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Paralegal Career Choice: Public Service or Private Practice

Paralegal Bootcamp

They can also find positions on the State level, such as the Attorney General’s Office, and finally, opportunities exist at the Federal level with various agencies such as the Department of Justice, Military, Courts, Social Security Administration, CIA, Department of Transportation, and IRS to name a few. Paralegal Career Choice.

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Supreme Court will answer teed-up bail questions and decide felony-murder resentencing issue; it depublishes arbitration opinion

At the Lectern

The court granted the Attorney General’s petition for review in People v. The cases concern resentencing a defendant whose felony-murder conviction is tossed under subsequent legislation narrowing the felony-murder rule. Uber Technologies, Inc. , Howard (2020) 50 Cal.App.5th 2021) 71 Cal.App.5th

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Review granted in a taxpayer action about COVID speedy trial rights and in yet another SB 1437 case

At the Lectern

Emanuel , another case concerning a resentencing petition under Senate Bill 1437 , legislation that limited criminal liability for felony murder and eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. Uber Technologies, Inc. Uber Technologies (see here ), Piplack v. Murder resentencing. 2023) 14 Cal.5th

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Several civil grant-and-holds at the Supreme Court’s conference

At the Lectern

Uber Technologies, Inc. Uber Technologies, Inc. In-N-Out Burgers , Seifu v. Lyft, Inc. , and Gregg v. are the latest grant-and-holds for Adolph v. ” And the Oscar goes to. The court denied review of the Second District, Division Two, published opinion in Juarez v.

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Has the Pandemic Killed Jury Trials?

The Crime Report

During the pandemic, federal jury trial rates fell as low as zero percent — meaning not a single case was moving forward in the court system, wrote the paper’s author, Brandon Marc Draper , currently Assistant County Attorney in Harris County, Texas. Greater action is needed to ensure a pandemic-proof criminal jury right,” the paper said.

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How the Pandemic Drives the Rise in Human Trafficking

The Crime Report

She added: “Traffickers have also expanded their reach through the misuse of Internet and communication technology to advertise, recruit and exploit persons and especially lure children, whom they groom for sexual online exploitation.” For instance, in Texas, human trafficking is a second-degree felony.

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Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

The Crime Report

In a 2022 interview, Harpster defended his program and noted that he has also helped defense attorneys argue for suspects’ innocence. While there is no index that lists cases in which bloodstain-pattern analysis played a role, state appellate court rulings show that the technique has played a factor in felony cases across the country.

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