At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2021

That 2018 legislation, which scales back the felony-murder rule and the “natural and probable consequences” doctrine, has been attacked by various district attorney’s around the state as an invalid amendment of several voter initiatives and as a violation of the separation of powers. Marquez (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

In comparison, firms that were slow to adapt paid the price and spent the much of 2020 playing catch up. However, when it became clear that the pandemic showed no signs of abating in 2020, the vast majority of midsize law firms ultimately invested in technology. in 2020, up from 3.3% in 2020, up from 3.3%

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

In comparison, firms that were slow to adapt paid the price and spent the much of 2020 playing catch up. However, when it became clear that the pandemic showed no signs of abating in 2020, the vast majority of midsize law firms ultimately invested in technology. in 2020, up from 3.3% in 2020, up from 3.3%

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LegalTalkNetwork

APRIL 29, 2021

“Because of the highly publicized nature of this case in both the news and social media, I wanted to provide no-spin coverage of the trial by paying attention to the process of law, evidence presented, and the work of the attorneys involved,” Colletti said. More from the network. Or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

When 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in March 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment, the country was collectively “traumatized” — particularly marginalized communities. Video provides much-needed proof for suppression hearings and civil damages claims,” Cook writes.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

She also said she didn’t know the facility security staff had been conducting investigations and determining whether patients had committed felonies that were then referred to the state’s attorney. Tyler Edmonds, who was the state’s attorney when most of the patients were charged, is no longer in that role.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

On September 19, 2013, the Greek Minister of Public Order sent a letter to the Attorney General of the Supreme Court of Athens (“Areios Pagos”) referring to 32 instances of crimes involving members of Golden Dawn, and calling for the launch of a trial to prosecute Golden Dawn as a criminal organisation.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 20, 2024

However, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Lucy Shephard did not charge Dula with attempted murder. Dula has a record of past arrests including a criminal mischief arrest in March 2022 after destroying property. I did it on purpose. F— these cops! He wouldn’t move!” The charges were dropped.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 3, 2019

Florida Bar President-Elect Dori Foster-Morales joins host Christine Bilbrey for a conversation about her role as president-elect, work-life balance, and goals for her presidency in 2020. Florida Bar Annual Convention 2019: Criminal Law Updates with Denis deVlaming. Zachary Catanzaro (Attorney at Law).

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The Crime Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Not coincidentally, Oregon decriminalized drug possession in 2020. But for those who wish to reduce harm to people who use drugs now, not just in a hypothetical future, where drugs are no longer subject to criminal law, working with the police is of paramount importance. Rory Fleming. He writes from Philadelphia.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One of those exceptions is for physicians who operate under the statute’s registration scheme; registered doctors may prescribe controlled substances in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general. And while criminal prosecutions relating to the crisis have garnered fewer headlines, they are still significant.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

According to the Innocence Project , between 1989 and 2020 there have been 367 DNA exonerations, of which approximately 100 cases (28 percent) involved false confessions. They were in custody but when they asked for an attorney that request was ignored. Undoubtedly the awareness heightened with the development of DNA exonerations.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

These reports are part of the Commission’s statutory mandate and provide vital information and analysis to attorneys, scholars and the public. Unfortunately, the Commission’s July 2020 report on Federal Probation and Supervised Release Violations contains a major mistake that greatly overstates the dangerousness of federal probationers.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office opened an investigation into the integrity of Aziz and Islam’s convictions in January 2020. Judge Ellen Biden of the New York County Supreme Court Thursday dismissed the convictions of Muhammad A.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

While this is a landmark decision for Colombia and for the surrounding region, Colombia’s Constitutional Court missed an excellent opportunity to be at the forefront of the world by regulating abortion outside of criminal law and to treat it as a public health issue.

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The Crime Report

MAY 31, 2022

Zaia focuses on two recent Canadian cases adjudicated by the Canadian Supreme Court to examine how the law can be used as a tool to curb police powers where necessary to maintain an appropriate balance. They effectively put the burden on trial judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and police to determine what constitutes a “virtual space.”

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

Considering India’s clear restriction on attorneys entering into conditional fee arrangements [24] , the researcher urge that India’s rules only enable participants to pursue funds straight without the participation of their legal counsel. It was held by the Privy Council in Ram Chandoo v. Rule 20, Section II. [3] 4] Justice B.N.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

The district attorney ultimately declined to pursue the charges against Gonzalez. Gonzalez cautions that because there are so many criminal laws at the federal and state levels, and because so many crimes are open-ended, the opportunities for retaliatory arrests are “abundant.”

