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Board upholds rare firing of prosecutor
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 9 days ago
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The 3-2 vote by the Santa Clara County Personnel Board came despite Rogers' testimony that she was fired solely because she is severely hearing-impaired and relied on a captioner funded by the District Attorney's Office. "I felt...the discipline was
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Charts: Why You're in Deep Trouble If You Can't Afford a Lawyer
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 14 days ago
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Fifty years after the groundbreaking "Gideon" ruling, public defenders are overworked, underpaidand America's poor are paying for the price...AM PDT In January 1962, a man sitting in a Florida prison cell scrawled a note to the United States Supreme
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Mo. public defender retires early to avert layoffs
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 17 days ago
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Mo. (AP) A lack of resources and the prospect of layoffs in the office he's led for 33 years prompted federal public defender Ray Conrad to announce his retirement a few years early so other attorneys can keep their jobs. Ray Conrad, 73, said his
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Public defender hard at work on furlough week
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 17 days ago
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But Lopez, who has worked as a federal investigator for 19 years, is not slacking off -- taking calls from accused defendants in jail on cases she's handling. She is also using the week to watch her two young grandchildren. "I'm basically not getting
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Next sequester victors
New York City :: NY :: USA | 18 days ago
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Congress and President Barack Obama spared the FAA from the full brunt of sequester, sending a clear message: We're willing to cave. Now advocates for other agencies and programs are lining up by the newly opened door, looking for fixes to their own
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She keeps hated criminals off death row
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
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One of the nation's foremost experts on keeping clients off death row is joining Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense team. Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer, has successfully fought for the lives of Ted Kaczynski, aka the
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Brazil: Indigenous squatters resist eviction
São Paulo :: Brazil | 22 days ago
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Police in riot gear surrounded a settlement of indigenous people next to Rio de Janeiro's storied Maracana stadium on Saturday, preparing to evict them as soon as an expected court order arrived...Alex Melo, explained officers were "waiting for the
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Court employee wins benefits for same-sex spouse
Salem :: OR :: USA | 24 days ago
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Ore. (AP) A federal appellate judge ruled this week the judiciary must grant health care benefits to the same-sex spouse of a federal public defender in Portland...Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry Pregerson said in a ruling Wednesday that the
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Budget cuts cause delays, concern in federal court
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 24 days ago
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Federal budget cuts have caused delays in at least one terror-related court case in New York and prompted a federal judge in Nebraska to say he is "seriously contemplating" dismissing some criminal cases. The automatic cuts are also causing concerns
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Defense attorneys criticize Dallas County's proposed resign-to-run policy
Dallas :: GA :: USA | 25 days ago
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Some criminal defense attorneys say it's wrong to require Dallas County employees to resign if they want to run for public office. County commissioners said on Tuesday that they are planning to vote on such a policy after seeking comment from
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