Methuen Massachusetts Teenager Arrested and Charged With Communicating...
The Lawrence Eagle Tribune posted a couple of articles concerning Cameron Dambrosio, the eighteen year old Methuen, Massachusetts High School student accused of posting terroristic threats on his...
View ArticleJodi Arias Trial set to conclude in just over a week
The murder trial for Jodi Arias, the admitted Arizona killer of ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, continues this week. Testimony is set to wrap up on Wednesday, May 1, and then closing arguments are...
View ArticleGustafson on Degradation Ceremonies and the Criminalization of Low-Income Women
Kaaryn Gustafson (University of Connecticut - School of Law) has posted Degradation Ceremonies and the Criminalization of Low-Income Women (3 U.C. Irvine Law Review, Vol. 3, 2013, Forthcoming) on SSRN....
View ArticleNew re-licensing program in Seattle Municipal Court.
Seattle Municipal Court announced on April 23, 2013 that it had started a new re-licensing program.This program primarily helps those drivers and/or defendant's whose license were suspended because of...
View ArticleJail Time for Lawyer Who Falsified Closing Statements
David Kinney, 54, Woodbridge, Connecticut, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release,...
View ArticleTitle Agent Sentenced for Failing to Pay Off Mortgages
Jeffrey Garbinski, 44, Butler, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and money laundering in connection with siphoning money from real estate closings intended to pay...
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Convictions for Saginaw Woman Accused of Torture and Assault of Mentally...
A few weeks ago, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an error was not made by the judge in the trial of Henretta Little who was convicted on charges of kidnapping, torture, and assault with intent...
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Alleged Sexual Assault Victim to Testify Against Former Saginaw Township...
A woman is scheduled to testify on Thursday, May 2 regarding an alleged sexual assault she endured at the hands of Gary S. Moreland, a former Saginaw Township Catholic school athletic director, more...
View ArticlePetersilia & Snyder on California's Prison Realignment
Joan Petersilia and Jessica Snyder (Stanford University and Stanford Law School) have posted Looking Past the Hype: 10 Questions Everyone Should Ask About California's Prison Realignment (California...
View ArticleFlorida court clamps down on cops searching through cell phones
Florida justices just made it harder for police to seize your cell phone and riffle through the contents. Read more..
View ArticleJudge is suspended for jailing lawyer who advised his client not to answer...
A Michigan judge will be suspended for 30 days for jailing a lawyer who asserted his client’s Fifth Amendment rights when the judge asked questions about past drug use. Judge Kenneth Post of...
View ArticleCops Ordered to Return Pot or Face Contempt
With new marijuana laws coming into effect in some states, police officers won’t be tasked as often with seizing small amounts of pot from citizens. But in an unusual case, police are actually being...
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More Unauthorized Leaks of Tsarnaev Post-Arrest Statements
All it takes is for one or two unnamed federal law enforcement officials to make an unsubstantiated claim and every media outlet runs with it as if it is true. The latest: Claims that Dzhokhar Tsnarnev...
View ArticleZeoli, Brenner & Norris on Warrantless Arrest Statutes for Domestic Violence
April M. Zeoli , Hannah Brenner and Alexis Norris (Michigan State University - School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University - College of Law and Michigan State University) have posted A...
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Thursday Night Open Thread
For the last few days, I've been following the twitter feeds of the friends of Dzokhar Tsarnaev who insist he is innocent and has been framed and rebuttal articles by conservative bloggers who think...
View ArticleMurray on Punishment and the Costs of Knowledge
Yxta Maya Murray (Loyola Law School Los Angeles) has posted Punishment and the Costs of Knowledge (Hearing Heaney, Four Courts Press (2013/14)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A too-bookish law...
View ArticleSherman on Juvenile Detention Reform for Girls
Francine T. Sherman (Boston College - Law School) has posted Making Detention Reform Work for Girls: A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform (Annie E. Casey Foundation Juvenile Detention Alternatives...
View ArticleMarin County DUI Cops out for Cinco de Mayo Weekend
The Marin County Avoid the 13 has County wide drunk driving saturation patrols planned for this weekend. Drivers planning on celebrating Cinco de Mayo by drinking margaritas, tequila, or cerveza should...
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View ArticleOhio Court Must Consider DNA Testing for Death Row Inmate
Ohio's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a Portage County court must reconsider DNA testing for a death row inmate who was convicted of the 1990 murders of Cora and Bearnhardt Hartig, an elderly...
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