Recent Updates
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Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
Practice Legal News 09/21/2016A Michigan man who can't buy a gun because he was briefly treated for mental health problems in the 1980s has won a key decision from a federal appeals court, which says the burden is on the government to justify a lifetime ban against him.The Second...
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Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
Focused Practice 09/21/2016A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned the case of a British-Pakistani woman's murder until Sept. 23 to give police more time to finalize charges against her father and ex-husband, who are accused of slaying her in the name of honor, police and lawy...
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Appeals court orders judge to expunge woman's convictions
Politics 09/21/2016A state appeals court has overruled a western Indiana judge and ordered him to expunge a woman's convictions despite his disgust for her crimes.The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 last week that Jay Circuit Judge Brian Hutchison must expunge the c...
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LA Supreme Court considers teen robber’s 99-year sentence
Political and Legal News 09/21/2016Louisiana’s Supreme Court is considering whether recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings about juveniles convicted of murder mean a juvenile robber’s 99-year sentence is unconstitutional.Alden Morgan is now 35. He was 17 years old when he held up a couple ...
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High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
Law Firm News 09/07/2016Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional subpoena that seeks information on how the classified advertising website Backpage.com screens ads for possible sex trafficking.The order came hours after Backpag...
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Massachusetts court to hear appeal in mail bomb killing
Focused Practice 09/06/2016Massachusetts' highest court is set to hear arguments in an appeal filed by a man convicted of killing a woman by putting a pipe bomb in a package on her front porch. Steven Caruso is serving a life sentence after being found guilty of fir...
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Mexico's Supreme Court overturns state anti-corruption laws
Legal Review 09/05/2016Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional two state anti-corruption laws that outgoing governors passed in apparent attempts to shield themselves from investigation.Many Mexicans were outraged when the governors of the states of Veracruz and ...
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Man pleads not guilty in slaying of imam, aide near mosque
Lawyer News 09/04/2016A man has pleaded not guilty to charges he gunned down an imam and his assistant as they left a New York City mosque.Thirty-six-year-old Oscar Morel entered the pleas on Thursday to charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and criminal po...
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Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
Court News 09/02/2016A woman accused of holding her 4-year-old stepson in a scalding bath, covering his burns and not getting him medical care before he died was sentenced to at least 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder and other charges on Thursday.A Warr...
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Man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend, burning body
Daily Legal News 09/02/2016A South Carolina man has admitted to beating his girlfriend, stuffing her body into a suitcase and then burning it in a barrel last year. News outlets report 23-year-old John Coddington of Fort Mill pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder in th...
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Gays can seek parental rights for nonbiological kids
Lawyer News 09/02/2016New York's highest court expanded the definition of parenthood Tuesday by ruling that former same-sex couples may seek visitation and custody of children even when they aren't the biological or adoptive parent.The Court of Appeals decision resolves t...
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Court denies asylum to 28 detained Latin American mothers
Focused Practice 08/31/2016A legal ruling that would send 28 detained immigrant mothers and their children back to Latin America despite their claims they would be persecuted upon return was upheld on Monday by a federal appeals court.A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for t...