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Mexico Sends El Chapo Back to Altiplano Prison

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At a press conference held at the government's airplane hangar in Mexico City around 10 pm MT last night(available here), both Osorio Chong and Attorney General Arely Gomez spoke. Gomez said El Chapo was being sent back to Altiplano, the prison... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

NO LO MERECEN

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NO LO MERECEN Cuando escribimos o hablamos sobre un tema, en el que estamos o hemos pensado previamente, cualquiera que este sea, existen dos posibilidades, estar o no en lo cierto, sea en todo o en parte, los términos medios no existen, cuestión que clarifico para evitar la contradicción que en apariencia existe;  Si tengo o no razón en todo o en parte, no significa que exista en esa razón o en parte de ella, término medio alguno. Hace poco escribí en varios post, un comentario que tengo gravado, mi percepción sobre la inmundicia en la que se desenvuelve la sociedad peruana que nos ha sumergido en el  atraso en el que nos encontramos, debido a la cual jamás saldremos de él. Empieza mi comentario que, dicho sea de paso, en muchas partes de su texto y adrede hago uso de vulgaridades, de la siguiente manera: “En esta país de mierda donde no pedí nacer,……”…

SUPER HAPPY

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Well lets see if we can't do a blog post without wrongly accusing or insulting any one, shall we?You know what we find disturbing? Those pictures of North Korean citizens celebrating the news that their country exploded a thermo-nuclear weapon. They're just over-joyed below belief. Their expressions of happiness and joy is so over the top, that it is patently obvious they are coerced into these expressions of bliss. It's troubling. Sort of like those commercials late at night when a few old guys are sitting around talking about how this new catheter is so much better than their  old one. It's scary and we don't really think about this small country ruled by a thirty-something year old tyrant which has hundreds of thousands of people in concentration camps. And we won't think about them until they do something like shoot off a nuke to get our attention. Then what?NFL Playoffs. The playoffs are here. The playoffs are here. And the…

Top 5 Reasons NOT to Rush into Connecticut’s Domestic Violence Family Violence Education Program

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Getting arrested in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, or Danbury Connecticut for a domestic violence crime like Disorderly Conduct, Assault Third Degree, Breach of Peace, or Threatening can shake up any family. As the person arrested, your first inclination is to do whatever it takes to get the charges dismissed. So when most people arrested for the first time in Connecticut for a domestic violence crime arrive in court, they are immediately ordered to speak with a Family Relations Officer. As the best Stamford and Greenwich Connecticut criminal lawyers know, these are court officers whose task is to conduct a quick safety assessment to not only determine the terms and conditions of a possible domestic violence restraining order, but to also provide some guidance to you about the criminal court process. As it’s your first day of your first arrest in Connecticut, you are understandably nervous and are likely to ask Connecticut Family Relations officers questions about how to…

Evidence Suppressed After Appeals Court Finds Cops Intentionally Lied About Existence of Search Warrant

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In May 2013, Marguita Wills lived Charleston, West Virginia. She had a male companion named Kenneth Rush living with her in her apartment. He had been there for two nights.   For some reason, Wills came to suspect that Rush was dealing drugs from her apartment. She called the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team asking that they remove Rush from her apartment. She told the authorities she was afraid him because his family had a history of violence, but did not alleged he had committed any crimes against her.   Consent to Search   Two members of the Charleston Police Department, Lt. A.C. Napier and Sgt. William Winkler, arranged a meeting with Wills. She gave the officers a key to her apartment and a signed consent to search it. The two went directly to the apartment where they were joined two detectives and a uniformed officer.   With guns drawn, the law enforcement contingent entered the apartment with the key provide by Wills. They yelled…

Show me, don't tell me: Promises, good intentions won't cut it on reducing Harris County Jail population

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Harris County officials are seeking a grant to reduce pretrial detention and say they'll implement the policies to do so whether or not they get the money. It all sounds good, except there's nothing in it we haven't heard before. And in the past, nothing really came to pass despite lots of lofty rhetoric and declared good intentions. From the Houston Chronicle ("Harris County officials outline plan to curb jail population," Jan. 7):Chasing $4 million in grant money, Harris County officials Thursday announced reforms in the criminal justice system to unclog dockets, lower jail population and address racial and ethnic disparities.And because the changes are so important, they said, they will do it even if they don't get the money. "The pursuit of this grant has broken down the silos that we've been working in, independent of each other," District Attorney Devon Anderson said. "Whether we win this grant or not, we are…

