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That's the Ticket

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Stamford Advocate, Humor, Lawyer, New York, Judge, District Attorney, Hyundai, Jay-Z, Parking Ticket, Comedy News

I am not a lawyer, although I have been admitted to many bars, but at the risk of being sentenced to life in prison for felonious stupidity, I decided to represent myself recently when I went to traffic court to fight a parking ticket.

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Defending Jacob Is a Stunning Novel

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Massachusetts, Parental Love, District Attorney, William Landay, Teen-Agers, Murder, Books News

William Landay has written a stunning novel and it is one that should draw attention to the possibilities it raises. In the next few weeks, Defending Jacob is the novel most readers are going to be discussing.

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San Francisco Votestravaganza!

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Mayor's Race, District Attorney, San Francisco Election Day 2011, Mayor, Electoral Contest, Sherriff, San Francisco Election, Election Day 2011, Poll, San Francisco Mayor, Election Day, Ed Lee, San Francisco Voter Guide, November 2011, Sf Mayor, Sf Elections, San Francisco News

Update:With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Ed Lee is still way out in front but a ranked-choice voting shakeup could put John Avalos or possibly ...

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The New Wild West: America's Oil Drilling Towns

AP | By MARC LEVY | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Video, Law Enforcement, Gas, District Attorney, Oil Drilling, Police, Alcoholism, Oil, Assaults, Dui, Business News

TOWANDA, Pa. -- In a modern-day echo of the raucous Old West, small towns enjoying a boom in oil and gas drilling are seeing a sharp increase in drunk...

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Protection for Victims of Ineffective Representation and Immigration Fraud

Aggie R. Hoffman | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: District Attorney, Law Enforcement, Immigration Fraud, Misrepresentation, Immigration Court, Contracts, Attorney General, Ineffective Representation, Immigration Reform, Latino Voices News

If you have been deceived or suffered injury, take advantage of the law that was enacted for your benefit. Not only will you be helping yourself, but your actions will assist law enforcement to punish and put the offender out of business.

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Suspicious Donations To San Francicso Mayor Investigated For Money Laundering

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Sfo, Ed Lee Donation Scandal, Money Laundering, Ed Lee, Ed Lee Money Laundering, Campaign, Investigation, GO Lorrie, Airport Shuttle, District Attorney, Ed Lee Scandal, San Francisco Mayor, Ed Lee Investigation, Dennis Herrera, Donations, George Gascon, San Francisco News

While the Huffington Post San Francisco team has yet to make it all the way through Ed Lee's recently released 130-page unofficial campaign biography,...

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Who's Been In The Girl Scouts Cookie Jar?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Fraud, Girl Scout Cookies, District Attorney, Video, Forgery, Orangutans, Diamond Ring, Girl Scouts of America, Palm Oil, Ny Post, Grand Larceny, Nbc, Business News

Former finance director of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Yaasmin Hooey, has been charged with stealing $310,000 from the nonprofit organ...

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Beyond the Hype : Putting Bayview Anger in Context

Trustee Chris Jackson | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Police Brutality, District Attorney, Bayview Shooting, Kenneth Harding, Mayor Ed Lee, San Francisco, African Americans, Hunters Point, Sfpd, San Francisco News

Sadly, the killing of a young African-American man in the Bayview is not a rare occurrence. Now is the time for the City and the SFPD to shift the perspective on how to interact with low-income communities of color.

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City's $600M Payroll Project Was 'Corrupted To Its Core': DA

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: District Attorney, Citytime Corrupt, CityTime Disaster, Citytime, Ny News, CityTime Scandal, New York News

NEW YORK — A city payroll technology project that has cost taxpayers more than $600 million was "corrupted to its core," with nearly the entire ...

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Damage: John Lescroart Once Again Covers the Streets of San Francisco

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rape and Murder, Immigration, District Attorney, John Lescroart, Political Influence, San Francisco Chief of Police, Damage the Book, Books News

The announcement of a new novel by John Lescroart is a cause for celebration. And this book investigates the effect powerful, moneyed people can have on the law and its implementation.

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CA Elections: Gallegos Wins DA Race in Humboldt County

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Gallegos, Paul-Gallegos, Humboldt County, District Attorney, California Election, Kamala Harris, Medical Marijuana, Nursing Homes, Marijuana, Politics News

Paul Gallegos strives to marshal the resources of the DA's office to best serve the county's residents and by extension the state and nation.

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More Than Marijuana: Humboldt County DA Wins big for Seniors

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assisted Living, Senior Citizens, Senior Living, Senior Care, Jury Settlement, Nursing Homes, Humboldt County, District Attorney, Skilled Healthcare, Humboldt County District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, Healthcare, Class Action Suit, Prop 19, Impact News

Recently the attention on pot and Prop 19 have overshadowed a huge Humboldt County legal battle, a landmark case, the outcome of which has far reaching implications in the healthcare field and for senior citizens.

