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Violent crime enabled
Ina telling revelation, two stories yesterday demonstrate the way criminal justice policy here works less effectively to protect sexual assault victims than any other type of crime victim. The story about accused murdered Edward Corliss includes
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:25A
Andy Barbee Joins Greer & Walker as Director of Litigation and Forensic Services
Barbee then joined Aurora Management Partners, a multi-discipline consulting firm in the Southeast, where he specialized in bankruptcy, forensic accounting and turnaround engagements. In late 2009, he founded his own firm, Barbee Advisors, Inc.,
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:25A
Twenty-nine Ward and Smith, PA Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
Derek J. Allen (2009) — Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Land Use and Zoning Law Michael L. Miller (1995) — Arbitration; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Mediation; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates A. Charles Ellis (1995) — Medical Malpractice Law
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:25A
Twenty-nine Ward and Smith, PA Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
Derek J. Allen (2009) — Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Land Use and Zoning Law Michael L. Miller (1995) — Arbitration; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Mediation; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates A. Charles Ellis (1995) — Medical Malpractice Law
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:25A
Man dies in crash in northwest Cape Coral
EMS pronounced Justin Edward Stockman, 32, of 1702 NW Fifth St., dead at 9:15 am He was found seat-belted into a 2011 Kia Soul that was located 84 feet from where Chiquita Boulevard North turns left into Jacaranda Parkway. According to police, Stockman
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:25A
After court denies stay, Georgia executes Troy Davis
Though Davis' attorneys said seven of nine key witnesses against him disputed all or parts of their testimony, state and federal judges repeatedly ruled against granting him a new trial. As the court losses piled up Wednesday, his offer to take a
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:24A
Verdicts in Belpre mother's case
A Washington County Common Pleas Court jury returned verdicts Wednesday night after two days of emotional testimony about the death of 2-year-old Bianca Jackson.. Crystal Dillon, 25, Bianca's mother, was found guilty of a felony count and misdemeanor
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:24A
Big rig collision closes several lanes on I-5
One truck driver received minor injuries during the accident and refused treatment; otherwise no one was hurt, according to a department news release. The released said the collision took place at about 2:20 pm, when an oversize load tractor trailer
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:24A
ACCC loses Google case
In the Federal Court in Sydney on Thursday, Justice John Nicholas said he was not satisfied that Google failed to sufficiently distinguish advertisements - sponsored links - from 'organic' results on its search results pages.
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:24A
NFL hypocritical with 'faking' memo after 90 years of denying concussion dangers
The 86-page lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court earlier this year by more than 75 NFL football stars states that “the league knew as early as the 1920s of the harmful effects on concussions on players' brains but concealed the
Updated: 09/22/2011 12:24A