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LDF Testifies at New York Redistricting HearingSacramento BeeThe NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

Murder victim's former legal secretary testifiesWBXHLessie Hookfin, the former legal secretary for Chiquita Tate, testified she knew her boss's marriage was on the rocks. She said Tate told her she was, "tired of being married." Plus, prosecutors said Hookfin was, with the exception of the killer, …and more » View full post on legal – Google [...]

Los Angeles Times Bell administrator testifies that she thought loans were legalLos Angeles TimesLourdes Garcia says she didn't realize that loaning city money to colleagues and city workers — including herself — was illegal. She has limited immunity in the sweeping public corruption case. Lourdes Garcia, Bell's director of administrative …and more » View full post [...]

NJ.com New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission employee testifies at Ex-Jersey …NJ.comA staff member from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission testified at the federal corruption trial of former Jersey City Assemblyman L. Harvey …and more » View full post on law – Google News

New York Daily News Law & Order actress Kathryn Erbe's brother testifies at stalker trialDaily MailDuring opening arguments today, prosecutors described Nagel as a stalker whose fixation with the Law & Order star became chilling and abusive. …Creep accused of stalking 'Law & Order' actress Kathryn Erbe online 'didn't …New York Daily Newsall 131 news [...]

Congressman Steve Cohen testified before the House Crime Subcommittee on the need to pass legislation that he’s authored to examine racial disparities in the criminal justice system — HR 1412, the Justice Integrity Act.

Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey testifies that Alberto Gonzales, as White House counsel, tried to get AG John Ashcroft, critically ill on his hospital sickbed, to approve an NSA program the Justice Department had serious legal doubts about

Victim advocate testifies in scandal probe The state’s victim advocate says a special panel should remember thousands of what she called “original victims” allegedly harmed by juveniles whose cases were tossed out as a result of a northeastern Pennsylvania criminal justice scandal. Read more on The Daily Item

Daughter of the Victim Testifies at a Murder Trial Samantha Wells, who took the stand in the trial of Natavia S. Lowery, accused of murdering Mrs. Wells’s mother, Linda Stein. was subject to intense questioning by a lawyer for the defendant. Read more on New York Times

Former attorney general testifies in Iraq inquiry LONDON: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s top legal adviser believed at first that it would be illegal for Britain to join the US-led invasion of Iraq but ultimately changed his mind, he told the inquiry probing the conflict on Wednesday. Read more on Brisbane Times