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Prosecutors Prepare for New Year's Compliance With Michael Morton Act

Starting in January, prosecutors must disclose more information to criminal-defense lawyers. What are the state's elected prosecutors doing to prepare to comply with the Michael Morton Act, named after a man who spent more than 24 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife?
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New York Law Journal

Moreland Report Revives Debate Over N.Y. Grand Jury Immunity

A preliminary report of Governor Cuomo's anti-corruption panel has reignited an old debate over whether New York should join the federal government and the vast majority of states and scrap its controversial "transactional immunity" rule that cloaks grand jury witnesses with an extraordinary shield against prosecution.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Project Aims To Attract, Train Public Defenders

Atlanta-based nonprofit Gideon's Promise has launched a new program called the Law School Partnership Project, aimed at making it easier for Southern public defenders to hire talented new law graduates.
6 minute read

Law.com

Jailed U.S. Contractor in Cuba Presses White House to Intervene

For the past four years, U.S. Agency for International Development contractor Alan Gross has wasted away in a Cuban prison, serving a 15-year sentence for providing Internet access to the island's small Jewish community. He's counting on lawyer Scott Gilbert to win his freedom and bring him home to Washington.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Circuit Clarifies Appealability of Refusal to Quash Subpoena

A pediatrician accused of sexually abusing patients cannot appeal a judge's refusal to quash subpoenas directed to the doctor's adult children, the Second Circuit said Friday, holding that any abuse of the grand jury process can be dealt with at trial.
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New York Law Journal

Secret Taping of Sex Act Violates State Law, Panel Rules

The Third Department decided that, contrary to the defendant's contentions that the 2003 unlawful surveillance law applies only to "peeping Toms" who hide video cameras in bathrooms or dressing rooms, surreptitious recordings of consensual sexual acts also constitutes criminal behavior.
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Texas Lawyer

Capital Murder Case Is First Reviewed Under New Habeas Law

For the second time in two years, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is considering whether to overturn Neal Robbins' capital murder conviction and remand him for a new trial. This is the first case to reach the state's highest criminal court in response to a new law.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE: D.C. Superior Court Judge Gets Rebuked

By | December 09, 2013
District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Natalia Combs Greene received a rare public rebuke last month from a judicial review commission about her temperament. Plus more in this week's column.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Solo Frees Clients in Child Sex Assault Case After 21 Years in Prison

This holiday season, Austin lawyer Keith Hampton is gaining an impressive track record: His work helped to free two clients from prison in November, and he saw a third inmate walk free on Dec. 5.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Justice Watch: Berger Singerman Wraps Up Little-Known Bankruptcy

Mortgage company Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, one of the nation's largest bankruptcies, winds down with Berger Singerman lawyers steering the way in what was once believed to be a "hopeless" case.
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