Cheney, Gonzales Arraignment Friday

(TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime)
... has to be hauled in front of a magistrate for an arraignment. In Willacy County, they have to go get the district attorney. In the latest bizarre development in the case, the lame-duck prosecutor who won the indictments was a no-show in court Wednesday. ... of stopping an investigation into abuses at the federal detention center. Gonzales could conceivably have done that as Attorney General, although it's asking a lot to believe that he knew what was happening in a federal detention center in south ...
November 20, 2008 11:40 am
... poured concrete for the sixth story. Roberts, who left the project when he was asked to resign in July 2007, said he contacted attorneys representing Edwards' family "so that everything would come out" about events preceding the collapse. Choate Construction Co., the company ... to analyze the collapse, and both found no wrongdoing by Choate. If you or a loved one has been hurt in a Florida construction accident make sure to contact a Jacksonville construction accident attorney as soon as possible.
November 20, 2008 08:00 am

Mediation v. Collaborative Divorce in Illinois

(Illinois Divorce Lawyer Blog)
... has quality legal advice and advocacy built in at all times during the process. Even if one side or the other lacks negotiating skill or financial understanding, or is emotionally upset or angry, the playing field is leveled by the presence of the parties' own attorneys dedicated to the collaborative process. It is the job of the lawyers to work with their own clients if the clients are being unreasonable, to make sure that the process stays positive and productive, and on course to settlement.
November 20, 2008 06:04 am
... including the disciplinary system. Response: The USPTO has operated with full access to fee collections for the past four years. Annual practitioner maintenance fees collected under section 11.8(d) will be used to support maintenance of the roster of registered attorneys and agents, including the disciplinary system. That's reassuring, considering the extent to which PTO funds have been diverted to other causes in the past ($422.5 million diverted since 1992). But is it a promise the Office can ...
November 20, 2008 04:57 am

ME- Trial of offender registry likely

(Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason)
... basketball event he was on the registry. "It would be terrible for the child," Bourget said. Laura Yustak Smith, an assistant attorney general who argued on behalf of all the defendants, told the judge the John Does focus on one aspect of the ... registration law is designed to "protect the public from potential danger" and that the posting enhances public access to the information. Attorney Gary Prolman said his client, who was sentenced in 1994 for a sex offense committed two years earlier, has no ...
November 20, 2008 03:34 am
... Wendy Whitaker from her Columbia County home, the state of Georgia has crossed the line from protector to persecutor of its citizens. The state isn't inciting torch-wielding mobs to chase Whitaker from her home 20 miles west of Augusta. But it is using a gaggle of state attorneys and a politically driven, poorly written sex offender law to wreck her life. Twelve years ago, Whitaker engaged in oral sex with a classmate... To see the rest of this article, please visit the Sex Offender Issues Blog
November 20, 2008 03:30 am
In Maryland, a Montgomery County Circuit Court jury has ordered the practice of Silver Springs Dermatologist Dr. Norman Ansel Lokshin to pay the surviving family members of Richard Semsker $5.8 million for dermatology malpractice. Semsker died of skin cancer in October 2007. The Rockville resident had sought treatment from Dr. Lockshin's practice. According to his family's Maryland wrongful death lawsuit, Dr. Lokshin first detected a mole on Semsker's lower back during a 1998 checkup. Lokshin ...
November 20, 2008 03:28 am
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November 20, 2008 03:22 am
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November 20, 2008 03:02 am
... with a lower-court misdemeanor in South Carolina was entitled to representation, and if defendants could not afford to hire an attorney they were on their own, which typically meant either a guilty plea or guilty verdict regardless of the merits ... defend DUI and CDV cases, but not in Horry County as of yet. There is something inherently wrong with a system where we are providing trained attorneys to prosecute citizens who have no access to a defense. There are local attorneys who pick up some of ...
November 20, 2008 03:02 am