"Keeping It REAL: Why Congress Must Act to Restore Pell Grant Funding for Prisoners"

Guantanamo’s Poetry: 14 Years Too Many

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Can you imagine needing to write? What if you needed to write so badly that’d you use toothpaste instead of a pen, a Styrofoam cup instead of paper, if that’s all you had? What would it be like if this writing – this poetry – was the only way to preserve your sanity? Your humanity? That’s how it was – how it may still be – for the prisoners at Guantánamo. As the prison enters its 15th year of operation, there are 107 people still there, and most are held without charge. In the first year of the island prison, detainees were denied regular use of a pen and paper. They wrote short poems on Styrofoam cups, using pebbles or tracing out words with dabs of toothpaste. Later, they were given regular writing materials. For the most part, we don’t see their writing. In the case of detainees like Mustafa al Hawsawi, the government has deemed their memories of torture, their minds, “classified.” What we have seen –…

Protecting Your Privacy: Using Disposable and Masked Email Services

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(Image licensed by Colleen Collins) Sometimes online sites require that you register with your personal email address. Unfortunately, some of these sites start spamming you with unwanted email or might even sell your private email address to a third-party vendor, such as another database. You can protect your private email address by setting up an alternate email address. Below are several suggested options. Use a public email address for such requests For example, create an account on Gmail (such as use4forms@gmail.com) that you use for online registrations. If you decide you want to see emails from an organization, you can set up forwarding from use4forms@gmail.com to your personal Gmail account. Create a disposable email address One popular disposable email address service is guerilla.com. This service does not require that you register. Spamgourmet requires users to register via a personal email address, to which it sends future emails you…

Two Indicted in Puerto Rico for Mortgage Fraud

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Edgar A. Reyes-Colón and Francisco Quintero-Peña were indicted on charges of with making false statements in loan applications in scheme to obtain money from mortgage lending institutions.. The investigation revealed that as part of the scheme and artifice to defraud, the defendants, through straw buyers, purchased a property by obtaining mortgage loans from a federally insured financial institution in […]

Sentence in $8M Connecticut Mortgage Fraud

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Mohammed N. Islam, also known as “Tanveer,” 39, Trumbull, Connecticut, was sentenced 14 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved dozens of properties in Fairfield County, Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2006 and 2013, Islam participated in a […]

Guilty Pleas in Brazen Property Theft Scheme

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Mazen Alzoubi, real estate investor, 32, Rancho Cucamonga, California, pled guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and identity theft, admitting that he orchestrated a scheme to steal title to Southern California homes and then sell the properties to unsuspecting buyers before the true owners could put a stop to the sale. Alzoubi admitted that from May 2012 through […]

New York Mortgage Broker Indicted for Wire Fraud

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Michael Pampalone, former mortgage broker, 32, Elizabeth, New Jersey, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with two counts of wire fraud. The indictment alleges that Pampalone stole $132,450 from an East Greenbush, New York, man who hired Pampalone to help him obtain a mortgage.  According to the indictment, Pampalone instructed the victim to wire funds to a […]

Reminder for Parents Planning to Relocate

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Parents sharing a child’s residential time under a court order (like a residential schedule or parenting plan) should be aware of the requirements of the relocation provisions of RCW 26.09.  That chapter of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) requires that under certain circumstances a residential parent relocating the child must give notice prior to the relocation.  Parents are sometimes confused about what circumstances require them to provide such notice.  In general, if a parent intends to relocate with a child outside the child’s current school district, the parent must give sixty days’ written notice of his or her intent to relocate.  The non-moving parent will then have thirty days within which to object to the move, or the move will be permitted and the parenting plan may be modified.  Even if the non-moving parent does object, the move may still be permitted.  The rules of notice are fairly particular and must be…

