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Connecticut Law Tribune

Opinion: There's No Justice In U.S. Attorney's Press Releases

I don't know about you, but I'm plenty sick, and plenty tired, or reading rehashed public relations press releases circulated by the U.S. Attorney's Office and then reprinted in one form or another in the mainstream press. My tax dollars are hard at work paying the office shill to chest-thump about the doings at Justice.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Harassment Charge for Spitting at Officer Is Upheld

Davon Simmons faces one count of second-degree harassment after allegedly spitting at a New York City police officer, which hit the officer's face and mouth, in October 2012.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

People v. Mercedes B.

Dismissal in Interest of Justice Denied; Charged Behavior Voluntarily Entered Into
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Board's Parole Denial, Grants New Hearing

A man who has served 27 years of a 15-year-to-life sentence for the murder of his wife has been granted a new parole hearing by a judge who said the Parole Board focused solely on the 1986 crime in rejecting the inmate's bid for release.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

United States v. Canori

Memo Did Not De Facto 'Reschedule' Marijuana, Which Remains Schedule I Controlled Substance
1 minute read

The Recorder

AG Charges Operator of Revenge-Porn Site

Kamala Harris' office alleges the owner of the site ugotposted.com responded to take-down requests by charging a fee.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Polish President Urges Conn. Officials To Spare Killer's Life

The president of Poland is urging Connecticut officials to not impose the death penalty on a former Trumbull man convicted of murder in the deaths of a Bridgeport woman, her 9-year-old daughter and a Milford man.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyer Tries to Turn the Table on Glock

Six months after the Cobb County district attorney dropped racketeering, theft and other charges against a former federal prosecutor, an Atlanta attorney and a Marietta businessman, the three former defendants—all with ties to gun manufacturer Glock Inc.—have notified the city of Smyrna that they intend to sue the city for malicious prosecution.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Panel OKs Conviction for Email to Talk Show Host

A woman's late-night, migraine-fueled email to a talk show host saying that she would go to a government building and show "government hacks" what the Second Amendment "is all about" may not have been intended as an actual threat, but a federal appeals court won't allow her to hide under the First Amendment, affirming her federal conviction for sending a threatening communication.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gun Talk in School Isn't Terroristic Threat

A teen who allegedly talked about accessing guns in school, causing the school to increase security and attendance to temporarily drop, may not be found delinquent because the statement itself was not a hazardous or physically offensive condition that created a risk of public inconvenience, the state Superior Court has ruled.
5 minute read

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