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Repeat felon gets two-year sentence
GRAHAM — While sentencing him for a break-in and robbery, a judge told a Burlington man a two-year sentence on top of the one he's already serving is the most leniency justice would allow. Jonathan Juan Amador, 25, of Storey Street, Burlington,
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:31P
DETROIT: Trenton attorney facing charges in district, county courts
He filed a civil lawsuit against his former girlfriend and allegedly told her he would drop the lawsuit if she would drop a domestic violence complaint against him, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in an earlier press release.
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:31P
Former judicial nominee's take on search for CJ replacement
Before I knew it, he had morphed into a nameless candidate for the vacant position of Chief Justice that was recently advertised by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The interviewee's features kept shifting from the familiar form of one lawyer to
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:30P
North Africa: Declaration of Extraordinary Session of European Council
Democratic uprisings are bringing dramatic changes to the Southern Neighbourhood, creating a new hope and opportunity to build a future based on democracy, pluralism, the rule of law, human rights, and social justice. Progress and democracy go hand in
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:30P
Fourteen die in New York bus crash
Fourteen people have died after a bus returning to New York City from a casino overturned on a highway and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign. The driver, who survived, told police he lost control while trying to evade a swerving
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:27P
Dismissal for outsourcing judgments upheld
Instead he got them prepared through somebody before delivering the verdict. Ajit Kumar, a subordinate judge in Garhwa, was aggrieved at his being sacked without an enquiry under Article 311 of the Constitution. He contended that there was no evidence
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:26P
Judge orders Iowa school district to reinstate principal, rules there's no
Monica Rouse filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination in Cedar County District Court in April. The Muscatine Journal reports a judge ruled Friday there was no evidence to support the firing. School district attorney Cam Davidson says an appeal is in
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:26P
Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Awards to Honor Richard Trumka
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights will honor AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, lifelong social justice activist Shirley Sherrod, and Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese with the civil and human rights movement's highest
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:23P
Conn. prison population at 10-year low
AP Michael Lawlor, the state's undersecretary for criminal justice planning, says the population could drop to 17000 by the end of the year and possibly lower if state lawmakers approve Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's legislative proposals, up for debate next
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:21P
Right to possess land cannot be taken away without enquiry: Supreme Court
Giving this ruling a Bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice AK Ganguly said: “Admittedly the LAA, a pre-Constitutional legislation of colonial vintage is a drastic law, being expropriatory in nature as it confers on the State a power which affects a
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:20P
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