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Cod stocks in the Irish Sea and the west coast of Scotland have collapsed because of overfishing and politicians' refusal to fix low enough catch quotas, according to a leading fisheries scientist who advises the European commission on fish quotas. Go here to read the rest: UK cod collapse due to overfishing and political failure, says fisheries expert

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Dear CPDA Member: For about a generation, many of us gave up dreams of being a judge because it was unlikely that past administrations would appoint a defense attorney or public defender. The last administration actually appointed public defenders to the bench and the present administration is seeking judicial applications from a diverse group of applicants, including defense...

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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., flanked by the state’s top law enforcement leaders, today pledged “maximum state support” as local officials begin California’s historic realignment to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s prison-reduction order. “The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered California to reduce its prison population without delay and realignment is the most viable plan to...

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Note: You must log in with your CLARAWEB.US  User Name and password to view this program. You can click on the little box on the lower right above to expand the screen and press your ESC key to reduce the size back to normal. Ethics in a DUI Setting: Four Scenarios and Resources for Answers  Jose Varela, Marin County...

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For over 30 years this nonprofit public interest law firm (Prison Law Office, San Quentin, California) has been in the forefront of legal efforts to enforce the Constitution and other laws inside the walls of California’s prisons. With a small staff of attorneys and support personnel, the Prison Law Office represents individual prisoners, engages in class action and...

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The Tennessean – September 29, 2011 The Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole’s decision to free Gaile Owens illustrates broader understanding of domestic violence and its effects on victims than existed a quarter century ago, advocates and legal experts said Wednesday. The “battered woman defense” is…[For full story: http://defender411.us/p2HeiO ] View original post here: Tennessee – Court attitudes...

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The cloud is the "it" thing for business lately. You hear and read about it constantly.

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September 29, 2011 - by RICHARD GONZALES California is days away from launching a dramatic shift in the way it handles criminal offenders: Starting in October, the state will redirect tens of thousands of nonviolent felons away from state prisons to local facilities. The state’s plan is called “realignment.” It shifts certain functions from the state to the counties,...

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On September 27, 2011, Judge Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, issued his long awaited ruling on San Francisco’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. Holding that the plaintiffs had "adequately alleged an intent and desire to engage in conduct that is prohibited by the ordinances but which they contend is...

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New York, NY: City police officers are to cease making misdemeanor marijuana arrests in cases where the contraband was not displayed in public view, according to an internal order issued late last week by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and reported by the New York Post . Although simple marijuana possession is a noncriminal violation in New York, police...