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The Future Of BIPA Insurance Litigation After Visual Pak

Law 360

A recent Illinois appellate court decision, National Fire Insurance v.

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Defending the Presumption of Innocence

The Crime Report

However, through laws and court decisions it has been recognized as one of the most basic requirements of a fair trial. Last summer, the Senate version of the House bill, Bill 601, Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act , co-sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin of Illinois, and Sen. Constitution. The full U.S.

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Key Lessons After A Rare R&W Insurance Ruling

Law 360

The recent New York state court decision in Novolex Holdings v.

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Rural Texas DAs’ Big Prosecution Dreams

LegalReader

Legislation may be introduced allowing rural Texas DAs to prosecute people outside of their jurisdictions, greasing a slippery slope.

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Justices consider next steps in murder case in which prosecution admits error

SCOTUSBlog

As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. The trial court recommended vacating the conviction due to a reasonable likelihood that the flawed DNA evidence affected the jurys decision.

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The High Court’s ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds’: A Backward Look

The Crime Report

Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? Dred Scott was a slave, whose owner took him to Illinois where slavery was illegal. and the former district attorney of Lawrence County, PA. Sound familiar?

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Supreme Court to decide if Oklahoma must execute Richard Glossip

SCOTUSBlog

solicitors general – Seth Waxman, representing Glossip, and Paul Clement, representing Oklahoma’s attorney general – will appear before the justices, seeking to persuade them to set aside Glossip’s conviction and death sentence and order a new trial. 9, two former U.S. Sneed had said that he was accidentally prescribed the drug for a cold.

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