Recent Updates
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Man charged with killing Maine couple on Christmas in court
Court Watch 08/11/2017The case of a New York man charged with killing a Maine couple on Christmas Day 2015 is scheduled to return to court in Portland.Police charged David Marble Jr. of Rochester with shooting 35-year-old Eric Williams and 26-year-old Bonnie Royer in Manc...
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Kansas faces skeptical state Supreme Court on school funding
Legal Business 08/10/2017Attorneys for Kansas will try to convince an often skeptical state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the funding increase legislators approved for public schools this year is enough to provide a suitable education for kids statewide.The high court is hea...
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Driver due in court after deaths of migrants in tractor-trailer
Criminal Law 08/09/2017The driver of a tractor-trailer turned deadly transporter for undocumented migrants is due to face criminal charges in a Texas court Monday in what police are calling a human trafficking crime.Authorities called to the San Antonio Walmart lot Sunday ...
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Ohio sheriff's deputy pleads not guilty to rape, kidnapping
Criminal Law 08/08/2017An Ohio sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty to charges for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman inside his county-issued cruiser. Summit County deputy Antonio Williamson entered pleas Friday during an arraignment in the county court in Akron. He ...
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Law Promo Launches the Sacramento Criminal Defense Attorney Website
Legal Marketing 08/07/2017Law Promo is pleased to announce the launch of the new responsive website for the Sacramento criminal defense law office. About: This office represents professionals in vocational and professional license disciplinary proceedings. Allegations of misc...
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Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire
Political and Legal 08/07/2017The nation’s largest federal court circuit has clashed repeatedly with President Trump over the past six months, and the agenda for its annual meeting is not shying away from topics that have stoked the president’s ire.Immigration, fake n...
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Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto
Tax Law 08/07/2017The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's contentious veto of legislation repealing the state's 6 percent sales tax on groceries.The high court's decision comes after 30 state lawmakers filed a lawsuit claiming Otter took to...
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Vietnamese activist sentenced to 9 years in prison
International 08/05/2017A Vietnamese court on Tuesday sentenced an activist to nine years in prison on charges of producing videos that defamed the country’s leadership, in the latest crackdown on dissent.Tran Thi Nga was convicted of spreading propaganda against the ...
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Ohio’s high court strikes down traffic camera restrictions
Legal Business 08/05/2017The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld cities’ use of traffic camera enforcement for a third time, striking down as unconstitutional legislative restrictions that included requiring a police officer to be present.The ruling was 5-2 in suppo...
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Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial
Court Watch 08/03/2017Bill Cosby arrived at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault trial Monday. The 79-year-old Cosby showed up at the Montgomery County courthouse at about 8:40 a.m. amid a large media presence.Arriving with the disgrace...
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High court limits seizure of assets from drug conspiracies
U.S. Supreme Court 08/03/2017The Supreme Court is limiting the government's ability to seize assets from people who are convicted of drug crimes but receive little of the illegal proceeds.The justices ruled Monday that a Tennessee man convicted for his role selling iodine water ...
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Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
Business Law 08/03/2017A Louisiana flood board is nearing a deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its lawsuit seeking to make oil and gas companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands.Federal district and appeals courts have rejected the lawsuit, w...