Courts

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• in Politics
  South Africa Implements Special Courts For World Cup
  Although they won’t admit it, the South African authorities are deeply concerned about crime during the Soccer World Cup.
  by mpiti / on Nov 21, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Courts”

• LAPD investigating burglary at Nicky Hiltons Hollywood Hills home

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 814
  Los Angeles Police Department detectives were at the Hollywood Hills home of Nicky Hilton this afternoon after a burglary was reported. An LAPD spokeswoman said the burglary report was made about 3:30 p.m., though officials released few details. A law enforcement source, who spoke on the condition that he not be ...
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• Confessed dog fighter from Huron, Lenawee counties wont be sentenced until attorneys clarify key terms

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  A Bad Axe man and two cohorts won’t learn their penalties for running a dog fighting operation until attorneys can clarify some key terminology. Martin S. Phillips II, 34, and B. Jay Rodriguez, 28, of Adrian, were to face sentencing...
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• Carson City Correctional Facility inmate escapee photos released

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  One of the escaped inmates stabbed a prison guard in the head with a pitchfork.
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• Cause of Orinda teen’s death remains undetermined

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 814
  Investigators have failed to determine the cause of death of a boy who collapsed and died at an Orinda party last May where teenagers were drinking. Contra Costa County Sheriffs Capt. Daniel Terry said today that Joe Loudon, 16, may have suffered from an unknown heart condition that, when combined with alcohol, ...
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• Sexual assault of Gladwin tot could get Oklahoma man life sentence

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  GLADWIN — A Duncan, Okla., man has avoided going to trial on charges of first-degree child abuse and first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a 2-year-old girl. Trent D. Perault, Jr., awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to the sexual assault charge....
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• Isabella County man pleads guilty to charge of sexual abuse of a minor

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  David E. Merrill was 32 years old in 2001 when he jumped into bed with a 13-year-old girl and tried to force her to perform a sex act on him, court records show. Merrill, 40, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one...
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• FTC Targets RoboCalls

  
  Tech Daily Dose — Authority: 583
  Advertisement The FTC said Tuesday that it has filed suit against three firms for allegedly making "hundreds of thousands or even millions" of robocalls to consumers in violation of the Do Not Call rule and other laws. The three groups targeted allegedly called consumers in a bid to sell "worthless ...
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• Office Space Actor Sues Anonymous Wikipedia Vandal

  
  Threat Level — Authority: 747
  Office Space actor Ron Livingston has filed a lawsuit against an anonymous Wikipedia editor for repeatedly altering his entry on the free encyclopedia to claim Livingston is gay. Livingston suspects the same vandal of posing as the actor in a phony Facebook profile. Neither Facebook nor Wikipedia are named in the ...
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• Man arrested in death of Santa Monica baby

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 814
  Santa Monica police have arrested a man in connection with the suspected shaking death of his 2-month-old stepdaughter, authorities said today. Donald Hillman, 23, was arrested Monday by Santa Monica Police Department detectives in North Hollywood, authorities said. Hillman allegedly took his stepdaughter to a ...
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• UPDATE: Bank heist suspect arrested at Bad Axe elementary school

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  BAD AXE — Police staked out a Bad Axe elementary school to catch a suspect in a bank holdup. George E. Greene Elementary School was on lock-down Tuesday while federal, county and city law enforcement authorities took surveillance positions outside...
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• Guilty Plea in Check-Cashing Fraud

  
  City Room — Authority: 786
  The owner of an architecture and design firm pleaded guilty to evading taxes by using a commercial check cashing business to hide his profits, the district attorney said.
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• ‘Missed Opportunity’ In File Sharing Case? Don’t Believe It

  
  Threat Level — Authority: 747
  With the $675,000 judgment against Joel Tenenbaum now final, the inevitable finger pointing has begun. Tenenbaum was only the second person in the nation to be sued by the RIAA for file sharing and to take the case all the way to jury trial, making it a closely watched case.  It’s not surprising he lost, given ...
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• Police Blotter 12/3-12/6

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 150
  Newstreamz.com will print updates of dropped charges or not guilty verdicts upon request. Send requests with appropriate documentation and working daytime phone number to cops@newstreamz.com or by fax to (512) 392-5132.
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• 30 Florida Attorneys Disciplined, Nine Disbarred

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 448
  TALLAHASSEE, FLA—The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders has disciplined 30 attorneys, disbarring nine, suspending 17 and placing four on probation. Some attorneys received more than one form of discipline. Four attorneys were publicly reprimanded. Three were ordered to pay restitution.Case files have been ...
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• Orange Rag: Scottish Civil Costs Review – a missed opportunity

  
  Chris Dale Lawyer Support — Authority: 421
  John Craske, Head of Business IT at Dundas & Wilson LLP has contributed a guest article to the Orange Rag which hints at disappointment in the Scottish Civil Courts Review.I wrote briefly about the Report of the Scottish Civil Courts Review on 7 October, shortly after its publication (see Scottish Civil Courts ...
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• Lowell woman charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from Hastings law firm

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  The firm discovered discrepancies in May, which prompted a lengthy investigation.
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• David Moores long battle with cancer, prison injustice ends

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  A convicted sex offender who spent 14 years in prison, he donated his Highland Street home on Grand Rapids Southeast Side for inmates transitional housing.
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• Hastings man held on sex assault charges faces new felonies, police say

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 819
  HASTINGS -- A 49-year-old Hastings man, held on five charges of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl, now faces additional charges after police examined evidence taken from his home, including video from his cell phone. Robert Smelser originally was charged with...
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• Prominent attorney fatally shot on lawn of his Rolling Hills Estates home

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 814
  Los Angeles County sheriffs detectives today are trying to sort out a mystery in upscale Rolling Hills Estates after a prominent attorney was fatally shot on the lawn of his home. Neighbors identified the man as Jeffrey Tidus, an attorney with Baute & Tidus, a boutique civil law firm in downtown Los Angeles. ...
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• Getting Testy: Asheville Agitators Want To Deny Council Seat To Atheist

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 591
  Part of my job here at Americans United is to correspond with the general public. Frequently I find myself engaged in answering the most basic of questions. I’m often explaining the significance of Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists wherein he coined the phrase “wall of separation between church ...
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