State police to take over lab work after mistakes found in shooting cases
DETROIT - Officials have shut down the Detroit police crime lab because of errors found in evidence from shooting cases.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Thursday that Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. and Police Chief James Barren have closed the lab.
Worthy says Michigan State Police have found erroneous or false findings in 10 percent of 200 random cases. She says the lab was temporarily closed this spring after errors were found in evidence from a double slaying.
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Government Appeals $455.6 Million Award in Indian Trust Case
Mike Scarcella
Legal Times
September 22, 2008
There is no end in sight for the class of American Indian plaintiffs seeking billions of dollars from the Interior Department for the mismanagement of oil, timber, gas and other royalties flowing from the lease of Indian lands.
A federal judge in August ruled the class, whose lead plaintiff is represented by Kilpatrick Stockton, is entitled to nearly $456 million from the government. The judge's award against the Interior Department represents the aggregate amount of funds received into the Indian trust accounts between 1887 and 2007.
Lawyers representing Elouise Cobell and fellow plaintiffs appealed the ruling
-- arguing the monetary award is far short of the $47 billion owed to the class. The award, for instance, did not include any stolen or misappropriated money and assets sold or leased below market value.
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Legal Times
September 22, 2008
There is no end in sight for the class of American Indian plaintiffs seeking billions of dollars from the Interior Department for the mismanagement of oil, timber, gas and other royalties flowing from the lease of Indian lands.
A federal judge in August ruled the class, whose lead plaintiff is represented by Kilpatrick Stockton, is entitled to nearly $456 million from the government. The judge's award against the Interior Department represents the aggregate amount of funds received into the Indian trust accounts between 1887 and 2007.
Lawyers representing Elouise Cobell and fellow plaintiffs appealed the ruling
-- arguing the monetary award is far short of the $47 billion owed to the class. The award, for instance, did not include any stolen or misappropriated money and assets sold or leased below market value.
Read Full Story: Legal Times
Posted By: Phoenix Arizona Personal Injury Attorneys and Lawyers
6 children in custody after raid on compound
FBI says children at facility may have been sexually and physically abused
FOUKE, Ark. - Six children have been placed in temporary state custody as they are interviewed in the wake of a raid on a church compound as part of a child-porn investigation, Arkansas police said Sunday.
The children will be under the care of the state Department of Human Services during the interviews, said state police spokesman Bill Sadler. He didn't say how long the interviews would last.
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FOUKE, Ark. - Six children have been placed in temporary state custody as they are interviewed in the wake of a raid on a church compound as part of a child-porn investigation, Arkansas police said Sunday.
The children will be under the care of the state Department of Human Services during the interviews, said state police spokesman Bill Sadler. He didn't say how long the interviews would last.
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Posted by Phoenix Injury and Accident Lawyer
Friday, September 19, 2008
FLORIDA MEN GUILTY IN HOMELSS BEATING DEATH
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - A jury found two men guilty of fatally beating a homeless man with a baseball bat and viciously attacking two others.
Surveillance video of the 2006 rampage captured 21-year-old Brian Hooks and 19-year-old Thomas Daugherty repeatedly hitting one of the victims. The footage caused national outrage among homeless advocates.
Hooks and Daugherty were found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and two counts each of attempted second-degree murder with a weapon.
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Surveillance video of the 2006 rampage captured 21-year-old Brian Hooks and 19-year-old Thomas Daugherty repeatedly hitting one of the victims. The footage caused national outrage among homeless advocates.
Hooks and Daugherty were found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and two counts each of attempted second-degree murder with a weapon.
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Posted by Personal Injury Lawyers in Phoenix, Arizona
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
On the lookout for immigration raids
WASHINGTON -- Reeling from work-site raids that have jailed thousands of illegal workers, immigration organizations are quietly assembling informal networks to gather advance information about federal enforcement operations and to help locals and laborers prepare.
Students, union officials, waiters and others are volunteering to call in tips about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents checking into hotels or renting facilities, about the sudden appearance of out-of-town cars and about a surge in action at the local courthouse.
Read Full Story: LA Times On the lookout for immigration raids
Posted by Phoenix Motorcycle Accident Laywer
Students, union officials, waiters and others are volunteering to call in tips about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents checking into hotels or renting facilities, about the sudden appearance of out-of-town cars and about a surge in action at the local courthouse.
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