Selbstleseverfahren, Band 143

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Unser juristischer Wochenrückblick im Selbstleseverfahren, zugleich unser 800. Beitrag. Foto: PlaceIt.net Der Verteidiger und seine Pflicht Making a Murderer: Welche Rechte haben Justizopfer in Deutschland? Wider das Wegsperren Das letzte Schlupfloch für Steuersünder schließt Psychologische Gutachten: Das Ringen um Maßstäbe Kindsmörder stammen fast immer aus Bekanntenkreis Solche Steuerbescheide versteht einfach kein Mensch Die Zeitung aus der 1. Klasse Rechtsprechungsüberblick in Strafsachen Dezember 2015 Sex between lobbyists and lawmakers as ‚gifts‘ --- Hinweis: Wir haben unsere Feed-Adresse aktualisiert: http://www.strafakte.de/feed/ Bitte aktualisieren Sie die Adresse demnächst in Ihrem Feed-Reader, um sicherzustellen, dass Sie auch weiterhin den Feed erhalten. © Strafakte.de: Twitter - Facebook - Google + | Impressum Der Eintrag Selbstleseverfahren, Band 143 erschien im Original: Strafakte.de

Writ Writer Resources

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For my own purposes, Grits wanted to record links to several resources on writ writers and self-represented defendants I've recently run across:From the National Lawyers Guild and the Center for Constitutional Rights (2010): Jailhouse Lawyer's HandbookColumbia University Human Rights Law Review (2011): A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual From the Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas (2011): Prisoners Civil Rights ManualTexas State Law Library: Introduction to Legal ResearchAmerican Association of Law Libraries: How to research a legal problem: A guide for non-lawyersFeel free to recommend related resources in the comments.

Phony Title Lawsuits Underlie Indictment

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Robert Jacobsen, 67, formerly of Lafayette, California, was charged with wire fraud and with engaging in financial transactions involving criminally derived proceeds arising out of an alleged scheme to defraud homeowners and mortgage holders According to the indictment, Jacobsen created a company called “American Brokers’ Conduit Corporation.”  This company was not related to a mortgage originator […]

Case o' The Week: DeCines strikes out in the Ninth - Interlocutory Government and Defense Appeals

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  The Ninth -- on instant replay -- reverses ump’s tentative call.      United States v. DeCines, 2015 WL 9286645 (9th Cir. Dec. 22, 2015), decision available here. Players:Decision by Judge Rawlinson, joined by Judge Graber. Concurrence by Judge Watford. Facts: Baseball star Douglas DeCines, Mazzo and others were charged with insider trading. They moved in limine to exclude evidence regarding stock transactions as inadmissible “other acts” evidence under FRE 404(b). Id. at *2.The court made a tentative ruling, granting the motions to exclude. Id. Specifically, the order stated: “GRANTS the motion [to exclude propensity / other acts evidence] without prejudice to asking the Court outside the presence of the jury to consider permitting the introduction of evidence.” Id. The government brought an interlocutory appeal; Mazzo cross-appealed. Id.  Issue(s): Under 18 U.S.C. § 3731, the Ninth has jurisdiction to consider…

Massachusetts Drunk Driving Accident Leaves Children with Permanent Injuries

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Drunk driving car accidents result in serious personal injury or even death on a regular basis. Any accident involving child victims are particularly devastating. According to a recent report from Mass Live, a 59-year-old man in Hampden County has just been convicted for being involved in a drunk driving accident in which he hit three children, causing serious personal injury, some of which is considered to be permanent injury. The defendant decided not to have trial before a jury and instead had a bench trial. In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a defendant is entitled to a jury as long as the potential penalties include at least one day in prison. In most cases, we would expect a defendant to always choose a trail before a jury when possible, however in some cases, where the alleged offenses involve emotionally charged issues such as child victims, it might be reasonable to choose a bench trial where a judge makes all legal rulings and also renders a verdict as to guilt or…

Juvenile Services Employee Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Government

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This past week a former juvenile justice worker from Bowie pled guilty to three felony offenses in connection with a $42 million scheme to defraud the government. The scam involved the theft of personal identification information that was used to file fraudulent tax returns for profit. The leader of the ring, a former barber shop owner from Capital Heights Maryland, pled guilty back in 2013, and the United States Attorney’s Office is still in the process of prosecuting an estimated 130 participants. Those involved with this enormous scam filed over 12,000 fake federal tax refunds that generated tens of millions of dollars of illegal plunder. The Bowie man who pled guilty on Tuesday was accused of stealing the personal identifying information of over 600 young adults. The man obtained this information through his employment with the Washington D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Service, where he worked from 2005 to 2013. Federal prosecutors filed charging documents a…
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