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Hunter Biden Discovers There is No “Nicer” Way to Say “I’m Guilty”

JonathanTurley

It collapsed in court when the judge asked the prosecutor if he had ever seen such a deal offered to any other defendant. This burning train then continued down the track to California where the team insisted that it would make the same addiction defense that failed in Delaware. He admitted that he had not.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

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Path To Well-Being In Law: Episode 19 – Matt Thiese

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I think it came about with the Utah Supreme Court’s lawyer well-being task force and made a recommendation that there needed to be a study of their lawyers in their state to see what is sort of the condition of their well-being. Just external pressure from clients and then inflexible court deadlines. BREE: Yeah. Absolutely.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

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We help lawyers make evidence-based decisions about the venues they choose and the arguments they make by focusing on the jurisprudence of the judges and courts they interact with. Traction: Active in all 50 states, we have a network of over 12,000 attorneys, 12,000+ expert witnesses, 300+ court reporters, and 150+ interpreters.

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Stacey Abrams Denounces “Voter Suppression Law” After Federal Court Rejects Voter Suppression Claims

JonathanTurley

We previously discussed a federal court upholding the Georgia election law as constitutional this week, rejecting challenges based on voter suppression. However, it has not challenged similar or even more restrictive provisions in other states like Delaware. Those claims were rejected, not affirmed by the court.

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Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware

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Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. Here is the column: The conviction of Hunter Biden on all of the federal gun counts created a surprising new precedent in Delaware … for Hunter Biden. It is, again, an open-and-shut case.

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Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?

JonathanTurley

It is also important to note that, after the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. By pursuing the nullification strategy, Hunter lost that benefit and now would have to belatedly accept responsibility just before sentencing after putting the court and public through a trial. Booker , sentencing guidelines are discretionary.

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