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Wisconsin court says 1985 killer should be freed
Lawyer Blogs 11/14/2008A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday that a man who killed a Catholic priest and two others in a church 23 years ago should be released from a mental hospital.Bryan Stanley had claimed to be a prophet sent to cleanse St. Patrick's Catholic Church...
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US appeals court hears arguments in ND hemp case
Lawyer Blogs 11/13/2008An attorney for two North Dakota farmers argued they should be able to grow industrial hemp under state regulations without fear of federal criminal prosecution.Attorney Joe Sandler told a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday t...
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Ex-Wash. priest agrees to pay abuse victims $5M
Lawyer Blogs 11/11/2008A former priest accused in many of the child sex-abuse claims that bankrupted the eastern Washington Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $5 million to victims, who'll likely never be paid.Even though Patrick O'Donnell doesn't have the money he agreed ...
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Court turns down appeal in sealed case
Lawyer Blogs 11/10/2008The Supreme Court has turned aside a legal newspaper publisher's challenge to court decisions sealing an entire case from public view.The justices did not comment Monday on their order denying the appeal of The New York Law Publishing Company. It had...
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Mass. scrambling to adapt to marijuana initiative
Lawyer Blogs 11/07/2008After Massachusetts voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, top law enforcement officials are scrambling to figure out what they need to do to put the law into effect — despite their efforts to defeat it at the polls.Attorney...
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US judge 'agonizing' over Clemens lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 11/05/2008A federal judge said Monday he is "agonizing" over the status of a defamation lawsuit Roger Clemens filed against his former personal trainer, who accused the pitcher of using performance-enhancing drugs.U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison made the ...
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Court wrestles with TV profanity case
Lawyer Blogs 11/04/2008The Supreme Court spent an hour on Tuesday talking about dirty words on television without once using any or making plain how it would decide whether the government could ban them.The dispute between the broadcast networks and the Federal Communicati...
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Amputee awaits high court, wants musical glow back
Lawyer Blogs 10/31/2008[##_1L|1287159052.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]When Diana Levine turned 63 recently, her daughter made her a birthday card, drawing on Greek mythology with an illustration of Diana the Huntress, her bow string drawn taut, an arrow ready to ...
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Fla. ruling will help widow's anthrax lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 10/30/2008A Florida Supreme Court ruling issued Thursday will help the widow of an anthrax victim make her case that the government was ultimately responsible for her husband's death.Maureen Stevens' husband, Robert, was a photo editor who was exposed to anthr...
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Feds: Suspect in hoax anthrax scare did it before
Lawyer Blogs 10/30/2008A California man suspected of mailing more than 120 hoax anthrax letters to media outlets was interviewed previously by the FBI after one similar mailing in 2007, but he was not charged.Marc M. Keyser, 66, was interviewed by the FBI in January 2007 f...
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Feds arrest Mass. senator on corruption charges
Lawyer Blogs 10/28/2008A state senator who lost the Democratic primary last month was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday and charged with accepting $23,500 in bribes from undercover agents she believed were local businessmen.Sen. Dianne Wilkerson was charged with attempted ext...
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Condemned Ky. inmate wants to end all appeals
Lawyer Blogs 10/28/2008A Kentucky inmate who has pushed to swiftly be put to death for killing two children said Tuesday he's mentally prepared to die but fears a legal fight could delay his execution."I believe it's finally going to be over. I'm getting myself prepared to...