The Crime Report
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Soledad Peralta, mother of slain 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta, speaks to press. Video still via KABC-TV. The shooting death of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta this week as she tried on a dress in a Los Angeles Burlington Coat Factory dressing room is the kind of almost unimaginable tragedy that vaults to the head of the national news.
JURIST
DECEMBER 29, 2021
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of California sentenced John T. Earnest, a California resident, Tuesday to life in prison plus an additional 30-year sentence for opening fire in the Chabad of Poway synagogue and for attempted arson of the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque in 2019. In June, Earnest pleaded guilty to a 113-count indictment, including obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs, hate crime acts, attempted damage to religious property and using, carrying a
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EvidenceProf Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Federal Rule of Evidence 704 provides that (a) In General — Not Automatically Objectionable. An opinion is not objectionable just because it embraces an ultimate issue. (b) Exception. In a criminal case, an expert witness must not state an opinion.
JURIST
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered a company and ints principals to cease distribution of a product touted as a COVID-19 treatment on Tuesday, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ), because the product was misbranded and unapproved. The DOJ said that the company Natural Solutions Foundation and its trustees, Ralph Fucetola and Dr.
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Does he even get why he's so popular with Fox News? The post Alan Dershowitz Eulogizes Beloved Civil Rights Leader As ‘Bigot’ Because That’s How He Rolls appeared first on Above the Law.
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JURIST
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on the death of a high school teacher from starvation and the worsening conditions of unemployment, poverty, and inflation. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding his name.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 29, 2021
“Judge rules against Gov. Kevin Stitt over vaccine mandate for National Guard”: Chris Casteel and Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman have this report. Andrew Jeong of The Washington Post reports that “ Federal court denies Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s attempt to stop military vaccine mandate.” And Sean Murphy of The Associated Press reports that “ Judge rejects Oklahoma’s lawsuit over Guard vaccine mandate.” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U
Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
It’s time to reconsider some of the language we use to talk about assisted reproductive technology. The post Your New Fertility Vocabulary For 2022 appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 29, 2021
“Omicron Surge Prompts Seventh Circuit to Go Remote for Arguments”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report on an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday.
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
There will be a lot more lawyers in the future thanks to COVID-19. The post The Pandemic Was The ‘Perfect Storm’ For People To Apply To Law School appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 29, 2021
“Federal appeals courts restrict public operations amid COVID surge”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
And while we're at it, lawyers should limit the expectations of friends and family that seek legal advice. The post Lawyers Sometimes Hold Other Lawyers To Unreasonable Expectations appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 29, 2021
“Interview: William Baude.” Audrey Jung has this post at the “High School SCOTUS” blog.
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
* A working-from-home benefit is that you can keep an eye on your young ones. Better than having Alexa doing the babysitting. [ Business Insider ]. * Louisiana doctors will be prescribing flower come Jan 1. Gotta get greens in your diet somehow. [ KALB ]. * Keeping tabs on liberty can be difficult. Here’s a summary of voting rights and voting wrongs that will color 2022. [ NYT ]. * In New Jersey, a mom’s sentence for killing her son was overturned after judges ruled the jury had no idea what the
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 29, 2021
“Why So Many Democracies Are Floundering”: Law professor Richard H. Pildes has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Alan Dershowitz Is Back On TV: Saying exactly what Fox audiences want to hear. Bored In The Pandemic? Apply to law school, like everyone else. Maybe Don't Let Alexa Babysit: It won't end well. More Law Firms Delay Office Opening: Because this pandemic still ain't over. The post Dersh Is At It Again — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is awarding a $20.5 million grant in support of the Crisis Management System (CMS) network, an ongoing effort to break the cycles of gun violence, specifically among young people, operated by Cure Violence, reports Harlem World Magazine. The funds are awarded under the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA), a Federal reinvestment program signed into law in early 2018.
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Will your law firm be adjusting its course due to the new viral variant? The post Biglaw Firms Push Back Their Reopening Dates Due To Latest COVID Variant, Some ‘Indefinitely’ appeared first on Above the Law.
The Fashion Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
In the late 1950s, a Cleveland Institute of Art graduate named James Modarelli was in the midst of his tenure at the laboratory that would become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) Glenn Research Center just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time, the then-43 year old National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was being spun into a new agency, the one that we now know as NASA, and the restructuring called for a change in name and branding.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The military focused its efforts on networked warfare and the US government responded to cyberattacks. The post Hacks Raised Questions About Pentagon’s Role In Securing Cyber And Networks appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents have assembled dozens of examples of the damaging effects of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) negative reputation on their work, including being kicked out of joint drug operations and facing backlash in liberal “sanctuary” jurisdictions where authorities strictly limit contact with ICE, to convince DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that they should leave the parent organization, reports the Washington Post.
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Alexa and Siri have some explaining to do. The post Entertaining As Alexa Is, Coloring Books Are Way Less Dangerous appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 29, 2021
A Kansas medical examiner has ruled that the death of 17-year-old Cedric Lofton, who lost consciousness after he was handcuffed by personnel while lying face down at a county juvenile center in Wichita, is a homicide, despite assertions from authorities that a preliminary autopsy suggested Lofton had not suffered life-threatening injuries while in custody, reports the New York Times.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Some SCOTUS history. The post The Supreme Court’s Two-For-One Moment appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 29, 2021
A first-of-its-kind data analysis of Utah law enforcement records , news reports, and family interviews surrounding 226 police shootings that occurred between 2010 and 2020 has found that at least 95 people (42 percent) were suffering a mental health crisis, had a mental disability or expressed a desire to end their own lives, reports PBS. More than half of the 95 encounters ended with the subject dying, most often by police gunfire.
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