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The Price of Injustice: Wrongfully Convicted Deserve Full Compensation
The State of Illinois owes a debt to the innocent men and women who have been convicted in our justice system of crimes they didn't commit and then been forced to serve years -- sometimes decades -- of wrongful imprisonment. It isn't easy to quantify
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:06P
Divided Supreme Court affirms copyright law as a weapon against gray market
Only eight justices heard the case because newly appointed Justice Kagan recused herself. On December 13, 2010, the Supreme Court issued a one-sentence decision stating: “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.” The high court, as is its
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:06P
Ruth Madoff Has $14 Million From Fraud in BNY, Trustee Says
Bank of New York had no objection to providing them, he said in the March 10 filing in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. Picard is seeking a total of $44.8 million from Ruth Madoff, according to court papers. Money going into Ruth Madoff's personal
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:05P
KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgKan. House chairman not dropping immigration bill
It includes a provision mirroring an Arizona law enacted last year, requiring police to check the legal status of people they suspect of being in the US illegally. The Judiciary Committee voted Monday to table the bill indefinitely.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:05P
Ministers stripped of garda drivers
Taoiseach Enda Kenny, President Mary McAleese, Tanaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore and Justice and Defence Minister Alan Shatter will retain the so-called perk of power for security reasons. But from May 1 the other 12 ministers and
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:05P
Delta :Uduaghan Loses Bid To Elongate Tenure
But Justice Buba in his judgment said, “I hold that the plaintiff (Uduaghan) is not entitled to four years term having regards to the amendment of section 180(2A) , in the final analysis , he is not entitled to the relieves sought , and subsequently
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:05P
14 months for woman who hid auto dealer's assets
Rowan pleaded guilty to bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud last year after admitting that she lied on a credit application to purchase a Land Rover for Hecker. Prosecutors say Rowan also spent thousands of dollars in gift cards that were supposed to be
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:05P
Google Apps Inaccessible To Blind Students
The Baltimore-based group is asking that the Justice Department investigate. It also wants colleges to halt adoption of such software until it's accessible to everyone. Both schools recently adopted Google Apps for Education for campus e-mail and other
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:05P
Advocates for blind sue NU over use of Gmail
and other Google applications used by the schools aren't fully functional with text-to-speech technology, and their adoption violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Baltimore-based group is asking that the Justice Department investigate.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:04P
LETTER: Governor's statement on lawsuit reform
“Implementing loser pays lawsuit reforms will expedite legitimate legal claims, crack down on junk lawsuits and stimulate Texas jobs and economic opportunity relieving Texans of the burdens created by frivolous and drawn-out lawsuits.”
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:04P
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