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In a possible sign of economic recovery, small-business lending hit a four-year high in November, a new report shows. At the same time, the number of small-business loans in delinquency declined. The results are revealed in the Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index that tracks the overall volume of small-business financing, Reuters reports. The lending index jumped by...

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Center for American Progress – By Inimai Chettiar – January 11, 2012 Across our nation, state governments are mired in red ink that must almost immediately become black. The Great Recession has caused the largest collapse ... Link: Criminal Justice Reform Can Help With State Fiscal Woes

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Center for American Progress – By Inimai Chettiar – January 11, 2012 Across our nation, state governments are mired in red ink that must almost immediately become black. The Great Recession has caused the largest collapse ... Originally posted here: Criminal Justice Reform Can Help With State Fiscal Woes

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Citing Attorney-Client Privilege, Col. J.P. Colwell Tells Military Lawyers That Following New Prison Rules Would Be Unethical FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666;

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Citing Attorney-Client Privilege, Col. J.P. Colwell Tells Military Lawyers That Following New Prison Rules Would Be Unethical FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666;

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By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined Wednesday to extend constitutional safeguards against the use of some eyewitness testimony at criminal trials, despite concerns that eyewitness identification plays a key role ... See the rest here: Court rules against man convicted by eyewitness ID

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ABA Journal – Posted Jan 11, 2012 10:34 AM CST – By Debra Cassens Weiss The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled there is no due-process requirement for judges to hold pretrial screenings to assess the reliability ... View original post here: Ginsburg Opinion Rejects Due Process Inquiries on Eyewitness IDs; Sotomayor Dissents

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:09 a.m. CST By James Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Constitution does not require a special judicial inquiry into the potential unreliability of eyewitness testimony in ... Read the rest here: Supreme Court rejects special review of eyewitness testimony

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Megan Hansen/Times-Standard – Posted: 01/11/2012 02:29:33 AM PST Humboldt County supervisors got the chance Tuesday to review a plan that will govern how the county will continue to implement the state’s public safety realignment program. Public safety ... View post: California – Humboldt County – Safety realignment plan approved – Critics cite failure to include treatment centers

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Auburn Journal – By Gus Thomson Journal Staff Writer Placer County’s state-prison realignment vision will lean heavily on incarcerating felons and the threat of jail time. But one group speaking to the Placer County Board of Supervisors ... Read this article: California – Some critical of Placer County’s Realignment plan – “Lacks assessment, treatment and education services”