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ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2012) - An international team of scientists, including some from Majorca and the Canary Islands, have described a new type of fossil scops owl, the first extinct bird on the archipelago of Madeira (Portugal). Read the original post: An Extinct Species of Scops Owl Has Been Discovered in Madeira

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Mr. Herrera, 63, is the author of twenty-eight books and currently serves as the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. He was a professor and ... See the original post: SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today appointed Juan Felipe Herrera to the position of California Poet...

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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. George Alexeeff, 57, of Walnut Creek, has been appointed director of the Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment at the California Environmental Protection ... More here: California Governor Brown – Announces appointments – March 21, 2012

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USA TODAY – By Byron Acohido – March 24, 2012 At 6-foot-6, with long hair and often sporting his trademark white scarf, Seattle criminal defense attorney John Henry Browne cuts a commanding figure. Browne, 65, is ... See the rest here: Browne, Bales’ attorney, humanizes his high-profile clients

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The Sacramento Bee – by Andy Furillo – Published: Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012 There’s no such thing as “compelled consent” when it comes to a juror’s privacy rights, but if a court finds good cause to ... See the article here: Sacramento juror’s right to Facebook privacy debated

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The Winston-Salem Journal – by: MICHAEL HEWLETT – March 23, 2012 Two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on plea bargains will have a large impact on the criminal justice system, a local law professor said Thursday. “I ... Go here to see the original: North Carolina – Supreme Court rulings on plea bargains to have large impact, local...

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​A bill that creates a California-mandated leave benefit that differs from federal law will be considered by the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee on... Read more: California Bill Would Create New Leave Mandate

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Lawrence-Journal World – By George Diepenbrock – March 23, 2012 Douglas County prosecutors and defense attorneys Thursday were still digesting new standards for criminal plea bargains one day after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ... Read the original post: Kansas – Effect of Supreme Court ruling weighed locally

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by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County SILENCE AFTER ARREST BUT PRIOR TO A MIRANDA WARNING At the crime scene, the defendant failed to ask about the welfare of the occupants in ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Claraweb-CpdaMembersWebsite/~5/2G1a73wi9b4/12-03-23_wc.mp3 Read more here: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending March 23, 2012

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By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau – March 21, 2012 In two 5-4 decisions, the Supreme Court rules that defendants in criminal cases have a constitutional right to a competent lawyer’s advice when deciding whether to ... See the original post: Supreme Court expands defendant’s rights in plea deals