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US Justice Department says China attempted to ‘undermine’ US judicial system, announces criminal charges against actors

JURIST

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced multiple criminal charges against citizens of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the Eastern District of New York, a complaint alleges that two individuals obstructed an official proceeding and laundered money between 2019 and 2022.

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Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes

LLRX

Crime predictions generated for the police department in Plainfield, New Jersey, rarely lined up with reported crimes, an analysis by The Markup has found, adding new context to the debate over the efficacy of crime prediction software.

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Family Law Attorneys Reap Benefits With The Family Law Assistant

LexBlog

Second, there are the years of experience that The Legal Assistant has had in the use by attorneys throughout the United States of our previous products, The Personal Injury Assistant, The Real Estate Assistant and The Criminal Law Assistant. County Court & Judge Database (New Jersey by default). Document assembly.

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Family Law Attorneys Reap Benefits With The Family Law Assistant

LexBlog

Second, there are the years of experience that The Legal Assistant has had in the use by attorneys throughout the United States of our previous products, The Personal Injury Assistant, The Real Estate Assistant and The Criminal Law Assistant. County Court & Judge Database (New Jersey by default). Document assembly.

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Sen. Bob Menendez is Reportedly Under Investigation for Corruption. Again

JonathanTurley

is under federal criminal investigation … again. The voters of New Jersey reelected Menendez despite his accepting lavish gifts from a businessman who was later convicted of fraud. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Menendez was also charged but the case was dismissed after a jury hung on the verdict.

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The Mattress Defense: How Robert Menendez May Be Putting his Money on a Hung Jury.Again

JonathanTurley

In the chatter that followed in New Jersey, some quickly affirmed that this was a “Cuban thing.” One voter in Union City told CBS News, “The part about the money I do understand because as a Cuban we are used to putting … we don’t trust the government. Six years ago, he was saved by a hung jury in a prior bribery trial.

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Now That Rittenhouse is Acquitted, Can Officer Kelly Have His Job Back?

JonathanTurley

This includes a New Jersey police officer fired for calling BLM protesters “terrorists” on her personal Facebook account. It is a pattern that I have written about in the past as public employees are fired for statements on social media or associations in their private lives.

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