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Once a trial lawyer, John Edwards gambles on jury to avoid prison
RALEIGH, NC - As a young personal injury lawyer in North Carolina, John Edwards earned a reputation for turning down multimillion-dollar settlement offers on bets that jurors would award his clients more money at the end of a trial.
Updated: 04/10/2012 12:44P
John Edwards Trial: Former Senator Gambles On North Carolina Jury To Avoid Prison
RALEIGH, NC -- As a young personal injury lawyer in North Carolina, John Edwards earned a reputation for turning down multimillion-dollar settlement offers on bets that jurors would award his clients more money at the end of a trial.
Updated: 04/10/2012 12:42P
Once a trial lawyer, John Edwards again puts his faith in a jury as he seeks
By MICHAEL BIESECKER | AP | 4 minutes ago in As a young personal injury lawyer in North Carolina, John Edwards earned a reputation for turning down multimillion-dollar settlement offers on bets that jurors would award his clients more money at the end
Updated: 04/10/2012 12:39P
Learn about careers in law, criminal justice
Romeo Community Schools will sponsor a Careers in Law and Criminal Justice Day on April 21 at the Romeo Engineering and Technology Center, from 8:30 am to noon. Law enforcement professionals will discuss their careers in small breakout sessions.
Updated: 04/10/2012 12:31P
Larry McCord and Associates LLC Provides High School Students the Opportunity
(openPR) - The law office of Larry McCord and Associates LLC has announced that a mock trial competition will take place on April 25 at the Wyandanch High School auditorium. The competition begins at 3 pm and is being presented by Dr. Pless M.
Updated: 04/10/2012 11:14A
San Jose Criminal Attorney Richard Weese of Summit Defense Attorneys Helps
In a recent case handled by the criminal defense attorneys from the San Jose office of Summit Defense Attorneys, the defendant had a prior conviction on his record that was considered to be a strike. Consequently, he was facing a minimum 10-year state
Updated: 04/10/2012 11:12A
The Truth About "Stand Your Ground" Laws
In some states the law imposes a duty to retreat from physical confrontations. Whether in your home or on the street, if you fought back, you might be prosecuted as a criminal. This duty was a terrible law. It required you to turn your back on an
Updated: 04/10/2012 10:43A
The Truth About "Stand Your Ground" Laws
In some states the law imposes a duty to retreat from physical confrontations. Whether in your home or on the street, if you fought back, you might be prosecuted as a criminal. This duty was a terrible law. It required you to turn your back on an
Updated: 04/10/2012 10:43A
In Pakistan, government takes license with 'public order' law
Headlines saying “Section 144 Imposed” turn up frequently in the local press, referencing the part of Pakistan's Code of Criminal Procedure that allows the government to act immediately to halt any activity that poses a threat to health,
Updated: 04/10/2012 10:01A
Why the Supreme Court Thinks Strip Searches Are Constitutional
As Justice Anthony Kennedy mused: Here the government is saying that the Federal Government has a duty to tell the individual citizen that it must act, and that is different from what we have in previous cases and that changes the relationship of the
Updated: 04/10/2012 09:32A
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