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Alameda Judge Ursula Jones Dickson Chosen as District Attorney

A former deputy district attorney, Jones Dickson fills the vacancy created when Alameda County voters recalled Pamela Price in November.
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New York Law Journal

'It's a Matter of Life and Death:' Ailing Harvey Weinstein Urges Judge to Move Up Retrial

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber said scheduling prevented him from holding the trial at and earlier date.
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New York Law Journal

'You Became a Corrupt Politician': Judge Gives Prison Time to Former Sen. Robert Menendez for Corruption Conviction

Prosecutors alleged Menendez traded his authority and influence as a senator for gold bars and other bribes, and charged him with extortion, obstruction of justice, acting as a foreign agent, bribery, and other counts.
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Daily Report Online

Did Ahmaud Arbery's Killers Get Help From Glynn County DA? Jury Hears Clashing Accounts

The jury was seated Tuesday and heard nearly two hours of opening statements from a prosecutor from state Attorney General Chris Carr's office and from the lead defense attorney.
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Daily Report Online

Jury Seated in Glynn County Trial of Ex-Prosecutor Accused of Shielding Ahmaud Arbery's Killers

Senior Judge John R. Turner seated the jury at Glynn County courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, a week after jury selection began. It was delayed by the rare winter storm that left the coastal community coated in snow and ice.
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New York Law Journal

The Crisis of Incarcerated Transgender People: A Call to Action for the Judiciary, Prosecutors, and Defense Counsel

The Bureau of Prisons under President Donald Trump will not keep transgender inmates safe, Harvard Law School lecturer writes.
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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: JFK to Paris Stowaway's Bail Revocation Explained

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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National Law Journal

‘Undermines the Rule of Law’: Retired US Judges Condemn Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

"He pardoned people because they were doing his bidding, which was to break the law," said former federal appeals court Judge Thomas Vanaskie. "That's an abuse of the pardon power in my judgment. I think it really undermines the rule of law.”
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New Jersey Law Journal

‘The Decision Will Help Others’: NJ Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Div. in OPRA Claim Over Body-Worn Camera Footage

“My clients felt like this denial of access was an injustice and they are thrilled that the Supreme Court has finally ruled in their favor all these years later,” CJ Griffin, a partner with Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, said in a statement to the Law Journal.
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National Law Journal

US Judge Cannon Blocks DOJ From Releasing Final Report in Trump Documents Probe

"Release of Volume II to Congress under the proposed conditions … presents a substantial and unacceptable risk of prejudice to [the remaining co-defendants]," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order blocking the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the now-abandoned classified records retention case against President Donald Trump.
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