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One Teen's Fate: The Math of a 100-Year Sentence

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Parole, Murder, Pellicano Trial, Gang, Prison, Juvenile Justice, Crime, Jail, Court Case, Rodrigo Cahallero, Crime News

While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that it is unconstitutional to sentence a minor to life without parole -- except for homicide -- cases like Rodrigo Caballero's fall under a gray area based on the wording of the law.

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Judge Grants George Zimmerman Bail

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: George Zimmerman, Video, Court Case, Crime, Stand Your Ground Law, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman Bail Hearing, George Zimmerman Court, Florida, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Guns, Black Voices News

A Florida judge has granted bail for George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch captain accused of second-degree murder in the shooting of 17-ye...

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Federal Appeals Court Reviews Georgia Firing Of Transgender Woman

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Federal Appeals Court, Court Case, Transgender, Sewell Brumby Vandy Beth Glenn, Georgia, Transgender Rights, Transgender Lawsuit, Sewell Brumby, Vandy Beth Glenn, Gay Voices News

ATLANTA — A former Georgia state legislative aide who was fired amid her sex change said she was encouraged Thursday after several federal appea...

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Why Eyewitness Memory Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be (Part II)

Sam Sommers | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Trial, Court Case, Eyewitness Identification, Criminal Trial, Legal System, New York Times, Memory, Police Lineup, Armed Robbery, Expert Witness, Crime News

The legal complications of the constructive nature of memory are clear: being an accurate eyewitness is far more difficult that we give it credit for.

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Why Eyewitness Memory Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be (Part I)

Sam Sommers | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Trial, Crime Scene, Court Case, Courtroom, Identification, Eyewitness Identification, New York Times, Memory, Robbery, Experts, Defendant, Expert Witness, Eyewitness, Crime News

Few moments in a courtroom are as compelling to a jury as seeing a confident witness point out a defendant and say, "that's the man I saw at the crime scene."

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Tea Party, Labor Spend big in Wisconsin High Court Race

AP | By DINESH RAMDE | Posted 06.03.2011

Read More: Wisconsin, Court Case, Wisconsin Union Bill, Labor Laws, Scott Walker, Protests, Tea Party, Unions, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Pro-labor organizations and one of the country's largest tea party groups are pouring money into Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court e...

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Toyota Asks Court To Dismiss Acceleration Lawsuits

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota, Automakers, Lawsuit, Acceleration, Unintended Acceleration, Auto Industry, Recalls, Toyota Recall, Court Case, Business News, Business News

NEW YORK — Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a federal court in California to throw out lawsuits over acceleration defects in its cars, saying many o...

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Energy Companies Win Katrina Greenhouse-Gas Suit After Eight Federal Judges' Recusals

NOLA.com | Mark Schleifstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Court Case, Hurricane Katrina, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Federal Court, En Banc, Cause, Lawsuit, Global Warming, Green News

So many members of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals have recused themselves from a rehearing of a lawsuit that charges energy companies with cont...

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Possible Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Prompts White House To Ask Congress For $10 Million

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Court, Court Case, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Omb, Liability, Office of Management and Budget, Sue, White House, Oil Spill, Justice Department, Halliburton, Green News

WASHINGTON — The White House is asking Congress to approve $10 million for potential litigation costs arising from the oil spill in the Gulf of ...

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TBN Harassment Lawsuit Settlemed: Christian TV Network, Gay Former Employee Reach Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A gay former engineer at the Christian broadcast giant Trinity Broadcasting Network has settled a civil lawsuit that alleged...

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PepsiCo's $1.26 Billion Case: How Did This Happen?

businessinsider.com | Erin Geiger Smith|Oct. 28, 2009, 8:02 AM |8 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drinks, Law, Pepsi Co, Court Case, PepsiCo.'s $1.26 Billion Case, Court Cases, Pepsi Co Court Case, Beverages, Pepsi, Pepsico, Business News

PepsiCo has been hit with a $1.26 billion judgment for failing to respond -- at all -- to a lawsuit. If someone sues you and you fail to show up, the ...

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Joseph Collins Sentenced In Refco Fraud Case: Chicago Lawyer Gets 7 Years In Prison

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Joseph P. Collins, Court, Trial, Chicago Lawyer, Refco Case, Refco, Joseph Collins, Court Case, Chicago, Joseph Collins Sentenced, Lawyer, Chicago News

NEW YORK — A Chicago lawyer has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a federal judge who said his excessive loyalty to Refco Inc. led him to h...

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Landmark Human Rights Trial Bowoto v. Chevron to Begin October 27th

Daniel Firger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Court Case, Human Rights, Chevron, Nigeria, Bowoto, Bowoto vs Chevron, Bowoto v Chevron, Business News

For the first time, a U.S. company could potentially be held liable in U.S. courts for gross human rights abuses committed in their overseas operations.

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Women Accused Of Gluing Man's Penis To Stomach Must Stand Trial

AP | ROBERT IMRIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Penis, Testimony, Wisconsin, Sex, Krazy Glue, Crime, Glued Penis, Court Case, Chilton, Home News

CHILTON, Wis. — A man whose penis was glued to his stomach testified Tuesday that a motel tryst with a girlfriend involving a bondage fantasy tu...

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Tort Liability

Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheating Relationships, Marriage, Court Case, Divorce, Family Law, Libel, Hawaii, Cheating, Hawaii Supreme Court, Affairs, Politics News

People should be free to leave their lovers, and even "flaunt[]" their new relationships, without a government agency deciding whether such behavior was "unreasonabl[e]".

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Los Angeles City College "Sexual Harassment" Policy Preliminarily Enjoined on First Amendment Grounds

Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Court Case, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Sexual Harassment, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

The professor apparently called the student a "fascist bastard" in front of the class for having supported Prop. 8 and refused to let the student finish the presentation.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: The Oil Men and the Juju Man

Scott Gilmore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Human Rights, Alien Tort Statute, Race, Chevron, Bowoto, Business News, Bowoto v Chevron, Oil, Nigeria, Court Case, Bowoto vs Chevron, Politics News

What happens when an oil company gets its back to the wall in a human rights lawsuit? Like a cornered hound, it goes on the attack.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: What's Really at Stake?

Daniel Firger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Breaking Business News, Chevron, Law, Bowoto, Bowoto v Chevron, Oil, Nigeria, Court Case, Bowoto vs Chevron, Business News

Since the state of the law is so unsettled on this point, the decision in Bowoto is likely to have a big impact on the way future human rights lawsuits are litigated. Chevron knows this, of course.

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Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Lott, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Inouye, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Tasergate, Prewitt, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, Cunningham, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Alaskanisms, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Convicted, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, Veco, State Senator, Politics News

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

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Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, State Senator, Lott, Inouye, Tasergate, Prewitt, Cunningham, Alaskanisms, Veco, Politics News

Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.

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