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• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Man Convicted After Turning in a Discarded Shotgun to Police

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  Paul Clarke, 27, a veteran, thought that he was going the right thing when he found a shotgun in his garden. He took the shotgun to the police station and was immediately arrested for possession of a firearm without permit and criminally charged — an offense that brings five years imprisonment. Prosecutor Brian ...
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• Cant Wait For You Idiots to Screw it Up

  
  An American Lion — Authority: 483
  I may be all for limited legalization of marijuana, but what’s going on in Colorado is ridiculous. My position has shifted over time, out of what I like to call basic pragmatism. I am what they call an evolving sort of dude. In my younger days, I was opposed to all kinds of drugs. I was what they would call a ...
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• Dollar Bill on Ice

  
  Blacknell.net — Authority: 127
  13 years ? Gives me immense satisfaction. And reminds me that so many others deserve the same.
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• 9-11 Defendants to be Given Real Trials as Holder Stands on Principle — Sort Of

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered actual trials for five 9/11 suspects rather than military tribunals. The decision places the United States squarely back on the road of the rule of law in giving due process even to our most hated defendants. The five defendants include 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh ...
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• Hasan Charged With 13 Counts of Premeditated Murder as Obama Calls for Investigation of Warning Signs

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  Maj. Nidal M. Hasan was charged by the Army with 13 counts of premeditated murder. To the chagrin of conservative commentators, he is not charged with terrorism, a controversy I discussed last night on this segment of Rachel Maddow. While many have been calling for a terrorism charge in the military trial, the ...
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• Keeping Corpses Straight: Rhode Island Governor Bars Same Sex Couples From Joint Funeral Arrangements

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  It appears that opponents of same-sex marriage cannot even tolerate the thought of gay couples being buried together. Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri (R) has vetoed a bill that would have added “domestic partners” to the list of people authorized by law to make joint funeral arrangements. He feels that ...
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• Glasgow lawyer who covered up husbands £24k client theft gets slap on the wrist by Law Society tribunal, continues working

  
  A Diary of Injustice in Scotland - by Peter Cherbi — Authority: 115
  Law Society of Scotland investigation found McFarlane covered up £24,000 client theft by her own husband . In yet another case which demonstrates the lack of effective regulation of Scotlands legal services market and poor consumer protection, solicitor CATRIONA MACFARLANE, 49, of Hasties Solicitors, Glasgow, has ...
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• Thou Shall Not Govern

  
  My View from the Center — Authority: 112
  When I ran across a recent article at “Air America” online titled: Abortion Restrictions In House Bill Show Power Of Organized Religion In Politics I broke into a sweat! (Well not literally!) However, how could it be that I, a self-professed proponent of Conservatism, could agree with ANYTHING that the “wacko ...
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• Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com Wins in Trademark Challenge Against Glenn Beck

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  Glenn Beck has lost a bizarre trademark fight with the founder of glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com, Isaac Eiland-Hall. Eiland-Hall created the Internet sensation to mock the style of Beck and Fox News — leading to a challenge over the use of Beck’s name with the World Intellectual Property ...
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• God is My Co-Pilot: Atlanta MARTA Driver Forces Passengers to Pray

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  A MARTA bus driver in Atlanta has been suspended after he allegedly stopped the bus and told passengers to pray. LeRoy Matthews stopped the bus on Nov. 3rd at 7:30 pm for the impromptu religious observance. in a complaint against Matthews, he stopped the bus suddenly and then stood in got out of his seat to ask ...
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• Officials Irritated by Deprivity

  
  Mystress Lady Evyl — Authority: 491
  A new acquaintance made me aware of this story. I don’t even know the people involved or was aware of their art but I was quit irritated with the situation and felt bad for those involved. . RemyFX, a Montreal special effects masterful artist, was arrested October 29th because of his work. Well not his work but ...
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• The HST Tax on Access to Justice

  
  Wise Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Legal services currently are exempt from Ontarios 8% provincial sales tax. With the Provinces imminent imposition of a 15% HST that is now targeted to apply to legal fees, Slaws Edward Prutschi considers the negative implications of this tax on access to justice in the province, and eloquently asks why ...
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• Consumer warning on wills : Dont make your lawyer your executor as soaring cases of will fraud show Law Society closes ranks on complaints

  
  A Diary of Injustice in Scotland - by Peter Cherbi — Authority: 115
  If you made your lawyer an executor in your will, think again . Anyone who has written a will, making their lawyer an executor, either in a sole or joint position with another, are being urged to take immediate action to change their choice of executors after leaked complaints details revealed a huge rise in serious ...
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• Lawyers protest against judicial system

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 144
  By Our Correspondent HARARE – Members of the Zimbabwe Law Society yesterday held a meeting in Harare on Wednesday to protest against the manner in which the country’s judiciary system is being handled. High on the list of their grievances was the continued harassment of human rights lawyers which has so far ...
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• Video: Arizona Officer Swipes Document From Defense File Behind the Back of Defense Counsel in Courtroom

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  This is one of the most incredible videos that I have seen. In the video above, Officer Adam Stoddard with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is clearly shown reading confidential papers of defense attorney Joanne Cuccia while she is addressing the court on behalf of jail inmate Antonio Lozano (accused of ...
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• FBI: Dick Cheney Failed to Recollect Information on 72 Occasions in Plame Investigation

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  Former Vice President Dick Cheney found himself in the same position of not only his aide Scooter Libby but countless criminal defendants. He simply could not remember a thing about his involvement in the leaks involving Valerie Plame. Indeed, he had little recollection of his own actions on 72 occasions — even ...
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• Obama Administration Finally Investigates Torture! . . . Oh Wait, It’s In Sri Lanka

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  It appears that there is no limit to our hypocrisy on torture. While blocking any criminal investigation or prosecution of American officials for our torture program, the Obama Administration is demanding to question the Sri Lanken Army Chief Sarath Fonseka over allegations of the torture in Sri Lanka. The State ...
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• Eight Years For Al-Marri: Sleeper Agent Given Low Sentence by Judge Outraged by Abuses of the United States

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 632
  In a potentially important ruling for detainees held by the United States, Illinois U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm rejected prosecution demands and sentenced Qatar native Ali al-Marri to just eight years in jail — with a possible release in less than six years. The reduction from 15 years was expressly tied to ...
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• Thanks for nothing, Chancery Lane

  
  Blaney's Blarney — Authority: 500
  The Law Society, housed in impressive premises on Chancery Lane, is supposed to act as a trades union for solicitors - it is, of course, a closed shop as all solicitors are compelled by law to be members of the Law Society. In recent years, in an effort to restore public confidence in the profession, the disciplinary ...
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