http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-20T08:04:44-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plans_for_brooklyn_da_news_series_bring_lawsuit_and_a_defense_lawyers_objec/ An election opponent of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes isn’t happy about an upcoming news series about the DA’s office that will begin airing on May 28. Nor is a lawyer defending a landlord accused of manslaughter in a tenement fire. The six-part CBS series, Brooklyn D.A., offers a look… Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Election Law, Law in Popular Culture Fri, 17 May 2013 09:16:54 -0500 44232.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/reward_money_for_info_on_texas_prosecutor_murders_will_go_unpaid/ Reward money for information in the slayings of two Texas prosecutors will not be paid because police made arrests based on their own work rather than tips by the public, according to the group that raised the cash. The Kaufman County, Texas, Crime Stoppers will return money from the fund… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, States, Texas Fri, 17 May 2013 05:45:30 -0500 44220.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/man_jailed_for_10th_dui_is_convicted_in_murder_plot_against_judge_prosecuto/ Corrected: Sentenced to an additional 16-year prison term after being convicted–for the 10th time–of driving under the influence, Gordon Vanderark allegedly tried to get back at the Illinois prosecutor and judge who put him there. He tried to arrange with a fellow inmate for them to be killed, along with… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Judiciary, Court Security, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, Illinois Thu, 16 May 2013 11:20:20 -0500 44216.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cuffed_client_decks_lawyer_with_baseball_bat_fashion_punch/ A handcuffed client decked his defense lawyer Monday in a Blair County, Pa., courtroom, in front of the judge who was hearing his post-conviction argument that he should not be sentenced to the death penalty. Andre Staton, 50, slammed the blow in a "baseball bat fashion" squarely in the forehead… Appellate Practice, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Public Defenders, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Judiciary, Court Security, States, Pennsylvania Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:24 -0500 44169.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trial_begins_for_former_da_accused_in_cash-for-court-favors_case/ A convicted former judge, Abel Limas, was the first witness Monday as a trial began for a former Texas district attorney accused in a nine-count federal indictment of running the prosecutor's office as a criminal racketeering enterprise. Limas testified that he once considered himself a father figure, mentor and friend… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, White Collar Crime, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, 5th Circuit Court, States, Texas Mon, 13 May 2013 14:30:24 -0500 44155.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_granat_slu_law_school_tumblr/ Legal services delivery entrepreneur Richard Granat wrote at eLawyering Blog about the efforts of the ABA's eLawyering Task Force to identify the top law schools currently teaching legal practice technology. "We include within this category courses that train law students in document automation,… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Bar Associations, ABA, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Careers, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Public Defenders, Law Schools, Law Students Fri, 10 May 2013 08:30:01 -0500 44050.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_faces_discipline_case_for_dismissing_lawyers_speeding_ticket/ Disciplinary counsel for the Ohio Supreme Court is seeking to sanction a Franklin County Municipal Court judge for dismissing a lawyer's speeding ticket. Attorney Patrick M. Quinn had been ticketed in November 2011 for doing 81 mph in a 65-mph zone. Judge Harland H. Hale, who was being represented by… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Government Law, Judiciary, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, Ohio Fri, 03 May 2013 13:39:54 -0500 44030.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/victim_blinked_his_eyes_to_id_defendant_police_say_videotape_to_be_shown_to/ Shot in the head and neck on Oct. 28, 2010, David Chandler was initially paralyzed and then, about two weeks later, he died. But meanwhile, hooked up to a ventilator and unable to speak, he identified, by blinking three times, the man who prosecutors say shot him. A videotape of… Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, Ohio Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:37:01 -0500 43959.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/friends_of_rosemary_file_amicus_brief_seeking_to_keep_da_in_office_after_45/ Nearly 200 lawyers have signed a "Friends of Rosemary" petition seeking to keep a Texas district attorney in office after she completes a 45-day sentence for driving while intoxicated. A spokeswoman for the group said during a Thursday press conference that Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg does not plan to… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Trials & Litigation, States, Texas Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:40:23 -0500 43938.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_da_jailed_after_judge_issues_scathing_opinion_in_rare_texas_court_of/ An unusual court of inquiry held to probe the conduct of a former Texas district attorney has concluded with a blistering opinion by the presiding judge. Former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson was briefly booked into jail Friday before being released on $7,500 bail after District Judge Louis Sturns… Appellate Practice, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, Texas Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:40:17 -0500 43856.