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This guy is proof that it simply does not pay to be a law-abiding, legal immigrant in the United States when you can be far better treated by Uncle Sam if you just come here and thumb your nose at our laws. If even half of the story is true, some of those immigration officials should be prosecuted by the states they reside in for some criminal negligence crime related to homicide.

US District Judge Arthur Schwab has twice been ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to release the names of jurors in the trial of former Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht (earlier). Yesterday, instead of just releasing the names as ordered, he announced that he will release the names next Monday, after the jurors and alternates have been notified.

It may be months before the three-judge panel of the Third Circuit rules in the appeal of former Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht, but if reports on Monday’s oral arguments are any indication, the outlook for Wecht is good.

A three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday again overruled US District Judge Arthur Schwab in his machinations to keep the names of jurors secret in the public corruption trial of former Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht.

Finally, here is a Batson (476 U.S. 79)/ Wheeler (22 Cal.3d 258) win! The DA kicked off all the Hispanic jurors who spoke Spanish, on the basis that he was concerned about whether they would accept the interpreter's version and not interpret themselves. The Court of Appeal holds that this IS group bias and is racist.

In an interview published on Thursday by WHNT in Huntsville, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman attacked Karl Rove for his defiance of the House Judiciary Committee’s subpoena ordering him to appear and accused Rove of weaseling in his written response to the committee: “Even his written non-answers

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, AG Michael Mukasey said that results of the OPR probe into the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman will be released to Congress, and depending on the results, may be released to the general public (Huntsville Times/AP).

Michigan has the most extreme right-wing Supreme Court in all 50 states. I don't say this just as hyperbole. I think this can be empirically shown. As part of an effort to do so, I'm going to look at one specific case. I will probably highlight others as well as I get the chance. There are plenty to choose from.

It’s a few months old, but here’s a pretty crazy case of prosecutorial malfeasance from Santa Clara County, California. San Jose Det. Matthew Christian created a fake DNA report signed by a fictitious lab technician to use as a prop while interrogating a man under investigation for sex crimes against a developmentally disabled neighbor.

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit had scheduled oral arguments for July 25 in the appeal of former Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht but lead prosecutor Stephen Stallings has since departed. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette now reports that oral arguments are set for August 4.