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Aunt Loses Lawsuit Against 8 yr Old Nephew For Birthday Hug That Broke Her Wrist
You can file this story under a number of headlines: (1) Why People Hate Lawyers (2) Thank God Common Sense Prevailed (3) Worst Lawsuits of the 21st and 20th Century and (4) Is This From The Onion? A...
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Silver Verdict Shows Risks of “Right to Remain Silent”
The recent “Guilty” verdict in the criminal trial of powerful NY politician Sheldon Silver sent a lot of loud and clear messages. Many in power in Albany use their positions for personal gain....
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Making Jurors Understand the Bill of Rights
On this the 224th Anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, I was thinking about what to write about the document that defines our country as much as the Constitution does. It such a grand...
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Let’s Use Lessons Learned To Not Pre-Judge Brooklyn Rape Case
A horrible story appears in the NY Press. An 18 year old woman is reportedly raped in a Brooklyn park by 5 men – their ages ranging from 14 to 18. The woman’s father was reportedly threatened with a...
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Ay Caramba! Fed Judge Rules Trump Must Stand Trial Over “Trump U” Fraud Case
It’s not what The Donald waned to hear I’m sure. Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel — the same judge who Trump accused of being biased against him due to the Indiana native’s Mexican ancestry and Trump’s...
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Colorado Theater Shooting Victims Stuck with $700,000 in Defendants’ Legal Fees
In 2012, James Holmes killed twelve people and injured seventy others in a ten-minute rampage at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” Forty-one victims filed lawsuits some in Federal court and...
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SCOTUS Changes Face of Criminal Trials With New Decision About Jurors and Race
The Supreme Court threw open the normally tightly-sealed doors of the jury room in overturning the conviction of Miguel Pena-Rodriguez in the case of Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado. In a 5-3 decision...
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Prosecutor Overreach and Actual Facts Led to Kate Steinle Case Acquittal
Some cases take on a bigger life. Some cases get caught up in a political firestorm. Sacco and Vanzetti, The Scopes trial, The Rosenbergs, Willie Horton, Rodney King to name a few. They end up being...
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Want to Help Fight Wrongful Convictions? Sit on a Jury!
Not a month goes by that I don’t receive a phone call from some family member, friend, or friend of a family member, or family member of a friend, asking “What’s the best way to get out of jury...
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Power of Persistence: “Jailhouse Lawyer” Takes Case to SCOTUS
Only two States in the country, Louisiana and Oregon, allow for non-unanimous verdicts in criminal cases. One man – Calvin Duncan – has been fighting it in his home State of Louisiana for over 20...
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