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Tag Archives: Justice
Thankful In the Wake Of Ferguson
We have all been touched by the events in Ferguson, and many have been polarized. On this Thanksgiving holiday, we at LPR want to remind everyone to be cautious about jumping to conclusions based on limited or incorrect information from … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Benjamin Watson, Ferguson, Holiday, Justice, Legal, News, Thanksgiving
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What Happens To Lawyers When They Miss Death Row Deadlines? Apparently Nothing
On November 16, 2014, The Washington Post ran an article written by Ken Armstrong for The Marshall Project titled When Lawyers Stumble, Only Their Clients Fall, about when court-appointed lawyers miss deadlines for filing death-penalty habeas corpus appeals. Federal habeas corpus appeals typically occur after … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorney Misconduct, Death Row, Eric Holder, Justice, Ken Armstrong, Lawyers, Legal, The Marshall Project, The Washington Post
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US Department of Justice’s New Elder Justice Initiative
One of LPR’s followers alerted us to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recently launched Elder Justice Initiative. The DOJ’s Elder Justice Website seeks to help elder abuse victims and their families learn about and report abuse. [T]he United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Elder Abuse, Elder Justice Initiative, Financial Exploitation, Justice, Legal, News, US Department of Justice
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Justice Is Not Always Just – Criminal Court Edition
Twenty-one year old Baltimore, Maryland resident Tyree Threatt was picked out of photo lineup and arrested for armed robbery. Bail was set at $75,000, which he could not afford. The public defender’s investigation uncovered that at the time of the robbery Mr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Sun, Garland Sanderson, Judges, Justice, Legal, News, Nicholas Cooksley, Public Defender, Tyree Threatt, Work Ethic
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Justice Is Not Always Just – Traffic Court Edition
Imagine you are riding a motorcycle through twisty mountain roads, traveling well within the speed limit, and when you brake to prepare for a sharp turn, you hit a patch of gravel, your bike slides like it’s on marbles and … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorneys, Awareness, Clients, Credibility, Evidence, Judges, Justice, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform, Legal System, Traffic Court
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STFU? Does Judicial Blogging Harm The Legal System?
Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard Kopf and author of the blog, Hercules and the Umpire, recently made national headlines for his post titled, Remembering Alexander Bickel’s passive virtues and the Hobby Lobby cases. In the post, Judge Kopf addressed the political … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Hercules and the Umpire, Judges, Justice, Legal, Legal Reform, News, Richard Kopf
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If It Can Happen To Dan Rather . . . It Can Happen To You
In Chapter 10 of his memoir, Rather Outspoken: My Life In The News, famed news reporter Dan Rather discusses his 2007 breach of contract lawsuit against CBS for removing him from the CBS Evening News anchor chair. Mr. Rather’s experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, CBS, Dan Rather, Judges, Justice, Lawsuit, Legal, Legal Consumer, Litigation, Martin Gold, News, Rather Outspoken
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“When Judges Err”
When judges realize their written opinion contains a mistake, should they publicly acknowledge the mistake and the correction? U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz answered that question in the affirmative in his recent essay for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Judge Andrew Hurwitz, Judges, Justice, Lawsuit, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform, Litigation
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One Judge’s Take on “The Secret Life of Judges” and Judicial Bias
In 2006, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Dennis Jacobs delivered a lecture at Fordham Law School titled “The Secret Life of Judges.” In his lecture, Judge Jacobs described “the judicial mentality,” as “a habit … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Jacobs, Judges, Judicial Bias, Justice, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Practices, Legal Reform, Self-Regulation, The Secret Life of Judges
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