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by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office GANG EXPERTS, HYPOS, AND THE ULTIMATE ISSUE What, exactly, does the “gang expert” get to say about the gang enhancement, PC 186.22(b)? Here the cunning DA asked hypothetical ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Claraweb-CpdaMembersWebsite/~5/K7-DJEWLlo0/11-11-04_wc.mp3 Originally posted here: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending November 4, 2011

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With the down economy, businesses these days are trying everything to get an edge. But whatever you do, be wary of defamation laws. For example: calling your rival car dealership something akin to the "Taliban Toyota" might just end up costing you millions. That's exactly what happened in the case of Bob Tyler Toyota

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By City News Service, on November 3, 2011, at 4:06 pm Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach was publicly admonished today by the California Commission on Judicial Performance for what it described as multiple ethics violations ... Originally posted here: Riverside County District Attorney receives rebuke from State Commission

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SF Weekly – By Lauren Smiley Thu., Nov. 3 2011 at 5:54 PM Less than a week away from Election Day, Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who is running for mayor, alleged San Francisco Police Department officers ... Read the rest here: San Francisco Public Defender Alleges Cops Stole From Child’s Piggy Bank, Used Excessive Force (VIDEO)

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A new study uses unconventional but more accurate measures of the effect of climate change on the health of marine ecosystems and uncovers more reasons to be concerned See more here: New Evidence That Climate Change Threatens Marine Biodiversity

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(Reuters) - Countries are still squabbling over how much power a United Nations fund will have to help developing countries tackle climate change, just weeks ahead of a crunch summit in South Africa to work on a global climate deal, an EU negotiator said. See the original post here: U.N. climate fund rifts linger, Durban talks loom

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PRAGUE - The Prague Zoo says it will transport more rare wild horses to Mongolia next year as part of its efforts to reintroduce the endangered species to its native habitat. Read more here: Czechs to fly more rare wild horses to Mongolia to reintroduce them to native habitat

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San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy scientists have taken a tremendous leap forward in banking viable amphibian cells. This was achieved through the first successful establishment of cell cultures from frozen biopsy specimens of the critically endangered Mississippi gopher frog. Continued here: San Diego Zoo scientists establish cell cultures of endangered frog

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If you live in eastern Australia there's a good chance you're one of nine million Australians who call the world's newest biodiversity hotspot home. Read the original post: Forests of eastern Australia are the world's newest biodiversity hotspot