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  • 18
    Dec

Philadelphia’s death-penalty defense pay criminally low, hearing told

By Nancy Phillips – Inquirer Staff Writer One of the nation’s top experts on death-penalty defense testified Friday that it takes hundreds of hours over many months for lawyers and investigators to prepare a case for ... Read the rest here: Philadelphia’s death-penalty defense pay criminally low, hearing told

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  • 18
    Dec

Prisoner shifts leave murderers better off than nonviolent criminals

San Diego/Riverside – North County Times – By BRANDON LOWREY [email protected] | Posted: Saturday, December 17, 2011 California’s violent criminals and sex offenders might have much more comfortable stays behind bars than those convicted of less-serious ... Original post: Prisoner shifts leave murderers better off than nonviolent criminals

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  • 17
    Dec

NRA/CRPAF LAWSUIT FORCES CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO TURNOVER DOCUMENTS ON ISSUANCE OF LICENSES TO CARRY FIREARMS

In a victory for self-defense civil right activists, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has ordered the City of Los Angeles to produce documents relating to the LAPD’s policies and procedures for processing applications for a license to carry a concealed firearm. In 1992 and 1994, the City’s unlawful refusal to properly process CCW applications was challenged in...

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  • 17
    Dec

San Diego County – Suit claims unethical actions by county prosecutor

The San Diego Tribune – by Greg Moran SAN DIEGO — A Vista woman who had her 2004 fraud conviction wiped out by a court has filed a civil-rights lawsuit in federal court, alleging she was ... Go here to see the original: San Diego County – Suit claims unethical actions by county prosecutor

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  • 17
    Dec

San Diego County – Suit claims unethical actions by county prosecutor

The San Diego Tribune – by Greg Moran SAN DIEGO — A Vista woman who had her 2004 fraud conviction wiped out by a court has filed a civil-rights lawsuit in federal court, alleging she was ... Read the rest here: San Diego County – Suit claims unethical actions by county prosecutor

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  • 17
    Dec

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT – by Samuel Eaton 32nd Annual Summer Basic Trial Skills Institute University of San Diego July 29-August 2, 2003 Legal Right to Present Argument California affords a criminal defendant the statutory right to present ... Read this article: HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT

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  • 17
    Dec

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT – by Samuel Eaton 32nd Annual Summer Basic Trial Skills Institute University of San Diego July 29-August 2, 2003 Legal Right to Present Argument California affords a criminal defendant the statutory right to present ... Follow this link: HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT

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  • 17
    Dec

THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 16, 2011

by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office LIMITATION OF COMMITMENTS OF MINORS Well, I need a whole new category for this case. It fits into the category of cases so complex, weird, and esoteric that ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Claraweb-CpdaMembersWebsite/~5/8TcYkpdUNSs/11-12-16_wc.mp3 Read the original post: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 16, 2011

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  • 17
    Dec

THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 16, 2011

by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office LIMITATION OF COMMITMENTS OF MINORS Well, I need a whole new category for this case. It fits into the category of cases so complex, weird, and esoteric that ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Claraweb-CpdaMembersWebsite/~5/8TcYkpdUNSs/11-12-16_wc.mp3 See the original post here: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 16, 2011

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  • 17
    Dec

California counties say state convict shift off to rocky start

Written by Alexander MacLean, The Union Democrat – December 16, 2011 12:43 pm More than three months have passed since California shifted responsibility to counties for incarcerating or monitoring low-level criminal convicts, and Tuolumne and Calaveras ... Link: California counties say state convict shift off to rocky start

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