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Coats retires, Gualtieri steps in
Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, formerly Coats' chief deputy, will be sworn in officially during a ceremony Wednesday, 4 pm, at the Criminal Justice Center in Courtroom 1. Chief Judge J. Thomas McGrady will do the honors. “I am proud to have worked with so many
Updated: 11/08/2011 01:02A
Florida Man Gets Life Sentence for Child Pornography: Too Severe?
“To me, a failure to distinguish between people who look at these dirty pictures and people who commit contact offenses lacks the nuance and proportionality I think our law demands,” said Douglas Berman, a Ohio State University law professor,
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:39A
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“One uses the expression 'paper transactions' in various ways, but the one most frequently used is to describe something that has no substance at all: it is simply a creation for the purpose of cosmetics or to provide evidence of something of no
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:23A
Jackson's doctor convicted
Nick Ut/AP Demonstrators stand outside the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 after it was announced that jurors had reached a verdict in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:23A
Write-in candidate announces bid for Louisa Commonwealth Attorney seat
John "Jack" Maus, a Louisa County resident and criminal law practitioner for the past 25 years, said he is running as a write-in candidate for the Louisa Commonwealth's Attorney position. He will compete against Deputy Commonwealth
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:19A
Supreme Court to rule on life prison terms for juveniles
The Supreme Court on Monday waded warily into Middle Eastern politics and a dispute between Congress and the president in the case of a 9-year-old Jerusalem-born American who wants his passport to say he was born in Israel.
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:16A
Judge recuses herself from prosecutors' hearing
"Today was high-stakes poker," said Todd Dupont, a criminal defense attorney who watched the hearing. "I am confident she wanted to make sure she was doing the right thing." Dupont noted it is routine for a judge to assign a court reporter to record
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:12A
Protestors disregard societal laws
I followed all the steps of the law and I felt victimized by it. I felt like I was a criminal, too.” The “occupiers” do not accept the standards of our society. They live on land they do not pay for. They bang drums all day and night which disturbs the
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:05A
A Better Pill to Swallow: New Orleans' reputation soiled by crime, but future
Article 701 of the New Orleans criminal code calls for the release of suspects that have not been charged after 60 days — even if the crime is murder. Although some claim this law is an institutionalization of murder, this is not the case.
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:03A
Court stays Skinner's execution
By BOBBY CERVANTES Convicted murderer Hank Skinner won another reprieve Monday, when the state's highest criminal court halted his scheduled execution to consider how changes to state law affect his requests for new DNA tests that he says will
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:00A
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