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Due Process & Criminal Defense
Fair trials, counsel rights, evidence standards, and wrongful convictions.
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2+ day, 8+ hour ago (373+ words) For 32 years, a man sat in a Saint Lucia prison without ever being convicted of a crime. Found unfit to plead in 1991, he should have been hospitalised, with his detention regularly reviewed. Neither happened. A second man spent 24 years in…...
Colorado Man Jailed in Botched Grand Forks Child-Luring Case Sues Police
16+ hour, 7+ min ago (410+ words) A federal lawsuit filed by Deryck Middleton alleges that errors in a Grand Forks investigation led to his arrest and felony charge despite evidence pointing to someone else. Middleton, 40, of Golden, Colorado, is suing the Grand Forks Police Department, the…...
A freed man faces life back in prison after a Supreme Court ruling on the First Step Act
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Can I delay or avoid a deposition from partner’s ex?
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (408+ words) Boston Herald Q. My partner moved in with me over the summer. He and his family are from Ohio but he works remotely. He wants to permanently relocate here but his children are too young, so he maintains a condo in…...
Audit: Minnesota public defenders shoulder high caseloads — even by 30-year-old standards
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Case: Discrimination/Sexual Harassment (N.D. Ga.)
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Wrongfully Convicted New Yorkers Lose More Than 11 Years
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (222+ words) A wrongful conviction can take years of a person’s life away. New research shows that hundreds of people in New York have been cleared after being convicted of crimes they did not commit. The study was released by Davidoff Law…...
Cornell ILR speakers explain criminal-record hiring rules to New York lawyers
3+ day, 45+ min ago (296+ words) October 9, 2026 2:45 AM / Staff Report New York employers weighing an applicant’s criminal record must follow legal steps rather than assume a conviction rules out the person, a Cornell labor-law specialist told lawyers at a recent gathering in Ithaca. Bigler reviewed how…...