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CBS News Shame of mandatory minimums shows in Marissa Alexander caseCNNIf you are the most hardened law-and-order person in the world, even you should have some compassion for Alexander, the Jacksonville, Florida, woman who has been struck by the ridiculous Florida law known as 10-20-life. The law requires anyone …US Fla. mom gets 20 years [...]

Daily Mail New stand-your-ground case? Not for Florida woman given 20 yearsLos Angeles TimesBy Steve Padilla The Trayvon Martin case and Florida's “stand your ground” law were brought into sharp relief yet again — this time in a Jacksonville courtroom where woman who said she fired a warning shot to ward off an abusive husband [...]

Florida woman sentenced to 20 years in controversial warning shot caseCNNBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Saying he had no discretion under state law, a judge sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida, woman to 20 years in prison Friday for firing a warning shot in an effort to scare off her abusive husband.and more » View full [...]

CTV.ca Case of Chen Guangcheng, blind legal activist, raises question of who really …Kansas City StarBy Tom Lasseter BEIJING — As a maelstrom of controversy surrounded blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's escape from extra-legal house detention late last month, he filmed an open plea to Premier Wen Jiabao. With less than a minute left to [...]

McClatchy Washington Bureau Case of Chen Guangcheng, blind legal activist, raises question of who really …McClatchy Washington BureauIn this image made from video, blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng is seen on a video posted to YouTube by overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com. | Associated Press/Boxun.com By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers BEIJING — As a [...]

USA TODAY Case of Chen Guangcheng, blind legal activist, raises question of who really …MiamiHerald.comBy Tom Lasseter BEIJING — As a maelstrom of controversy surrounded blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's escape from extra-legal house detention late last month, he filmed an open plea to Premier Wen Jiabao. With less than a minute left to go [...]

When, and if, the jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse case receive the judge’s charge, prosecutors want them to hear an explanation of what it means to have a duty of care to not endanger the welfare of children, while the defense does not want any such explanation. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The families of two Hungarian tourists killed when the duck boat they were riding was hit by a barge in the Delaware River will split a $15 million settlement from both boats’ operators, according to attorneys in the case. The other 18 boat passengers will split a $2 million settlement from the defendants, the attorneys [...]

The First Circuit has revived a False Claims Act case based on alleged falsifications in a grant application to the National Institutes of Health. The unanimous panel vacated a summary judgment ruling for the defendants, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and individual researchers, and remanded the case. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The Mortgage Electronic Registry System and a group of 28 banks and mortgage companies are moving to block certification of a class action, arguing that an Ohio prosecutor doesn’t have standing to represent his counterparts in other counties, especially since he chose to enlist private lawyers. View full post on Law.com – Newswire