Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book Long Island Press (AP) — After defending more than 60 people charged with capital murder and getting three men off Alabama's death row, attorney Richard Jaffe wants to get people talking about the death penalty and what he believes are its flaws. |
 News & Observer | Durham district attorney suspended after alleged attacks on judge Bellingham Herald By J. ANDREW CURLISS - McClatchy Newspapers DURHAM, NC - Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline was immediately suspended from office late Friday after a judge found probable cause that she has engaged in ongoing attacks on a Durham judge that are ... Legal war in Durham, NC: Judge suspends district attorney Judge suspends Cline as Durham district attorney Durham DA Cline suspended by judge |
Federal-state law enforcement unit to focus on residential mortgage-backed ... Washington Post Attorney General Eric Holder told a news conference the team will benefit from existing probes and disclosed that investigators have issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions in recent days, with the prospect that “more will follow. |
 New York Times | Jury: Billionaire's company must pay attorney $16M CanadianBusiness.com Attorney Donald Drapkin was awarded the money his lawyers had argued that he was owed after he left MacAndrews & Forbes in May 2007. Drapkin said Perelman had promised him the money when he left the firm but then reneged. The company accused Drapkin of ... NY jury: Billionaire's firm must pay attorney $16M |
 New York Times | With Rape Inquiry, District Attorney Again Finds Himself in a Tough Spot New York Times Given the inherent potential for tension between police departments and prosecutors, any district attorney might be reluctant to investigate the son of a police commissioner. But for Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, ... Probe of NYPD boss' son puts DA in spotlight, too Ray Kelly declines to answer questions regarding son rape allegations Investigation to be conducted by District Attorney's office as NYPD probe ... |
Attorney chides Ron Johnson supporters Canton Repository By Anonymous An attorney who works for the Canton City Board of Education says efforts to reverse a decision on replacing the football coach are misguided, and some tactics are threatening. Tim Sheeran, a partner in the Cleveland office of the Squire ... |
 USA TODAY | Lawyers denounce prosecution from post-BCS video USA TODAY Charging Brian Downing, 32, of Smiths Station, Ala., with sexual battery "demeans the real and serious trauma of actual victims of sexual violence," New Orleans attorneys Miles Swanson and Michael Kennedy said in a statement Thursday. 'Bama Assaulter's Lawyers Make Excuses |
Jean Webb Vaughan Smith, widow of Reagan's attorney general, dies at 93 Washington Post Her second husband, William French Smith, was attorney general under President Reagan. Jean Webb was born in Los Angeles on Aug. 5, 1918. She entered Stanford University to study Greek and Latin. She met Vaughan at Stanford, graduated in 1940 and ... |
Attorneys argue in Md. illegal immigrant tuition lawsuit The Herald-Mail Attorneys Friday offered arguments about whether a Maryland bill to allow in-state tuition for illegal immigrants under certain circumstances should be put to voters in November. Joseph Sandler, who argued on behalf of the measure's supporters, ... |
 Houston Chronicle | Redistricting Judges Tell Lawyers to Negotiate Maps Texas Tribune US District Judge Orlando Garcia told an attorney for the state that the parties should try to agree "to as many districts as possible" by early next week "if you want to have an election in April." He also said the parties should agree to an election ... Settlement talks under way in Texas redistricting Redistricting talks under way between Texas AG, minority groups as case ... |
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