Attorney General Laxalt Issues Statement on Law Enforcement Meeting with US Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jul 2017
'This morning's meeting with Attorney General Sessions brought together leaders from local law enforcement to address matters of common interest-including violent crime reduction, sanctuary cities, opioid abuse ......

Anthony Garcia's Omaha attorney temporarily suspended from practicing law in Nebraska

Edit Omaha World-Herald 13 Jul 2017
With Jeremy Jorgenson suspended, it’s unclear whether the Mottas can continue to represent Anthony Garcia in the death-penalty phase of Garcia’s case ... ....

Colorado Springs attorney to fill 4th Judicial District Court vacancy

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 13 Jul 2017
Erin Lynn Sokol, a Colorado Springs attorney, was appointed to fill a vacancy on the 4th Judicial District bench, the Office of Gov....

Federal appeals court upholds Wisconsin right-to-work law

Edit The Charlotte Observer 13 Jul 2017
A federal appeals court panel has upheld Wisconsin's right-to-work law. The law prohibits businesses and unions from reaching agreements that require all workers to pay union dues. Unions maintain the ... ....

U.S. appeals court upholds Wisconsin 'right-to-work' law

Edit Reuters 13 Jul 2017
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld Wisconsin's so-called right-to-work law, which bars mandatory union membership and prohibits unions and employers from requiring non-members to pay dues ... ....

Court dismisses legal cost plea by six linked to cartel

Edit Irish Independent 13 Jul 2017
The High Court has dismissed applications brought by six people linked to the Kinahan crime organisation to have their legal costs covered by the State in proceedings against them by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) ... Ms Justice Stewart dismissed all six applications for legal aid....

Snooping device: Okudzeto recommends Fuseini prosecution for 'invasion of privacy'

Edit Modern Ghana 13 Jul 2017
A member of the Council of State, Sam Okudzeto, says former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources must be prosecuted for secretly snooping on his successor, John Peter Amewu. The experienced lawyer and a former President of the Ghana Bar Associ ... ....

Jury convicts Streamwood man of sexually assaulting 14-year-old

Edit Daily Herald 13 Jul 2017
DNA might have been a crucial piece of evidence in jurors' vote to convict Juan Torres, 47, of sexually assaulting and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. The jury deliberated only a short time Wednesday before finding Torres guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault ... ....

Man accused of murdering wife asked friend where to hide a body, jury hears

Edit Sun Sentinel 13 Jul 2017
Prosecutors wrapped up their case on Wednesday against a Miramar man accused of murdering his wife in 2012 and hiding her body where no one could ever find it. Cid Torrez, 43, decided not to testify, and jurors are set to listen to closing arguments Thursday morning. The last day of testimony saw ... ....

Emotional toll of jury duty revealed by jurors sitting in judgment at criminal trials

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 13 Jul 2017
Serving on a jury can be both an intensely satisfying and emotional experience ... ....

US jury indicts suspect in kidnapping of Chinese scholar

Edit China Daily 13 Jul 2017
A federal grand jury in Central District of Illinois returned an indictment on Wednesday that charges Brendt Christensen with kidnapping visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying on June 9....

Legal age to write will should be lowered to 16, says Law Commission

Edit The Guardian 13 Jul 2017
Present rules are outdated and fail to take into account increasing prevalence of dementia and growth of digital assets, says law reform advisory body. Law. Legal age to write will should be lowered to 16, says Law Commission ... The age at which anyone in England or Wales can write a will should be lowered to 16, the Law Commission has recommended – which is likely to highlight legal confusion over digital assets....

Rep. Mike Thompson seeks justice for veterans exposed to chemical tests

Edit The Tribune San Luis Obispo 13 Jul 2017
Veterans groups and members of Congress, including Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), are demanding to know exactly what happened during the Pentagon's series of secret chemical and biological weapons tests involving military personnel in the 1960s and 1970s ... ....
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