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New York Law Journal

Judge Frees Witness Jailed Eight Months for Contempt

Bound by a 1983 decision he clearly finds farcical, Southern District Judge John Keenan released a man jailed for refusing to appear before a grand jury on the ground that the self-described anarchist would continue to resist no matter how long he is incarcerated.
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New York Law Journal

Congressional Run Starts Talk of Successor for Nassau D.A.

If Kathleen Rice wins the seat held by U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy, who has said she will not run again, the governor may appoint a one-year replacement to run the District Attorney's office before a special election that political observers say could be one to watch.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Obama Official Unveils Clemency Initiative

Deputy Attorney General James Cole Thursday enlisted the help of the New York bar to draft clemency petitions for prison inmates serving inordinately long sentences for non-violent drug crimes.
5 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Duff

By | January 31, 2014
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Former Spector Gadon Attorney Charged in Theft of Client Funds

A former Spector Gadon & Rosen associate who resigned from the bar in 2012 was charged Thursday for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from his former firm's trusts and estates clients.
4 minute read

Law.com

Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon last year, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced on Thursday.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Burrage v. United States

By | January 30, 2014
Where use of the drug distributed by the defendant is not an independently sufficient cause of the victim's death or serious bodily injury, a defendant cannot be liable for penalty enhancement under the Controlled Substances Act unless such use is a but-for cause of the death or injury.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Brown

The state did not meet its burden of justifying the warrantless search as it did not establish that the property, although in decrepit condition, was abandoned or that defendants were trespassers.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

New Disciplinary Rule OKd for 'Brady' Violations

"They gave it an extra hurdle for the person to have to climb. That was not the intent of the legislation," said Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, the house sponsor of SB 825.
5 minute read

Law.com

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Sentencing Reform Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a sentencing reform bill that would cut in half the mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses and get rid mandatory minimums for drug offenders without a criminal history.
5 minute read

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