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Aaron Hernandez Case: Not All Celebrity Trials Created Equal
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
The “court of public opinion” in the case of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has been in session for months. High profile cases have a number of nuances that impact which way the pendulum will swing, and attorney Rusty Hardin has experienced a number of them.
Read more...Hooters to Pay $250k to Black Waitress Fired Because of Her Blond Hair
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- Written by PLP News
A woman who worked as a Hooter’s waitress has secured a $250,000 judgment against the restaurant chain for terminating her because of her hair color. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Lawmaker Faces Charges for Bedding Wife with Dementia
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- Written by PLP News
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.
Read more...Probation For Dad Whose Child Died in Hot Car
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- Written by PLP News
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.
Read more...Milberg Creates Chief Discovery Officer Post
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- Written by PLP News
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.
Read more...14-Year Old Faces Felony for Hacking School's Computer System to Change Teacher's Background Pic
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- Written by PLP News
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.
Read more...Employment Landscape Is Looking Brighter for Lawyers
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- Written by PLP News
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.
Read more...Woman Convicted of Feticide for Terminating Own Pregnancy is Sentenced to 20 Years
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- Written by PLP News
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.
Read more...Justice Dept: Denying Transgender Prisoner Hormone Therapy Is Unconstitutional
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- Written by PLP News
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.
Read more...Inmate Headed for Death Row Based on Faulty Evidence Is Finally Released
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- Written by PLP News
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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