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The Legal Intelligencer

Life Sentence for Arson Overturned on Non-DNA Evidence

During the trial that led to the conviction of 19-year-old Gregory Brown Jr. for allegedly starting a fatal fire, one witness's testimony put Brown at the scene as smoke started rising from the house and another witness said that Brown later bragged about setting the blaze.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Lippert, PICS Case No. 14-0285 (Pa. Super. Feb. 13, 2014) Strassburger, J. (13 pages).

By | March 04, 2014
Post-Conviction Relief • Ineffective Assistance of Counsel • Collateral Consequences of Plea Agreements
3 minute read

The Recorder

U.S. Accuses Sprint of Overcharging Government for Surveillance

The phone company allegedly overbilled federal law enforcement agencies by more than $21 million to execute wiretaps and other intercepts.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Birdsall Bankruptcy Settlement Would Let Employees' Lawyers Retain Fees

A proposed settlement in the Birdsall Services Group bankruptcy would allow 13 law firms to keep more than half a million dollars in fees incurred by officers and employees who were under investigation in the pay-to-play scandal that brought down the company.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

High Court Questions Florida's Mental Test in Death Cases

A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of Florida's hard IQ cutoff for determining who cannot be executed because of an intellectual disability.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Gideon: Noted Blogger Debuts At Law Tribune

My "name" is Gideon and I am most certainly a public defender. I've been practicing as a public defender for longer than I care to admit and in the process of representing individuals, I've picked up a few opinions on the criminal justice system: the way it is, the way it's going and the way it should be.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Supreme Court Weighs Florida Death Appeal On Mental Disability

By | March 03, 2014
Attorneys for a pregnant woman's killer argue he should not be executed because his mental disability is so profound.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

McFadden Won't Hear Rape Retrial in Fayette County

Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christopher McFadden has resigned his temporary appointment to serve as a Griffin Circuit trial judge following his controversial decisions overturning a guilty verdict in a rape case and then not to recuse from presiding over a new trial.
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Daily Report Online

Agent for HUD Inspector General is Indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted the former special agent in charge of the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Atlanta, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia announced Thursday.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

United States v. Patterson

Probable Cause Existed for Warrant Despite Lack of Testimony on Informants' Reliability
2 minute read

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