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Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse See original here: Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse

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Of Course NRA Lobbies on Hunting Issues! See the original post: Of Course NRA Lobbies on Hunting Issues!

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Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an updated Enforcement Guidance document on employer use of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions... Read more from the original source: EEOC Updates Enforcement Guidance on Arrest/Conviction Records

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ABA Journal – By Martha Neil – Posted Apr 25, 2012 One day in May 2010, an assistant public defender in Newport News, Va., got an unusual phone call. A prosecutor pursuing a case against a former ... See more here: Virginia – Public Defender Testified, Against Ex-Client, re Transcript Accuracy; Will Ex-Client Get New Trial?

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The Sacramento Bee – By Brad Branan – Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 In 2007, the state Department of Social Services revoked the foster care license of a Vallejo woman whom the agency accused of locking children ... View post: California – Sacramento child abuse investigator target of state foster-care probe

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The Los Angeles Times – April 25, 2012 California is on the verge of a justice revolution. Realignment, as it is known, is a set of changes thrust upon the state by our collective inertia: Prisons ... Continue reading here: LA Times Editorial: [Realignment] and California’s justice revolution

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Guest post by Jennifer K. Halford, Esq. I recently had a conversation with a very disgruntled employee. She was upset that her employer had reprimanded her for violating a company policy. The problem was that the "policy" did not officially exist...at least not in written form. It is important that business owners create certain business policies and practices....

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Valley News – April 24, 2012 RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted today to support a bill aimed at preserving local jail space by requiring that inmates sentenced to more than three years ... Visit link: Riverside County Supervisors vote to support state legislation aimed at preventing jail overcrowding by amending the 2011 Realignment legislation...

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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen – Contra Costa Times – 04/24/2012 Contra Costa’s deputy district attorneys have rejected the county’s latest contract offer, a move that could push the dispute into a formal fact-finding process legislators adopted last ... The rest is here: California Contra Costa, deputy district attorneys at contract impasse

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Contra Costa Times – Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer – 04/24/2012 San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos was among fellow top prosecutors at the steps of the state Capitol on Tuesday voicing their opposition to a ... See the original post: California – District attorneys protest measure that would end death penalty