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Broward judge’s Twitter use ruffles Public Defender

May 23rd, 2013

Broward Circuit Judge Matthew Destry’s recent foray into the Twitter social networking site has ruffled the feathers of Public Defender Howard Finkelstein, who is questioning whether a judge should be tweeting from the bench.

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3rd law student charged in beheading of exotic Vegas bird takes misdemeanor plea and gets 2 days

May 23rd, 2013

A third law student from the University of California-Berkeley has been charged with playing a role in the beheading death last year of an exotic bird at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Hazhir Kargaran, 26, was charged with three misdemeanors in the Clark County case and pleaded no..

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‘Pocket-Dial’ to 911 Leads to Murder Arrest

May 23rd, 2013

Pocket-dialing is a dangerous drain on emergency 911 call centers. But in rare moments of serendipity, the phenomenon of accidental calls placed by posterior-activated cellphones can be helpful to law enforcement.

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DOJ: Law Prohibits Florida From Issuing Law License To Undocumented Immigrant

May 23rd, 2013

Repeating the stance it took in a California case, the Justice Department told the Florida Supreme Court that federal law prohibits Florida from issuing a law license to an undocumented immigrant. The state Supreme Court asked for guidance in the case of a law graduate who is seeking a law license after passing The Florida Bar exam. He was brought to the United States from Mexico by his parents when he was 9.

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Ex-judge charged with stealing drug evidence while on the bench

May 23rd, 2013

A former Pennsylvania court judge has been charged on multiple counts of theft and drug possession. The charges against retired Washington County Common Pleas judge Paul Pozonsky, who stepped down last year after he was stripped of all criminal cases by President Judge Debbie O’Dell-Seneca, follow a state police investigation?

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Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild Calls Jurors ‘Retards’

May 23rd, 2013

This Girls Gone Wild mogul has some rather choice words for the jurors who convicted him.

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Miami-Dade public defender allowed to pull out of cases because of workload

May 23rd, 2013

Describing what it called a “damning indictment” of representation for poor criminal defendants, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Miami-Dade County public defender’s office could withdraw from a large chunk of felony cases because of excessive workloads.

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Judge’s Facebook friendship didn’t indicate bias, state appellate court rules

May 22nd, 2013

When are friends not really friends? Perhaps on Facebook, the Fifth District of Texas Court of Appeals recently ruled, in a matter involving a judge’s social media contacts and perceived biases. The appeal was brought by William Scott Youkers, who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend and later had a..

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YouTube can be used as ‘hammer of justice’ even if client has lost in court, lawyer says

May 22nd, 2013

It isn’t just in court proceedings that depositions can be useful, a Colorado attorney says. By posting them on YouTube after his client had already lost in court, he won a secret settlement in one corporate matter, John Pineau tells the Denver Post. “This is an incredible..

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Arbitrator upholds firing of Miami Beach cop who says he drank before work

May 22nd, 2013

The officer had argued that the city had allowed a culture of intoxicated officers.

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