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Florida Felons Can Now Vote

Most Florida felons will have their voting and other civil rights restored after release from prison under a rule approved today by Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and the state clemency board. Felons had been required to go before the board to get their civil rights restored – a process that…

Apr 5, 2007 6:04 PM CDT

Judge Decries “Media Frenzy” in Astronaut Case

The Florida judge overseeing the trial of fired astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak wants lawyers for both sides to limit their contact with the media. “I’m just trying to keep the media frenzy down to a dull roar,” Orange County Circuit Judge Marc L. Lubet said at a hearing this morning,…

Apr 5, 2007 5:29 PM CDT

LA Prosecutors Push to Deport Gang Suspects

Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley have partnered with federal law enforcement agencies to deport some suspected gang members before they are convicted of new crimes. Police officers in Southern California have generally not inquired about the immigration status of suspects, fearing that…

Apr 5, 2007 4:04 PM CDT

3 Charged in London Terror Bombings

Three men have been charged by British authorities in the four July 7, 2005 suicide attacks on three London Underground trains and a bus. The attacks killed 52 people.

Apr 5, 2007 3:48 PM CDT

“American Taliban” Seeks Reduced Sentence

Lawyers for John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban, have called for a third time for the Bush Administration to reduce his 20-year prison sentence. Lindh pleaded guilty in 2002 to providing material support to the Taliban, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. He was captured by Northern Alliance forces in…

Apr 5, 2007 3:29 PM CDT

Bunkered Up, Gonzales Preps for Testimony

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is holed up this week, phoning more than a dozen Republican lawmakers to solicit support and intensively practicing his testimony about the firings of eight U.S. Attorneys in recent months. He’s blocked off three days next week to run through mock question-and-answer sessions with staffers,…

Apr 5, 2007 3:12 PM CDT

Ex-Aide: Gonzales Approved Prosecutors’ Firings

The former chief of staff for Alberto Gonzales says the attorney general approved a plan to fire eight U.S. attorneys. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Kyle Sampson defended the controversial decision to remove the prosecutors, the Associated Press reports. Sampson said…

Mar 29, 2007 7:28 PM CDT

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What You’ll be Talking About in 2007

Jan 1, 2007 3:54 PM CST

Milberg Weiss on the Hot Seat

Should Law Firms Ever Be Indicted?

Dec 25, 2006 7:54 AM CST

Match Point

How a Denver Rape Probe Got the FBI to Change Policy and Release Kinship DNA

Dec 25, 2006 7:49 AM CST

Catch a Rising Star

Put Some Mentors in Your Pocket, and Save Them for a Rainmaker Day

Apr 2, 2005 6:21 AM CST

The Good Fight Gets Harder

As Legislatures Cut Prosecutors’ Budgets to the Bone, Caseloads Are Backing Up, and Fewer Young Attorneys Are Choosing to Stay

Feb 1, 2004 11:20 AM CST

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