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Lawmaker Faces Charges for Bedding Wife with Dementia

An Iowa state lawmaker will stand trial for sexual abuse in the third degree for having sex in a nursing home with his wife, whom he was told was no longer mentally capable of legally consenting to have sex. So reports the Associated Press.

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Probation For Dad Whose Child Died in Hot Car

A Connecticut father who accidentally left his 15-month-old son in an 80-degree car to perish has been sentenced to conditional release, a sentence similar to probation. So reports NBC New York.

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Milberg Creates Chief Discovery Officer Post

The firm Milberg LLP has broken new ground in the legal world by appointing the first-known Chief Discovery Officer. So reports Robert Ambrogi’s Law Sites blog.

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14-Year Old Faces Felony for Hacking School's Computer System to Change Teacher's Background Pic

A 14-year-old student who changed the background image on his teacher’s computer to one of two men kissing has been charged with a felony. So reports the Tampa Bay Times.

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Employment Landscape Is Looking Brighter for Lawyers

The top global law firms are seeing increased profits, and lateral moves for New York lawyers are on the rise. So reports The New York Times.

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Woman Convicted of Feticide for Terminating Own Pregnancy is Sentenced to 20 Years

Purvi Patel, the 33-year-old Indiana woman who was convicted in February for child neglect and feticide after a fetus she’d been carrying was found in a dumpster, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. So reports The Washington Post.

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Justice Dept: Denying Transgender Prisoner Hormone Therapy Is Unconstitutional

The Justice Department filed a “statement of interest” supporting a transgender prisoner’s lawsuit against the state of Georgia for discontinuing the hormone therapy she has been taking for the last 17 years. So reports The Los Angeles Times.

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Inmate Headed for Death Row Based on Faulty Evidence Is Finally Released

Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who had been on Alabama’s death row for almost 30 years, was finally set free after the U.S. Supreme Court last year forced prosecutors to review the evidence used to convict him. So reports The New York Times.

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Jail Tech to Serve 4 Years for Having Sex with Inmate

A former female jail staffer in Oregon has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for having sex with a male, maximum security inmate in a supply closet at least 12 times. So reports The New York Daily News.

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Kids of Tracy Morgan’s Deceased Crash-Mate to Collect $10M

The children of comedian James McNair, who died in a the car crash that injured “Saturday Night Live” star Tracy Morgan, will collect $10 million in settlement of their suit against Wal-Mart. So reports News 4 New York.

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