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L.A. Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey makes a case for justice for all
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brady vs. Maryland, which established that prosecutors have a constitutional obligation to disclose information favorable to defendants, the debate continues over whether prosecutors...
Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, American Civil Liberties Union, Steve Cooley
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Prosecutors respond to Martinovich request for retrial
The U.S. Attorney's Office said evidence presented in the fraud trial of Jeffrey A. Martinovich supports the jury's guilty verdict on 17 counts. Last month Martinovich filed a motion seeking a retrial, arguing several points, including that an appraiser...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Mutual Funds, MICG Investment Management, Crime, Law and Justice
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If past is indicator, ex-NSA contractor may escape long jail term
ReutersWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans accused of divulging secrets to the media have escaped long prison sentences, a pattern that may reassure Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who exposed the U.S. government's top-secret surveillance...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Newspapers, Fort Meade (military base)
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Bail denied for 1 of 4 charged in 1999 slaying
A judge denied bail today for a 30-year-old Chicago man accused of fatally shooting a man in 1999 after kidnapping him from a Broadveiw electronics store and holding him for ransom, authorities said. Dimeyon Cole, who was 16 at the time, is one of four...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Judges
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Trial must proceed fairly
The court-martial of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan on charges of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009 has been an exercise in frustration for the victims and their families, as well as for observers who believe that the only proper...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Armed Forces, Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Witnesses
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DNA: a test for justice
In two courts, half a country apart, judges last month grappled with the reliability of testimony and forensic hair evidence analysis that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents provided in criminal trials decades ago. John Norman Huffington, imprisoned...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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Anne Arundel's longtime top prosecutor closes the case
He's come out on top in six contested elections as a Democrat in an increasingly conservative county, and has withstood criticism that he's both too soft and too tough, appeased minorities and disappointed minorities, said too little and said too much....
Tags: Minority Groups, Social Issues, Crime Victims, Lawyers, Justice System
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Wheaton man gets 55 years for stabbing man to death
A Wheaton man whom prosecutors called a "violent, self-indulgent scammer" was sentenced to 55 years in prison Tuesday for stabbing a neighbor to death in 2009. Families of the victim and the defendant dabbed their eyes as the sentence was handed down in...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Prosecution, Lawyers, Punishment, Justice System
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FTC targets timeshare scammers
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it has brought 191 actions against companies offering fraudulent timeshare resale services and phony travel prizes. "Our response to recent travel fraud and timeshare resale scams is loud and clear,"...Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice
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Trial begins for doctors blamed in pill mill deaths
Two South Florida doctors became "dope dealers" who prescribed massive doses of pain pills — resulting in the overdose deaths of nine people under their care, federal prosecutors said Friday as the physicians' criminal trial began. Defense...
Tags: Parkland, Lawyers, OxyContin (drug), Wars and Interventions, Justice System
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Trial starting for 'pill mill' doctors accused of roles in patients' deaths
Federal prosecutors say they can prove that two South Florida doctors prescribed powerful, addictive pain pills in such an irresponsible way that they should be held criminally accountable for the deaths of nine patients. If convicted of the most...
Tags: Parkland, Organized Crime, Craigslist, Inc., Lawyers, OxyContin (drug)
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