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Colorado corrections alerting judges of hundreds of sentencing flaws
5-15-2013 Colorado: Corrections officials are alerting judges throughout Colorado that errors appear to have resulted in early, improper release dates from prison for hundreds of prisoners they......
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Los Angeles Clinic Owner Received Lengthy Sentence In Distribution of...
The government's war on prescription drugs -- especially those obtained through prescriptions and pharmacies -- continues. On May 2, 2013, in the Central District of California, U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleFraudster Admits Using Two HUD-1s to Deceive Lender
Kwame Nkrumah, a/k/a Roger Woodson, 57, Meriden, Connecticut, admitted his role in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme related to the purchases of numerous homes in New Haven, Connecticut. The defendant...
View ArticleShackling the Law
I’ve said it before, but for potential newcomers, I’ll say it again: You don’t have to read this blog very long to know that I hate shackles. I hate shackles on adults, but I particularly hate shackles...
View ArticleCharged as an Adult in Maryland – Transfer Hearing Criteria
This content originally came from Baum Law Offices, LLC - Attorney Matthew Baum - Serving clients in Maryland and DC.This post is the second part of a two part series concerning juveniles charged as...
View Article"Doctor Avoids Death Penalty in Murders at His Clinic"
From the New York Times: Kermit Gosnell, the doctor convicted of murdering babies after failed abortions in his Philadelphia clinic, avoided the death penalty on Tuesday by agreeing to a sentence of...
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Acting IRS Director Steven Miller Resigns
President Obama tonight announced that Acting IRS Director Steven Miller has resigned, at the request of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. A transcript of Obama's remarks at his press conference tonight is...
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SD - Sex offender accused of illegally circulating petitions
Original ArticleThis is how you silence the opposition, pass more laws! He's banned from courthouse property? What if he has to go to court for something?05/15/2013By Andrea J. Cook A state law...
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Number of abused U.S. children unchanged since 2008
Original Article05/14/2013By Andrew M. SeamanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. children who were exposed to violence, crime and abuse in 2011 was essentially unchanged from 2008, according...
View Article"Brady Violation Leads to Arrest of Former Texas Prosecutor"
Lawrence Goldman has this post at White Collar Crime Prof. In part: A Texas judge, acting as a court of inquiry, under Texas law, after a hearing ordered the arrest of a current Texas state court...
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Jury Doesn’t Give a Hoot about Hoot’s defense – Montana Man Convicted of 13th...
As someone who’s recently been arrested for driving under the influence in Burbank (or somewhere else in the Southland), you may be facing your second or third (or worse!) DUI charge within 10 years....
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FL - Fmr. Davie Police Officer (Steve Olenchak) Sentenced To 10 Years For...
Steve OlenchakOriginal ArticleWow, Florida is full of sex offender ex-cops.05/15/2013FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) - A young woman sobbed on the witness stand, wrecked, after she was sexually molested by...
View ArticleUpdate: Injury crash on U.S. 30 outside of McCammon
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Wednesday Night Open Thread
It's been a late work night here, and tomorrow is a jail day in the mountains. This morning, the doorbell rang and a policeman was standing there. He looked like the DEA brother-in-law on Breaking Bad....
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Federal Courts Seek Emergency Funding
The federal courts are in a state of financial crisis due to sequester. Here is the letter the Federal Judicial Conference sent to the White House yesterday seeking emergency funding. "The judiciary is...
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Broward Defense Lawyers Report Disappointing Florida Legislative Session
A number of bills that would have boosted protections and reduced penalties for criminal defendants in Florida have failed, ending what was ultimately a disappointing state legislative session in the...
View ArticleFatal Crash WB US12@10.8 Spaulding
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View ArticleSHOOTING VIDEO
If ever you needed to be reminded about what a dangerous job police officers have (not that this excuses them in the least from their awful and wide spread habit of prevarication) here is the video of...
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Michael Morton Act Becomes Law- No More Closed Files in Texas
I used to live in Ellis County and I had a few criminal cases there. Not as many as I had in Kaufman and Dallas, but enough that I quickly learned the Ellis County District Attorney's had little regard...
View ArticleLawrence Massachusetts Man Arrested For Assault With Intent to Murder...
Just a few days ago police found Learde Rodriguez at an apartment on Lowell Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The twenty-three year old was arrested in connection with a shooting alleged to have...
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