Family of executed inmate sues over prolonged execution
Forbes.com report: The mother of a condemned inmate whose execution took an hour longer than is typical sued the head of Ohio’s prisons Monday, asking the state to change the […]
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\”Justice Has Arrived in Miami\”
The Washington Post reports: The family of Ron Goldman has purchased the rights to O.J. Simpson’s canceled book, “If I Did It,” from a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee in a settlement […]
Court of Appeal declines to weigh in on contempt proceeding against former Spector attorney
The Sacramento Bee reports: The possibility that a former attorney for record producer Phil Spector may go to jail for refusing to testify in his murder trial became more likely […]
\”Life in an FBI muzzle is no fun\”
From The Wired Blog Network: Life in an FBI muzzle is no fun. Two Connecticut librarians on Sunday described what it was like to be slapped with an FBI national […]
Janice Rogers Brown criticizes \”Terry Stops\” as \”General Warrants\” for police
Justice Janice Rogers Brown on Terry Stops in drug neighborhoods: The facts of this case lead me to wonder if Terry’s prudent constraints on police conduct have been forgotten in […]
ACLU accuses US Government of drugging immigrants
Legal Brief Today reports: The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) has brought a federal class action lawsuit against the US on behalf of two immigrants who said […]
Yagman faces six years in federal prison for tax evasion
The LA Times reports: Civil rights attorney Stephen G. Yagman, whose relentless quarter-century crusade against police brutality drew both admiration and ire, was convicted Friday in federal court of 19 […]
LA Times confirms that Pinkberry’s product is yogurt
The Los Angeles Times reports: The growing Pinkberry Inc. chain took a couple of body blows last month, when two consumer lawsuits were filed contending that the popular frozen dessert […]
California Court of Appeal denies reimbursement to man who made child support payments for child that was not his
The Metropolitan News Enterprise reports: A man who made child support payments based on a paternity judgment later proven erroneous was not entitled to reimbursement, this district’s Court of Appeal […]
California Supreme Court Requests Further Briefing on Gay Marriage Cases
Via Legal Pad comes word that the California Supreme Court has requested briefing on four questions relating to the question of gay marriage: 1. What differences in legal rights or […]
Student Blogger SLAPP’d by Small Claims Judge
The Student Press Law Center reports: A student blogger at the University of California at Berkeley lost a small claims libel lawsuit filed against him by a FrontPageMag.com columnist whose […]
Judge to Seek Immediate Removal of Nifong from Office
The New York Times reports: The senior judge in Durham, N.C., said last night that he would file orders this morning to immediately suspend from office Michael B. Nifong, the […]