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Perhaps the Attorney General's office will submit a jury charge requesting that jurors be told that police officers are our friends. In this case, arising under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, the defendants are alleged to have brutalized a young man. The officers, surprise, deny it.Moral: You can the shit...

Here is a shot of Illinois members of RSOL who recently travelled to Springfield to lobby for more humane laws. These folks are heroes. Now, if they would only identify themselves with comments.
You can read about the trip here. This is a good example of what should be taking place in each...

I'd like to ask a question or two under oath, if you don't mind. Answer them quickly, and without guile.
Q. Where were you born?
A. Toledo.
Objection: Foundation. you cannot know this without having been told by others. The answer necessarily calls for hearsay.
Q. When were you...

Regular readers know that I am more than a little ambivalent about Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College. I doubt it can or will survive Spence's retirement, and I've noted with a chortling, irresponsible sort of glee what appears to be strains of hypocrisy evident in the institution. But even so,...

According to statistics from the federal Bureau of Justice, more than 100,000 prisoners are raped each year while in custody. The predators are, more often than not, prison guards. As many as 4.5 percent of all detainees complained of sexual harassment behind bars last year.
In 2003, Congress...

RETURN: JANUARY 19, 2010
GEORGE LENIART : SUPERIOR COURT
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VS. : J. D. OF NEW LONDON
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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, :
BRIAN K. MURPHY :

V E R I F I E D C O M P L A I N T
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I don't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief, or gnash my teeth: But the Supreme Court has dismissed without decision the case of Pottawattamie County, et al., v. McGhee, et al. (08-1065). That's because the parties settled the case for a reported sum of $12 million. By dismissing the case, the...

Derrick Todd Dunn can't catch a break, and the good people of Georgia will make sure he never does.
Dunn was convicted of statutory rape in 1996. In other words, he had sexual contact with a person deemed unable to give consent. This can mean any number of things. Did he make love to the girl...

Derrick Todd Dunn can't catch a break, and the good people of Georgia will make sure he never does.
Dunn was convicted of statutory rape in 1996. In other words, he had sexual contact with a person deemed unable to give consent. This can mean any number of things. Did he make love to the girl...

Note: An anguished mother sent me this today, and I have obtained her permission to post this. I am told it has appeared elsewhere.
Thank you, Sue.
Paul's Story
"In the eyes of the law, my son is a registered sex offender in Illinois. This is the furthest thing from the truth, a truth...