The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 31, 2018
The First Judicial District received a bit of a black eye recently in the ongoing dust-up over hip-hop star Meek Mill's parole violation case when it had to fire a court clerk in the wake of revelations that she had asked the rapper to help pay her child's college tuition.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David Lenefsky | January 30, 2018
David Lenefsky addresses the question: Does denial of parole make any sense after an inmate has an impeccable institutional record for 15, 20 or 25 years?
By Colby Hamilton | January 30, 2018
Members of the defense bar see the two-year trend as troubling. But observers say the court, with so many new members, is all but sure to correct course going forward under the leadership of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore.
By Marcia Coyle | January 29, 2018
When those advocates miss an important line of argument or are drawn by the justices' questions into taking an unhelpful position, Sotomayor said she may pass a note to a colleague, saying, "I want to kill them."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 26, 2018
Taking a cue from his counterpart in Brooklyn, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has appointed an attorney to focus on evaluating the immigration ramifications of the office's prosecutions.
By R. Robin McDonald | January 26, 2018
Executives of South Georgia's now-defunct Peanut Corp. of America were convicted of perpetuating and then covering up a 2008 nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds and killed nine.
By John Council | January 25, 2018
While in law school, she met her future husband, Dan Hedges, who was on an opposing team at a Texas moot court competition.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida | January 25, 2018
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that led to an overhaul of Florida's death-penalty sentencing process has put financial and workload pressure on prosecutors, public defenders and courts.
By Michael Booth | January 24, 2018
"This case ... illustrates the difference between knowing a foreign language and being able to accurately and completely interpret the critically important words spoken by a witness in the course of an interrogation," the court said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | January 24, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a Superior Court decision that a police officer executing a search warrant for a home didn't have probable cause to arrest a man on the premises, even though another police officer allegedly saw the defendant take part in a drug transaction days before.
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