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Strict Sex-Offender Laws Challenged in Several States
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A married mother of three is challenging the Virginia law that makes it illegal for her to enter school property or attend church services without seeking permission because of a sexual affair she had with a 16-year-old male 15 years ago. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Simpson Thacher Law Clerk Arrested for Insider Trading
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As part of a recent crackdown on trusted corporate-deal players who leak market-moving information, the FBI last week arrested a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett law clerk and a Morgan Stanley broker on insider trading charges. So reports the New York Times’ Dealbook.
Read more...Encouraging Suicide is Not a Crime: Minn. High Court
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Reversing the conviction of a male nurse who, while online, posed as a female nurse and entered into suicide pacts with two people who ultimately did end their own lives, the highest court in Minnesota recently held that it’s not a crime to encourage people to kill themselves.
Read more...Transgender Athlete Files Suit Against Fitness Competition Sponsor
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An athlete who was born a man but has lived as a woman since gender reassignment surgery in 2006 is suing the fitness company CrossFit. So reports CNN.
Read more...Mom May Exclude Dad From Delivery Room: NJ Court
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Deciding a case between estranged, unmarried parents, a New Jersey Superior Court judge has held that a mother may exclude her baby’s father from the delivery room when she is in labor. So reports the South Jersey Times.
Read more...Wrongfully Convicted Man Walks Free After 30 Years in Jail
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A 64-year-old black man from Louisiana who had been on death row for almost 30 years as a result of a murder conviction handed down by an all white jury was set free last week. So reports The Atlantic.
Read more...Drunk Gambler Sues Casino To Recover Losses
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A California man is suing a Las Vegas casino to keep from having to pay the $500,000 he lost while gambling there intoxicated. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Inmate Beard Policy to Be Decided by Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of an Eighth Circuit decision holding that Arkansas prison officials’ policy prohibiting inmates from growing beards was warranted. So says The New York Times.
Read more...Inmate Beard Policy to Be Decided by Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of an Eighth Circuit decision holding that Arkansas prison officials’ policy prohibiting inmates from growing beards was warranted. So says The New York Times.
Read more...Teen’s Facebook Post Costs Dad $80,000
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A Florida teen’s obnoxious Facebook post cost her father $80,000 that he was set to receive in a settlement. The father had filed an age discrimination suit against the prep school where he once worked as a headmaster. So reports the Miami Herald.
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