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

It thereby intends to increase the protection of those affected within the value chain, who will now have the prospect of compensation; it also intends to create a deterrent effect by having plaintiffs take over the enforcement of the law as “ private attorney generals ”. 22 (5) CSDDD. The proposal to enforce claims under Art.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States. All left an imprint on the court or the law. Some worked behind the scenes. A few attained modest fame.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. My background is primarily working in criminal law, and I typically work in a very small firm, and your lawyer is always off at court.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2022

The United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack Thursday heard testimony from former Acting Attorney General (AG) Jeffery Rosen outlining that former president Donald Trump tried to influence the Department of Justice (DOJ) to interfere in the certification of the 2020 election.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Judge Truncale gives a detailed account of how the prosecutors were “repulsed” by the sexualization of children in the movie, which began streaming Cuties on September 9, 2020. However, the court highlighted deep flaws in the prosecutorial case. Therefore, her nudity cannot constitute child pornography. Here is the opinion: Netflix, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 4, 2022

The comments only magnify the concerns over Attorney General Merrick Garland refusing to appoint a special counsel despite the clear basis for such an appointment. Those claims appear demonstrably false — and they make the positions of both the media and Attorney General Merrick Garland absolutely untenable.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 28, 2022

Once again, the refusal of Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel in this matter is itself becoming a scandal in the face of these contradictions. Indeed, it is baffling how Attorney General Garland can ignore the myriad of references to Joe Biden in refusing to appoint a special counsel.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Cook County special prosecutor Dan Webb has issued his report on the Jussie Smollett scandal with scathing findings of misconduct by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. The findings include a determination that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx lied to the public about her communications and role in the scandal.

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LexForti

JULY 28, 2021

One thousand four hundred seventy-seven domestic violence complaints were filed by women between March 25 – May 31, 2020. During this COVID-19, Indian women filed complaints of domestic violence. The number of crimes against women is very high in this lockdown. They are facing physical, emotional, and domestic abuse from their partners.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 6, 2024

Here is the column: When Fani Willis ran against her former boss Paul Howard in 2020, she highlighted the experience that she would bring to the position. Those conversations allegedly occurred as late as January 2024 with Cindi Lee Yeager, a co-chief deputy district attorney for Cobb County. She declared, “You’re confused.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2021

“Over the five arrests made for six of the 10 subway murders since March 2020, four of the suspects, allegedly responsible for five murders among them, had had previous run-ins with the law for alleged or convicted violent offenses.”. But the picture changed in 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19 and a city-wide lockdown.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The image most of us had of former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis was a remarkably cheerful mugshot after her arrest in the RICO case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

The decision left open the possibility that the charges brought against former President Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith – alleging that Trump conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election – can still go forward to the extent that the charges are based on his private conduct, rather than his official acts.

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LexForti

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Nevertheless, in circumstances of this nature, the legal principle of “mens rea” ought to be looked at in order to facilitate better decision-making on both the side of the defendant and the plaintiff The POCSO Court in Bombay, while adjudicating the “ Satish Ragde vs. the State of Maharashtra (Criminal Appeal no.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Her guest, MSNBC legal analyst and Georgetown law professor Paul Butler, concurred and called it “the greatest performance of (his) life.”. Butler declared Rittenhouse “ was well-prepared by his defense attorneys to disrupt his image as a trigger-happy vigilante who went on a shooting rampage at a Black Lives Matter protest.”.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 20, 2023

Cohen has written not one but two memoirs: “Disloyal” in 2020 and “Revenge” in 2022. There is little interest in addressing the disbarred attorney’s history of lies and threats. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. The result was predictable. Perhaps “Shameless.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

He argues that the court is allowed to take “judicial notice” of the agreement in light of the fact that it has been used previously in court, including the voluntary dismissal of her battery claims against Epstein’s former attorney, Alan Dershowitz in a parallel case. 88476, 2020 WL 856432, at *4 (N.Y. May 11, 2020).

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

On April 13, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos staked her position on sentencing for a man convicted of a misdemeanor and a low-level felony. solidify its place as an exporter of law and policy. solidify its place as an exporter of law and policy.

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