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Tipster in Bell Scandal Waited Months for DA, Then Was Arrested

Chase Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Victor Bello, District Attorney, California, Center for Investiative Reporting, Los Angeles, California Watch, Bell Ca, Los Angeles News

A former Bell City Council member arrested in September on felony charges of misappropriating public funds told investigators more than a year ago that the city was plagued with bribery.

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Deliberative Indifference

John Hollway | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Murder, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Lawyers, District Attorney, Death Row, Criminal Justice System, Prison, Justice, Amicus Brief, Blood Tests, Wrongful Conviction, Politics News

John Thompson is one of the "lucky" ones -- after 18 years in prison, he's gotten his life back. New Orleans released him with $10 and the clothes he was arrested in in 1984.

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What Every Woman Needs to Know About the Office of State Attorney General

Christine Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Elections, Steve Cooley, District Attorney, L.A. District Attorney Steve Cooley, Kamala Harris, Pro-Choice, 2010 Elections, Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Attorney General, 2010 Midterm Elections, Bill O'Reilly, Phil Kline, Naral, Elections 2010, Politics News

Until recently I had no idea how much control the Attorney General has over my uterus. As Attorney General, Kamala Harris will make choice a priority in her administration.

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Hawaii County Files Trespassing Charges Against Census Worker Russell Haas

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Census, Law, Anti Government, Census Bureau, Police, Russell Haas, States Rights, District Attorney, Hawaii, Feds, Honolulu, Politics News

HONOLULU — In these divisive times, Census worker Russell Haas has come to expect some resistance when he goes door to door to count the residen...

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Scott Southworth, Wisconsin DA, Threatens To Arrest Sex-Ed Teachers

AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011

A Wisconsin district attorney is urging schools to drop their sex-education programs, warning that the teachers involved could be arrested if they fol...

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Political Attack Ad Targets Facebook's Former Chief Privacy Officer

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook Privacy, District Attorney, Campaign, California, Chris Kelly, Facebook, Privacy Policy, Technology News

It seems the issue of Facebook privacy has gained enough currency to earn itself a place in a TV attack ad in the race for California attorney genera...

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Leaving the Party: The Journey of Arlen Specter

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Motivations, Arlen Specter, District Attorney, Medical Research, Women's Health, Pennsylvania Senate Race, Stimulus Package, Sarah Palin, Pennsylvania Primary, Envy in Politics, Stem Cell Research, Democrats, Survival in Politics, Pscychological Understand, Frank Rizzo, Politics News

Yes, the right wing Republicans, who have so destroyed the soul of a party, are right. Arlen Specter never left the Democratic Party. It was the reasons he never left, his commitment to hope, promise and protection, that elude them.

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The Mortgage Crisis is Not Colorblind

Kamala D. Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Francisco, District Attorney, Kamala Harris, Attorney General, Politics News

Ask anyone to define the "American Dream" and almost surely, the reply will be: "owning a home." And for good reason - a home is equal parts fa...

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Prosecutors Must Seek Justice, Not Merely Convictions

John Terzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Justice Project, Prosecutorial Accountability, District Attorney, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, California, Home News

Prosecutors play a unique and powerful role in our justice system. Yet too often, prosecutors neglect their ethical duty to protect the innocent and guard the rights of the accused.

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Martha Coakley -- and One Nagging, Unsolved Case

Sheila Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: District Attorney, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Senate Race, Domestic Abuse, Politics News

I want Coakley to win. But the domestic abuse case she worked on as DA is an example of our government's failure to sometimes do something simple: Be curious, aggressive, and effective in victim crimes.

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Stephanie Villafuerte, Former Ritter Aid Tapped By Obama Administration, Implicated In 2006 Immigrant Scandal: Denver Post

The Denver Post | Karen E. Crummy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: District Attorney, Carlos Estrada-Medina, Cory Voorhis, Chuck Lepley, Stephanie Villafuerte, Immigrant Plea Deal, Bill Ritter, U.S. Attorney, Fbi, Denver News

President Barack Obama's nominee as Colorado's next U.S. attorney told the FBI two years ago that she never spoke to anyone in the Denver District Att...

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New DA Promises 'Humility'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Morgenthau, Cy Vance Jr., District Attorney, Cy Vance, Cyrus Vance, Manhattan DA, New York News

NEW YORK — Manhattan's first new district attorney in 35 years says he'll balance public safety with fairness as he takes over one of the nation...

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No Charges After Grand Junction Woman Shot Nine Times In Driveway

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Paul Shockley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: District Attorney, Crystal Nash, Mesa County, Da, Grand Junction, Shot Nine Times, Woman Shot, Make My Day Law, Woman Killed, Self-Defense, Denver News

District Attorney Pete Hautzinger said Thursday that he will not file criminal charges in the November shooting death of a Pear Park woman, saying she...

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