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Each year in Paraguay nearly half a million hectares of land are turned into soy fields. See the original post: Paraguay’s Destructive Soy Boom

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Sierra Club Formally Opposes Trapping View post: Sierra Club Formally Opposes Trapping

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MSNBC News – June 29, 2012 Imagine you’re sitting at home, comfortable on the couch, watching the Food Network, when all of a sudden a heavily armed SWAT team breaks down your door and storms into ... See original here: Online threat — but SWAT team raids wrong house

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Note: You must log in to view this members-only content by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office MULTIPLE PUNISHMENTS FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF A SINGLE LAW The defendant was ... Continue reading here: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending June 29, 2012

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Friday, June 29, 2012 To: California Criminal Defense Attorneys From: Margo George, CPDA Legislative Chair and John Abrahams, CPDA Legislative Committee Greetings: On behalf of the CPDA Legislative Committee we wanted to give everyone a head’s up that a ... Read more: Important Legislative News Update re: California Realignment Laws – Analysis of SB 1023 – Signed by...

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The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin – July, 1996 – by Lisa A. Regini This means, naturally, that a prosecutor anxious about tacking too close to the wind will disclose a favorable piece of evidence…[T]his is as ... The rest is here: From the archives: Disclosing officer misconduct: a constitutional duty (a 1996 FBI Legal Training Article)

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The Associated Press – Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 – 4:49 pm SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A state Senate committee has sidelined a bill that would have prohibited cities and counties from requesting criminal background information on initial ... Read more: Bill to bar asking about criminal history stalls

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This article has been updated at this location: http://defender411.us/KQ8XGC

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Note: You must log in to view this members-only content. This document contains about a dozen slides  on the subject of “Opening Statement” prepared by Michael Ogul, Deputy Public Defender, Santa Clara County. Michael ... See the rest here: Opening Statements – Slide Presentation by Michael Ogul

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June 26, 2012 11:25 AM – SEATTLE – Officials in cities across Washington state say that even as they’re trying to find ways to cut budgets, new guidelines from the state Supreme Court will force ... More: Wash. cities grapple with new public defense rules