In an unfortunate situation, the Georgia Supreme Court will be deciding who will recover damages from the death of a teenager involved in an accident with a police car… The parents, or the boy’s baby girl whom he never got to meet?
“The unusual legal battle has raged since October 2007, when Byron Trent Pyles, who [...]

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A U.S. District Judge has ordered the release of the controversial internet talk show host and hate blogger, Hal Turner.
We previously reported on the hate blogger getting jail time in July for posting on his site that three Chicago-based federal judges  “deserved to be killed” over a handgun ban in suburban Chicago.
“Turner was charged by [...]

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I came across this post and thought instead of paraphrasing I’d just put it on out there for you.
“Maybe it’s just as well that most bar associations remain in the dark about Facebook and other social media. Via Above the Law, comes news from True/Slant that:
The Florida Bar Examiners, the group that decides who gets [...]

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So today reports are surfacing that Bernard Madoff, the perpetrator of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, is dying of cancer in a North Carolina Federal Prison.
The 71-year-old is reportedly taking 20 pills a day to treat his cancer and has told other inmates that he does not have long to live.
“Lawyers for Madoff have [...]

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A Connecticut Judge has dismissed all murder and rape charges against Kenneth Ireland, a man who spent more than 20 years behind bars for a crime that DNA evidence proves he didn’t commit.
“Ireland was 20 years old when he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the 1986 rape and murder of Barbara [...]

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Judge Robert C. Nalley, the judge that deflated a womans tire for parking in a restricted area, has resigned as Chief Court Administrator.
‘”I am at a stage of my career where I feel that I can be of more use to the judiciary as a judge in the trenches than as someone with budget, planning, [...]

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A Maryland judge has acknowledged deflating the tire of a car parked in a restricted area near the courthouse.
He isn’t apologizing either.
“Circuit Court Judge Robert C. Nalley tells WUSA, a local TV station, that he let out the air because leaving notes for illegal parkers is not effective.”
“The chief administrative judge for Maryland’s 7th Circuit, [...]

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33 year old Clifton Williams is facing 6 months in jail for what court documents call a “yawn-like sound” in a  suburban Chicago courtroom.
Will County Judge Daniel Rozak was sentencing Williams’ Cousin Jason Mayfield  on a drug charge on July 23 when Williams let out the “yawn”.
The prosecutor in the courtroom at the time stated [...]

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A 60 year old grandfather was found guilty of groping a woman while she was dressed as Minnie Mouse at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
John Moyer was sentenced to 180 days of probation, 50 hours of community service, a $1,000 fine, he must undergo a mental health evaluation and write a letter of [...]

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It seems as if everyday, there is a new update about the Cash for Clunkers program. So, instead of reporting every single tiny detail, I figured I would give you guys the juicy stuff.
Well, after the controversy of being on, off, and back on again, the Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at boosting auto sales, [...]

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