CA- Long Beach's revised sex offender law will gather dust

(Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason)
... strictly limit where future registered sex offenders may live in Long Beach. City Attorney Robert Shannon said the ordinance was rewritten after police officials and City Prosecutor ... uncertain and ambiguous as to whether they are constitutional." Deputy City Attorney Cristyl Meyers said the city attorney's office will still be able to take civil legal ... , Police Dep. Chief Bill Blair said officers could help the city attorney's office in its civil enforcement, but wouldn't write criminal citations. ...
November 20, 2008 02:55 am
The North American Securities Administrators Association is reminding investors to ask the investment firms that sold them any now-frozen auction-rate securities about repurchase opportunities. Following the ARS market collapse, securities regulators in 12 US states joined together to form a multi-state Task Force dedicated to finding out whether Wall Street investment firms had misled investors when persuading them to invest in the ARS market. As part of their settlement agreements reached ...
November 20, 2008 02:50 am
... torch-wielding mobs to chase Whitaker from her home 20 miles west of Augusta. But it is using a gaggle of state attorneys and a politically driven, poorly written sex offender law to wreck her life. Twelve years ago, Whitaker engaged ... "A teenager shouldn't be punished in perpetuity, especially one who poses no threat to society," said Whitaker's attorney Sarah Geraghty. Most of the bills that the Legislature enacts are pantomime -- symbolic acts designed to give the appearance of decisiveness. ...
November 20, 2008 02:50 am
JACOB SULLUM: "Barack Obama's selection of Eric Holder as his attorney general is a very discouraging sign for anyone who hoped the new administration would de-escalate the war on drugs." Meet the new boss, yada yada. As Nick Gillespie said on PJTV a while back, there was no good libertarian reason to vote for Obama - though some libertarians did.
November 20, 2008 02:27 am

Journalistic ethics

(South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog)
... , and misleads the public. A single phone call by the author to any magistrate, magistrate's court prosecutor, or defense attorney who practices in the magistrate's court would have revealed the inaccuracies in the article. Magistrates do not have the authority to ... for reckless driving. The magistrate can only accept or refuse the plea which is placed before them. The defense attorney does not "make a motion" and the judge agrees, when there is a plea to reckless driving. The officer made that ...
November 20, 2008 01:53 am
The Ohio Divorce Attorneys with Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues author the popular Ohio Divorce & Family Law Blog. They recently posted a useful article entitled "What is Parental Alienation and Parental Alienation Syndrome?" Attorney Robert Mues notes that there are a number of different factors and circumstances that have an effect on the determination of custody. As in Ohio, Minnesota judges must consider a number of relevant factors when determining the best interest of a child. ...
November 20, 2008 01:38 am
... 's proposed FAA amendment to delay implementation of the immunity provisions, Obama could instruct his new Attorney General to ask the court for a temporary stay of the immunity proceedings. That would give the Administration time to review ... signed onto national security surveillance recommendations that included the proposition that President Obama should "[d]irect the Attorney General to withdraw the government's motion to dismiss pending privacy litigation brought against telecommunications ...
November 20, 2008 01:17 am

What happens at arraignment?

(Massachusetts Driving Law)
... calls your name. After the clerk reads the charges, you will answer 'not guilty', you will either be assigned a court appointed attorney (if you qualify) or you will be told that you should hire your own attorney - or be told you can represent ... -trial conference. If you aren't going to qualify for a lawyer you can hire you own. You should hire an attorney who is experienced in criminal matters. If you have been charged with a crime, drunk driving, operating to endanger or another offense call me ...
November 20, 2008 01:07 am
... Constitutional challenges prompt action LONG BEACH - The City Council approved a watered-down version of a sex offender residency law Tuesday night, but City Prosecutor Thomas Reeves said he won't prosecute violators. The council voted 8-0, with Councilwoman Bonnie Lowenthal absent, to approve the revised ordinance, which will strictly limit where future registered sex offenders may live in Long Beach. City Attorney... To see the rest of this article, please visit the Sex Offender Issues Blog
November 20, 2008 12:52 am
... to this Illinois Drunk Driving (DUI) Car Accident and Injury Recently, I (along with another Illinois personal injury attorney) filed a lawsuit against the intoxicated teenage drivers of two vehicles as well as the car dealership that loaned the vehicle to one ... Plaintiffs as the insurance for both drivers and the auto dealer will apply. As a Missouri and Illinois personal injury attorney I have seen individuals and families decimated by these types of serious injuries and to add insult to injury, ...
November 20, 2008 12:38 am
 
 

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