long does a PFA Order last?” The answer to the question (“how long does a PFA Order […] The post How long does a PFA Order last? appeared first on The Nielsen Group.

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Menominee tribal members in Wisconsin vote to legalize marijuana on its lands

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As reported in this effective local article, headlined "Menominee tribal members approve on-reservation marijuana use," a notable vote among a notable population in Wisconsin this past week ensures tribal marijuana policies and practices will continue to make news in the months ahead. Here are the details of the vote and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/EVEtIfAWHPU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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