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State Bar of California Admits to Using AI in Bar Exam Question Development

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 28, 2025 25 Comments

Revelation comes two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities....

San Francisco Introduces Income-Based Traffic Fines; The More You Earn, The More You Pay

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on April 07, 2025 41 Comments

For those exceeding 100 miles per hour, the fines rise significantly: $500 for standard-income drivers, $250 for low-income individuals, and $100 for public assistance recipients....

Illegal Aliens Charged With Sexual Assault of Children in MA Are Being Released With Low Bail

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 25, 2025 39 Comments

"Stephen Roth, a criminal defense and immigration attorney, says these bails are set by judges to reasonably assure someone reappears in court, not to ensure someone remains in custody."...

New York Judge Resigns After Being Dismissed From Jury Duty for Admitting He Can’t be Impartial

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 07, 2025 11 Comments

“I know everybody come in front of me. I know they are guilty. They would not be in front of me.”...

Daniel Penny – Manslaughter Charge Dismissed After Jury Deadlock, Court Tells Jury To Consider Negligent Homicide

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2024 31 Comments

Jury deliberations on the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide will continue Monday after Judge granted prosecution's request to drop manslaughter to avoid a mistrial....

Illegal Alien Charged with VA Town’s First ‘Stranger Rape’ in 12 Years, 4 Days After His Release

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on November 25, 2024 30 Comments

Gov. Youngkin: "I am heartsick for this victim and outraged that local Fairfax County officials recklessly release violent illegal immigrants who should have been prosecuted and deported."...

Daniel Penny Trial Starting – Defense Analysis

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2024 36 Comments

Prof. John Banzhaf sees a strong legal defense: "in the face of such clear threats to kill others, Penny is entitled under New York State's § 35.15 to use even deadly force because, in the words of the statute, "the actor reasonably believes that such...

MA Intifada Self-Defense Case – Right Of Israel Supporters To Defend Themselves On Trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2024 71 Comments

When they say to "Globalize the Inifada" what happened in Newton, MA, is what they mean. The knee-jerk reaction was to arrest and charge the victim: "if you defend yourself, if you’re a pro-Israel supporter, whether you’re Jewish or not, and you are viciously attacked...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvJVZAxJE8Y&feature=emb_logo

SCOTUS Restricts Criminal Charge Of Interference With Official Proceeding Under Statute Used Against J6 Defendants

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2024 61 Comments

"To prove a violation of Section 1512(c)(2), the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or as we earlier explained, other things used in the proceeding, or attempted to do so."...

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years for FTX Crypto Fraud

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 28, 2024 46 Comments

“There is a risk that this man will be in a position to do something very bad in the future."...

Prosecutors Want 40 to 50 Year Prison Sentence for Convicted Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2024 20 Comments

"His life in recent years has been one of unmatched greed and hubris; of ambition and rationalization; and courting risk and gambling repeatedly with other people's money."...

Sam Bankman-Fried Guilty on All Charges

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2023 35 Comments

He couldn't talk his way out of this one....

Cornell Junior Arrested and Charged In Threats Against Jewish Students

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2023 68 Comments

Patrick Dai, a Cornell Junior, has been charged....

https://youtu.be/4dpgEr4KeEU?si=oFfsE3w79faR24ev

Joran van der Sloot Admits to Killing Natalee Holloway, Blackmailing Her Mother

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 19, 2023 18 Comments

“Joran van der Sloot is no longer the suspect in my daughter’s murder. He is the killer."...

Oberlin College: “we are voluntarily returning the drawing” stolen by Nazis during Holocaust after 17-year fight and criminal seizure warrant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2023 14 Comments

Oberlin College: "As a result" of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office serving a criminal seizure warrant, "we are voluntarily returning the drawing. We hope this will provide some measure of closure to the family of Fritz Grünbaum."...

Oberlin College Finally To Return Drawing Stolen By Nazis To Heirs Of Jewish Holocaust Victim, After 17-Year Refusal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2023 46 Comments

The Grünbaum heirs tried in vain for 17 years to get Oberlin College to return the drawing, including multiple demands and a civil lawsuit. But it was a recent criminal seizure warrant out of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and attendant bad publicity that appears...

Exclusive: Oberlin College’s 17-Year Refusal To Return Artwork Stolen By The Nazis From A Jewish Holocaust Victim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2023 82 Comments

The Manhattan D.A. recently issued a criminal seizure warrant for 'Girl With Black Hair' in the possession of Oberlin College's Allen Museum. Court records in a civil case reveal that the college has been fighting at least since 2006 against return of the drawing. This...

Woman Who Killed Famous Broadway Singing Coach Sentenced to Only 8.5 Years in Prison

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 01, 2023 50 Comments

"Manhattan state Supreme Court Judge Felicia Mennin on Friday added six months to the eight years already agreed upon in Lauren Pazienza’s plea deal, saying she didn’t believe Pazienza had taken responsibility for her actions."...

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