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California boat fire: Criminal probe launched with focus on safety lapses, sources say
Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the Southern California boat fire that killed 34 people on Labor Day, focusing on possible ...
Updated: 09/09/2019 10:07P
Overview of the court’s criminal docket for OT 19 – sizeable and significant
The Supreme Court has already granted review in 50 cases for the term that opens on Monday, October 7. More will be granted when the court returns for its ...
Updated: 09/09/2019 12:03P
Best mind in criminal law Ram Jethmalani represented all- politicians, businessmen, Bollywood biggies & dons
Ram Jethmalani, who spent over seven decades in Bar, argued scores of high-profile cases varying from criminal to constitutional matters besides economic ...
Updated: 09/08/2019 12:48P
Criminal Law: Hobbs Act Robbery-Career Offender-Appeal Waiver
Defendant pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement containing an appeal waiver, to Hobbs Act robbery and a firearms offense. On appeal, defendant ...
Updated: 09/06/2019 05:08P
Criminal Law: Drug Offenses-Safety-Valve Relief-Incomplete Proffer
Defendant appealed his sentence, arguing the district court erred in finding that his proffer to the government was not complete and truthful to entitle him to ...
Updated: 09/06/2019 04:55P
Criminal Law: Robbery-Diminished Capacity-Mental Disease
Where defendant challenged his convictions for first-degree robbery and armed criminal action, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant failed to show ...
Updated: 09/05/2019 03:40P
Criminal Law: Supervised Release-Special Conditions-Substance Abuse
Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion to modify special conditions of supervised release that required him to submit to periodic drug testing, ...
Updated: 09/05/2019 03:14P
Cook County’s new law barring landlords from turning away tenants with certain criminal backgrounds faces cont
Four months after Cook County commissioners restricted landlords from putting off potential renters with certain criminal backgrounds, the new law is mired in ...
Updated: 09/04/2019 08:16P
Members of the “Exonerated Five” implore Duke Law students to remember their case to avoid future injustices
Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana asked Duke Law students Tuesday to remember the story of the Exonerated Five as they begin their careers, and said that ...
Updated: 09/04/2019 04:22P
Duke Law School Creates Criminal Justice Center
The newly created Duke Center for Science and Justice was established to focus on legal and scientific research in its efforts to reform the criminal justice ...
Updated: 09/03/2019 11:05A
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