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• Police officer sentenced for misconduct

  
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  A former Baltimore City police officer will serve three years probation for providing false information in order to secure a search and seizure warrant. Dennis Workley was sentenced Monday for misconduct in office. He was given a one year prison sentence, but the judge suspended that sentence and gave him three years ...
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• Supreme Court to Hear Case About Public Prayers

  
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    The Supreme Court announced this Monday that they will try another religious concern, this time the use of prayers to open public meetings. They will review an appeals ruling that claims the small town of upstate New York, Greece, violated the Constitution not in opening their town meetings with prayers, but for ...
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• Harford County deputy pleads guilty to bribery

  
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  BEL AIR — A Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputy has resigned after pleading guilty to accepting payments in exchange for providing unauthorized access to police databases. The Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office says 30-year-old Todd E. Johnson pleaded guilty Monday to bribery. As part of his plea, he ...
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• Nation Awaits Supreme Court Decision on Major Civil Rights Cases

  
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  Racism and bigotry v. Civil Rights The next several weeks will see whether civil rights for minorities are protected in four major political cases. SCOTUSblog.com (sponsored by Bloomberg Law) notes expected rulings on which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide include the following civil rights cases on voting ...
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• Ad to begin airing praising gun-control bill

  
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  ANNAPOLIS — A television ad will begin airing in the Baltimore area that praises the gun-control measure recently signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley. The ad is set to begin airing early this week. It’s part of a campaign by supporters, who want to outline how they believe the law will be effective in preventing gun ...
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• Doctor Sentenced to 14 Years for Making Money from False Herbal Cure for Cancer

  
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  On Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Timilin sentenced a Los Angeles doctor to 14 years in federal prison. She was accused of making more than $1 million by promising false herbal cures to late term cancer patients. The federal court also ordered Dr. Christine Daniel to forfeit an amount of $1,277,083. She was found ...
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• Traffic courts to be set up

  
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  Dedicated traffic courts will be established to deal with low-level road traffic offences and free up the courts to deal with more ‘serious and contested’ cases, the government announced today. The new courts follow a pilot in nine areas. The Ministry of Justice said it is in discussion with judges to determine ...
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• Top court puts piggyback tax ruling on hold 

  
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  &via=&related=DolcePixel"> Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler will likely urge the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a state law that bars Maryland residents from deducting, from city or county taxes, the tax they pay to other states when they earn money there. &via=&related=DolcePixel">
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• Suit over fatal shooting by undercover officer settles for $100K 

  
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  &via=&related=DolcePixel"> The family of a man shot and killed by an undercover Baltimore police officer in 2009 will receive $100,000 from the city in settlement of a lawsuit that sought 200 times that amount. &via=&related=DolcePixel">
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• Asylum restored to man who grabbed officer’s hand 

  
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  &via=&related=DolcePixel"> An Afghan refugee can stay in this country despite pleading guilty to second-degree assault on a Montgomery County police officer who was processing his arrest for driving under the influence, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held. &via=&related=DolcePixel">
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• Months after law firm’s opening, the furniture and clients have arrived 

  
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  &via=&related=DolcePixel"> Almost three months after opening their own firm, Jonathan Biran saw his desk furniture arrive just last week and Ty Kelly is hanging pictures on her wall — but the phone is ringing. &via=&related=DolcePixel">
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• Your China Contract Should Be In Chinese. Here’s Why.

  
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  It is widely believed by American lawyers that their clients should do whatever they can to avoid finding themselves in a Chinese court.  This widespread belief is usually wrong.  It is usually wrong because most of the time it is the American company that will want to sue the Chinese company, not vice-versa. That ...
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• Court Rules Michigan Can Proceed With Law Prohibiting Teacher Union Dues

  
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  On Thursday, the 6 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling in a 2-1 decision adorned with a 13-page dissent from Judge Jane Stranch. The majority held that the state of Michigan can proceed with a law, signed by Republican Governor Rick Snyder in March 2012, which prohibits school districts ...
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• Italian Marines v. Government of India: What does the law say?

  
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  The Enrica Lexie incident that occurred in February last year, brought to light various law points which left the international jurists pondering. Here’s a simple explanation of the case as it stands now. What happened? On February 15, 2012, two Italian marines on board oil tanker Enrica Lexie flying the Italian ...
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• OJ Simpson to return to Las Vegas court for hearing

  
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  05/10/2013 // West Palm Beach , Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Las Vegas – Former football star OJ Simpson is set to appear at a Las Vegas court hearing next week to seek a new trial. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Simpson is expected to testify at the ...
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• IRS makes apology for ‘inappropriately’ targeting tea party groups

  
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  05/10/2013 // West Palm Beach , Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Washington – The Internal Revenue Service offered an apology Friday for “inappropriately” targeting tea party groups for possible tax-exempt status violations. As reported by the Associated Press ...
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• Boston bombing suspect buried in unspecified location

  
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  05/10/2013 // West Palm Beach , Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Boston – Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect , Tamerlan Tsarnaev , has been buried in an unspecified location according to police. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Worcester police ...
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• Man fights federal fine over stripping in Portland airport

  
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  05/10/2013 // West Palm Beach , Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Portland, Oregon – A man who stripped naked in protest of a security check at an airport in Portland is fighting a federal fine . As reported by the Associated Press (AP), John Brennan was fined $1,000 ...
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• Shaming Sentence for Joan Orie Melvin: Does it Go Too Far?

  
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    On its surface, it was a routine case: a former Pennsylvania judge was convicted of using government staff and resources for her own personal election campaign. Yet it is the unusual punishment that was handed down, seemingly designed to humiliate more than deter, that has many legal commentators wondering if her ...
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• First Debate on Compulsory Military Service in Timor-Leste

  
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  ETLJB 11 May 2013 - According to the plan of H.E. the President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak, the first meeting on the plan for implementing military conscription took place on Friday... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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