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...real criminal charge (fighting with an officer). This charge was not only proven false by later investigation, but was totally unwarranted in the first place. Nor was Valentine’s sentence—a ten-day jail sentence and a mandate to remove her headscarf outside of the courtroom??appropriate. Asking a Muslim woman or an Orthodox Jewess to remove her headscarf in public is like asking her to disrobe or to expose herself. In an appalling misuse of the judicial system’s power, Valentine was asked to do so by a judge and police...
...Instead, Greenhouse, who is also a former Crimson editor, instructed the future lawyers—some, as she noted, future Supreme Court law clerks—about the “10 Things I’ve Learned While Covering the Supreme Court.” Beneath the courtroom??s high-ceiling rafters, graduates, friends and family members in Austin Hall’s overflow seating watched as HLS Dean Elena Kagan praised Greenhouse’s coverage. “I don’t read the opinions [of Supreme Court justices] anymore,” said...
...novel benefits from the author’s knowledge of details about the lurid legal arena. Connelly thanks several defense attorneys in his acknowledgements, and he writes that he observed proceedings in a courtroom??it shows. Haller glibly throws around jargon and tactics familiar to “defense pros,” and the novel’s exposition is a fascinating glimpse into the life of a skilled defense lawyer...
...according to the AP. Buchanan pointed out that Gaziano has also testified that the there was no proof that the weight-loss drug Ephedra was dangerous.Gaziano said in the interview that he had to answer “very artificial questions” and that “the courtroom??s a very artificial place to have dialogue about these sorts of issues.” He said he felt it was important, however, for “good scientists to weigh in.”Merck pulled Vioxx from the market last fall after...
...lawyers have asked a judge for access to medical records of the woman, who was treated for a psychological breakdown last January. Of course, if evidence is relevant to the credibility of the accuser, then perhaps it should be admissible. But that matter should be decided in the courtroom??not on the pages of a newspaper. In this particular case, the records have absolutely no relation to the night of the incident and Colorado has strict laws against releasing such information. The defense team is well aware of these restrictions, but their motive is to exploit the media...