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Trump motion seeks to block evidence from Georgia special purpose grand jury, disqualify district attorney

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Home Daily News Trump motion seeks to block evidence from… Juries Trump motion seeks to block evidence from Georgia special purpose grand jury, disqualify district attorney By Debra Cassens Weiss March 22, 2023, 8:37 am CDT Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis talks with a member of her team during proceedings to seat a special … Read more

Daughter sues agency after DNA test IDs likely suspect in institutionalized mother’s rape

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Home Daily News Daughter sues agency after DNA test IDs likely… Trials & Litigation Daughter sues agency after DNA test IDs likely suspect in institutionalized mother’s rape By Debra Cassens Weiss March 15, 2023, 9:00 am CDT A woman who used AncestryDNA to find the man who likely raped her developmentally disabled mother in an … Read more

Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments; decapitation defendant attacks her lawyer

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Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments;… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments; decapitation defendant attacks her lawyer By Debra Cassens Weiss February 17, 2023, 3:45 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. SCOTUS drops arguments in immigration case The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday removed a case from its argument calendar in … Read more

Some witnesses testifying before election-interference grand jury may have perjured themselves, report says

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Home Daily News Some witnesses testifying before election-interference… Election Law Some witnesses testifying before election-interference grand jury may have perjured themselves, report says By Debra Cassens Weiss February 16, 2023, 10:59 am CST Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis talks with a member of her team during proceedings to seat a special grand jury in … Read more

Lawyers for Trump and rape accuser square off over DNA offer

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Home Daily News Lawyers for Trump and rape accuser square… Tort Law Lawyers for Trump and rape accuser square off over DNA offer By Debra Cassens Weiss February 14, 2023, 9:26 am CST Writer E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters in March 2020 outside a courthouse in New York. Photo by Seth Wenig/The Associated Press. … Read more

Freedom Fight: Working tirelessly to free her brother from prison inspired Janis Puracal’s Forensic Justice Project

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(Photo of Janis C. Puracal by Michael Schmitt/ABA Journal) “Two years of pure hell.” This is how Forensic Justice Project executive director and attorney Janis C. Puracal describes the fight to free her brother, Jason Puracal, after he almost died in Nicaragua’s notorious La Modelo prison. In 2011, Jason was sentenced to 22 years on … Read more

Cellphone video places Murdaugh at murder scene, says prosecutor in once-prominent lawyer’s trial

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Home Daily News Cellphone video places Murdaugh at murder… Criminal Justice Cellphone video places Murdaugh at murder scene, says prosecutor in once-prominent lawyer’s trial By Debra Cassens Weiss January 26, 2023, 11:13 am CST South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh prepares for jury selection to resume during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in … Read more

Law firm’s more protective test for attorney-client privilege ‘is a big ask,’ Kagan says

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Home Daily News Law firm’s more protective test for attorney-client… U.S. Supreme Court Law firm’s more protective test for attorney-client privilege ‘is a big ask,’ Kagan says By Debra Cassens Weiss January 10, 2023, 8:29 am CST The U.S. Supreme Court as composed June 30, 2022, to present. Photo by Fred Schilling via the Supreme … Read more