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Sexual Assault Reported at U of M West Quadrangle; Police Release Video of...
Recently, a University of Michigan student reported to police that she was sexually assaulted in the West Quadrangle residence hall at the university. The assault allegedly occurred on January 13 by a...
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Crackdown on Drug Activity and Violent Crime by ATF and Lansing Police...
Lansing Police and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) have been jointly investigating drug activity and violent crime in the northwest Lansing area for approximately two...
View ArticleArgument heard by the US Supreme Court on the DUI Case Missouri v. McNeely
Every once in a while a case that affects DUIs comes along that makes it all the way to the US Supreme Court. Welcome to the case of Missouri v. McNeely where oral arguments were heard dealing with...
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Euthanasia: Are Children Next?
When British Columbia Justice Lynn Smith declared that the Criminal Code’s provision against assisted suicide was unconstitutional, she reasoned that Parliament could create a system of assisted...
View ArticleFidelity National Title Settles Lawsuit
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, has entered into a settlement in the amount of $873,588 with California district attorneys in an unfair competition lawsuit regarding Fidelity...
View ArticleBennardo on Decoupling Sentencing Guidelines from Statutory Limits
Kevin Bennardo (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Paul M. Hebert Law Center) has posted Decoupling Federal Offense Guidelines from Statutory Limits on Sentencing on SSRN. Here is the abstract:...
View ArticleUnofficial Misconduct in Utah
A person may be guilty of unofficial misconduct in Utah when he attempts to perform certain actions or functions of a public office holder and he hasn’t done the following: • Taken and filed a required...
View ArticleStanford Victims Set To Receive 1% Of Losses In First Distribution
Nearly three years after the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an emergency enforcement action accusing R. Allen Stanford of masterminding the second-largest Ponzi scheme in history, the...
View ArticleShould I just plead guilty in my DUI case?
No!! Not without having an experienced Washington State or Seattle DUI attorney review your case first. No matter how bad, horrible or hopeless your DUI or Physical Control case appears to be right now...
View ArticleWhat are jurors really thinking in a trial?
Well it's been a while, but it took humor to break me out of the blog doldrums I was in. Cheers to humor, we don't get enough of that in this business. Don't get me wrong, criminal lawyers do have a...
View ArticleInjury Crash US12 at Lenore Rest Area
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View ArticleEdward Furlong Arrested for Domestic Battery
The kid from the movie Terminator 2 was arrested yesterday for domestic battery in West Hollywood, California. The actors' name is Edward Furlong and he is now 35. Furlong is due in court on January...
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IA - Ordinance tightening restrictions on Cedar Rapids landlords moves ahead
Original Article01/16/2013By Rick Smith Landlords here are getting closer to being required to conduct mandatory criminal background checks of their prospective tenants. A special City Council...
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PA - Phillipsburg abolishes pedophile-free zone
Original ArticleWe are so sick and tired of people inserting "pedophile" into their news articles. A majority of ex-sex offenders are not pedophiles, by definition or diagnosis by an...
View ArticleGang Enhancements
In the 1980s, there was an explosion of gang related crimes in California. In 1988 the California Legislature responded by enacting the California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act, also...
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OK - Sex offender law changes may be coming
Original Article01/15/2013By Joleen ChaneyOKLAHOMA CITY – A stunning change involving sex offender laws could be making its way to Oklahoma. “I think it can open up an opportunity but being in prison...
View ArticleJudge Joan Campbell’s Legacy
Two views of recently retired judge Joan Campbell: The Houston Chronicle’s view, from Brian Rogers. The criminal-defense bar’s view, from Robb Fickman. I say, “the criminal-defense bar’s view,” but of...
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TX - Proposed law would force sex offenders to list crimes on social media...
Original Article01/16/2013By James MuñozSAN ANTONIO -- Texas Voices, a group dedicated to supporting registered sex offenders and their families, estimates 111 new names hit the sex offenders registry...
View ArticlePUSHIN AND SHOVIN
The rumour mill was in full swing Wednesday and our email in box was overflowing with information about a lawyer and a police officer who squared off in front of mild mannered Judge Louise...
View ArticleDiebstahl: Apple-Produkt vom Microsoft Campus gestohlen
Die amerikanische Polizei ermittelt wegen eines Diebstahls auf dem Microsoft Campus in Mountain View. Über die Feiertage soll ein Unbekannter aus dem Hauptquartier des Softwareriesen Hardware gestohlen...
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