News: Charlie Baird and the Tobacco Lawyers

Source: The Austin Chronicle

In the waning days of the Democratic primary campaign (to be decided Tuesday, May 29), the Charlie Baird D.A. campaign, in a mailer and email, accused incumbent Rosemary Lehmberg of accepting campaign donations fr ...
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Baird deserves nod in Travis DA's race

Source: Grits for Breakfast

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Case against defence lawyer tossed out by higher court

Source: The Record

KITCHENER —The obstruction of justice case against longtime criminal defence lawyer Hal Mattson was effectively thrown out of court this week. Mattson, 57, was ordered after a preliminary hearing last fall ...
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TX Criminal Justice Coalition prepping for TDCJ Sunset hearing: Are you?

Source: Grits for Breakfast

Via email from Ana Correa the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, see details about the upcoming Sunset hearing for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and her group's diligent preparations: On June 5th, Texas' Sunset ...
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Shirley S. Abrahamson: Wisconsin court system taking smarter approach to mental health issues

Source: Madison.com

Serious mental illness may have devastating effects on individuals, families and communities, especially when the illness is left untreated. An estimated 3.6 million American adults have untreated severe ...
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Patz prosecutors still have difficult case, experts say

Source: AZ starnet.com

NEW YORK - Thirty-three years to the day after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished without a trace while walking to catch a school bus, a man accused of strangling him and dumping his body with the trash was arraigned on a murder charge on ...
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Criminal Defense Firm Jenesen Legal Launches an Updated Website

Source: PRWeb

Screenshot from the new JensenLegal.com Kris Jensen of Jensen Legal, a criminal defense and litigation firm based in Seattle, Washington, has recently launched an updated website—jensenlegal.com. This site utilizes Wordpress, one the mos ...
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Any Lokayukta won't do!

Source: Times of India

It is said that the most powerful thing on earth is an idea whose time has come. The time for a Lokayukta for Goa has come even though at the central level the Lokpal refuses to see the light of day. The Bellary mining scam, the 2G spectrum s ...
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Experts: Patz case confession, but little evidence

Source: Newsday

Even with evidence as compelling as a full confession to murder, prosecutors making the case that Pedro Hernandez killed 6-year-old Etan Patz in Manhattan 33 years ago have their work cut out for them, legal experts said Friday.Police admit they have ...
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