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ABA president says LSC needs extra money for COVID-19 issues
ABA President Judy Perry Martinez is asking Congress to provide a supplemental appropriation for the Legal Services Corp. The cash…
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Judge tosses indictment of Russian firms at prosecutors’ request
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich granted prosecutors’ request Monday to toss an indictment against two Russian companies accused of…
Mar 17, 2020 3:12 PM CDT Former prosecutor suspended for bar assault A New York appeals court has imposed a two-month suspension on a former prosecutor in New York County after his conviction for getting into…
Mar 12, 2020 4:31 PM CDT A federal prosecutor who lives north of Sacramento, California might have shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, authorities say. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Delgado, 43,…
Mar 11, 2020 9:20 AM CDT Mar 3, 2020 11:27 AM CST Mar 3, 2020 9:22 AM CST South Carolina LGBTQ students fight for equality in sexual education Eli Bundy, a 15-year-old sophomore at Charleston County School of the Arts in South Carolina, is the leader of the…
Mar 2, 2020 4:16 PM CST Feb 28, 2020 12:19 PM CST Feb 20, 2020 12:46 PM CST Feb 19, 2020 10:38 AM CST Feb 17, 2020 1:28 PM CST Feb 14, 2020 10:19 AM CST Feb 7, 2020 9:30 AM CST Feb 5, 2020 12:09 PM CSTAfternoon Briefs: Bar assault leads to suspension; lawyer reprimanded for punch threat
Federal prosecutor and wife die in apparent murder-suicide
As voters head to polls, DA apologizes for husband’s pointing of gun at protesters
A day before voters headed to the polls to decide whether the Los Angeles district attorney would keep her job, she said her husband was “profoundly sorry” for pointing a gun at protesters who came to their home.
District attorney faces indictment over drug possession and misconduct
A district attorney in northeastern Colorado has been indicted by a grand jury on three counts of controlled substance possession and conspiracy and one count of official misconduct.
Afternoon Briefs: LGBTQ students sue for sex ed equality; judge’s law license is suspended 5 times
ABA president applauds bill putting public defenders ‘on an equitable playing field with prosecutors’
ABA President Judy Perry Martinez commended on Thursday two federal lawmakers who introduced legislation that would boost support for public defenders with a $250 million grant program.
Roger Stone gets 40-month sentence after Justice Department clashed with prosecution team
A federal judge sentenced Roger Stone to 40 months in prison Thursday, less than the seven-to-nine-year sentence initially recommended by prosecutors.
Op-ed by Harvey Weinstein lawyer spurs prosecutor complaint and gag order
The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of film producer Harvey Weinstein barred the defense from talking to the press Tuesday after a member of the team wrote an op-ed asking jurors to “do what they know is right.”
‘The personal attacks on our judges and prosecutors must cease,’ says ABA president
ABA President Judy Perry Martinez reminded the House of Delegates at the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas, on Monday that Americans of all different backgrounds are paying more attention to issues of justice.
Barr says Trump’s tweets ‘make it impossible for me to do my job;’ Trump asserts ‘legal right’ to ask for action
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s tweets about the Department of Justice, pending cases and judges make it impossible for him to do his job.
Prosecutors consider reviewing convictions in Malcolm X’s murder after documentary raises questions
The Manhattan district attorney’s office will conduct a preliminary review of the convictions in the case of Malcolm X’s 1965 murder, a first step in deciding whether to investigate further.
DA says predecessor manufactured case against doc and girlfriend accused of luring women into sex assaults
A California district attorney denounced his predecessor as he announced Tuesday that he will drop charges against a surgeon and his girlfriend accused of luring possibly hundreds of women to his apartment for sexual assaults.
