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Ala. Death-Row Inmates Walk Alone in Final Appeal Process
Leonard [email protected] YORK-Almost alone among the states, Alabama doesn't provide lawyers for condemned inmates at a crucial late stage of their bid for life. The result, according to critics, is that legitimate claims can go unheard, and post-conviction petitions are generally denied on procedural grounds-an action that ends their effort in state courts and blocks the route to the federal courts.Ad sparks blame game on old murder case
IT TAKES 30 SECONDS for Perry McGuire to blame Attorney General Thurbert Baker for a court decision ordering a retrial for a confessed murderer.But the case at issue in the Republican challenger's first campaign commercial turns on what a Houston County judge did 22 years ago and what a Tattnall County judge did three years ago.US judge hints Camp's actions unlikely to undo his rulings
A federal appeals court judge hinted at oral arguments that he thought the extracurricular activities of former federal Judge Jack Camp only rarely, if ever, should be cause to undo Camp's rulings.The remarks by Judge J.L. Edmondson came Friday at arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a case about a now-shuttered Spalding County strip club, Curves.In D.C., big firms slash associate salaries
Washington law firms are cutting costs anywhere they can, and associate pay is no longer an exception.Seven Washington offices have slashed salaries. Others-including D.C. stalwarts like Crowell Moring, Hogan Hartson, and Wiley Rein-are cutting pay for associates who don't hit their billable hour goals.Sutherland Team Vindicated in Reversal of N.Y. Schools Suit
Narrative's origin sways verdict
Russell D. Waldon won a defense verdict in Fulton County Superior Court Sept. 10 in what appeared to be a challenging case: His client admitted causing the car crash for which the plaintiff's lawyer asked the jury for nearly $1 million for pain, suffering, permanent injury and two surgeries resulting in $62,000 in medical expenses.Head of community patent review project funded by tech giants deflects infringement concerns
WASHINGTON AP - Initial testing for an online peer review of up to 250 patent applications is set for next week even as the program's director deflects fears that participants could be liable later for willful patent infringement.IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and other technology innovators have funded and agreed to public review of some software patent applications filed with the U.Trending Stories
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