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United States v. Hammond

By | February 06, 2014
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The Recorder

United States v. Lyle

By | February 06, 2014
2 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Jones

By | February 06, 2014
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Supreme Court to Decide if Police Can Search Cell Phones

In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn of the New York Civil Liberties Union writes: In light of Edward Snowden's dramatic revelations about the federal government's sweeping collection of information about the phone calls we make, the emails we send, and the social media we use, the very notion of communications privacy is bordering on quaint naivete. Yet, things can always get worse, and the U.S. Supreme Court recently took two cases that threaten to do just that.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Fourth Circuit Upholds Terror Convictions

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the terror convictions of three defendants prosecuted in North Carolina federal district court.
3 minute read

Law.com

Ending 15-Year Protest, Judge Resumes Criminal Docket

Recent reforms have softened U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson's misgivings about federal sentencing mandates.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Murder Case Tests Constitutionality Of Tapping Interstate Phone Calls

A man serving life for murder is asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to declare the state's wiretap law unconstitutional because it allows police here to listen in on interstate conversations.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Asked to Define 'Mentally Retarded' in Death Cases

Freddie Lee Hall sits on Florida's death row for the 1978 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant. He should not be executed because, he claims, he is "mentally retarded."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Report: Four from Ga. Were among Record Number of Exonerated Convicts

According to a report from the National Registry of Exonerations, more prisoners were found to have wrongly convicted in 2013 than ever before, with 87 inmates being exonerated across the country, including four in Georgia. Over the last 25 years, according to the report, 1,304 prisoners have been exonerated.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

State May Reimburse Senator it Failed to Convict

State Sen. Don Balfour's attorneys say state law allows their client to recoup more than $156,000 he paid for his successful defense against charges that he overbilled the state for his legislative per diem and travel expenses.
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