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prosecutor_plans_to_stay_in_office_despite_dwi_conviction_45-day_sentence/ Corrected: A district attorney who pleaded guilty Friday to driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to 45 days in jail has no intention of relinquishing her post. Friends and colleagues of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg tell the Austin American-Statesman that her reasons are a mix… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Legal Ethics, States, Texas Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:37 -0500 43849.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fired_justice_of_peace_charged_with_capital_murder_in_deaths_of_texas_prose/ A fired former justice of the peace in Kaufman County, Texas, has been charged with capital murder in the recent slayings of county prosecutor Mark Hasse, county district attorney Mike McLelland and McLelland's wife, Cynthia. Eric Lyle Williams was arrested Thursday and is being held in lieu of $23 million… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Judiciary, Court Security, States, Texas Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:32:19 -0500 43816.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/newest_worker_at_manhattan_das_office_has_soft_brown_fur_is_trained_to_rela/ Meet Bear, the newest worker at the Manhattan District Attorney's office. The 4-year-old black Labrador retriever has been on the job for two days in the Big Apple, and is already learning new tricks, according to the New York Daily News and the Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, New York Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:23:11 -0500 43769.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/claimed_fake_lawyer_in_theft_case_accused_of_plotting_copycat_prosecutor_sl/ Dorothy Canfield, 84, had been facing merely a theft case, accused of bilking clients by posing as an immigration lawyer, when she is in fact not an attorney. But now she's charged as well with solicitation of capital murder and solicitation to commit aggravated assault on a public servant over… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Judiciary, Court Security, States, Texas Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:39:21 -0500 43735.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fired_justice_of_the_peace_is_charged_with_threat_made_after_da_slayings_co/ A fired justice of the peace who was questioned in the slayings of two Texas prosecutors is being held on $3 million bond on a charge of making a terroristic threat. Eric Williams, 46, was jailed on Saturday, report the Dallas Morning News Crime Blog, the Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, States, Texas Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:24:03 -0500 43724.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/special_prosecutor_to_probe_claims_of_chicago_police_torture_years_ago_by/ Finding that the Chicago prosecutor's office has a conflict of interest, the top criminal judge in Cook County, Ill., said on Thursday that he will appoint a special prosecutor to review the cases of at least five jailed men, and perhaps dozens of others, who say they were tortured into… Appellate Practice, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Criminal Procedure, Government Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, Illinois Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:57:15 -0500 43712.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_is_appointed_to_replace_slain_da_there_is_danger/ The judge appointed to fill the term of the slain district attorney in Kaufman County, Texas, told reporters on Thursday she acknowledges the danger. Judge Erleigh Norville Wiley of Kaufman County is Gov. Rick Perry’s choice to fill the job held by District Attorney Mike McClelland, who was killed along… Careers, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Judiciary, States, Texas Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:02:02 -0500 43699.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/after_da_slayings_texas_senator_introduces_bill_to_expand_protections/ U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is introducing legislation to increase protections for judges and prosecutors in part by authorizing them to carry guns in federal facilities. The bill would allow such officials to carry guns in any federal facility, not just courthouses, report the Dallas Morning… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Judiciary, Legislation & Lobbying, States, Texas Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:23:30 -0500 43686.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/district_attorney_should_be_disbarred_for_prosecutorial_misconduct/ The State Bar Court of California has recommended that Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Michael Alexander, who already had been disciplined three times in the past, be disbarred, the Los Angeles Times reports. In its opinion (PDF), the bar court found that Alexander,… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Legal Ethics, States, California Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:05:42 -0500 43642.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prosecutors_suspended_for_mistakes_in_sen._stevens_prosecution_win_administ/ Two prosecutors suspended for failing to disclose exculpatory evidence in the failed 2008 corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens have won an appeal before an administrative judge. Administrative Judge Benjamin Gutman said in an opinion issued on Friday that the Justice… Administrative Law, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Legal Ethics Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:44:07 -0500 43634.abajournal.com