JonathanTurley

JANUARY 23, 2022

The federal trial court seated the jury last week. Ironically, in state court the prosecutors made the case for the defense of the three officers. The criminal conduct by all three officers must be “willful.” The law has been used in famous cases , including the Rodney King case in Los Angeles.

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. This was again confirmed by the Court on various occasions[19]. CURRENT SCENARIO THROUGH A JUDICIAL LENS.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In a stunning development today in Massachusetts, a Middlesex County Superior Court judge unsealed records revealing the state concealed information for years that showed other chemists and supervisors may have engaged in wrongdoing at a beleaguered crime lab where rampant misconduct led to tens of thousands of wrongful drug convictions.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. Some things are happily left out of the courts. One such case now in court was brought by Amanda DuVall, 28. Thanksgivings tend to reflect the state of our society for better or worse.

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