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...Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious and occasionally showing flashes of nerves, Letterman explained - to awkward clapping and giggles - that having received a threatening package in the back of his car early one morning, he and his lawyer had called in the Manhattan district attorney's office...
Lucchino said he “used to be a real lawyer,” and explained how he found it “easy to strike up a friendship with Dershowitz...
...director's original arrest. In the film, the then Los Angeles deputy district attorney, David Wells, says he met with Rittenband without the presence of defense counsel to argue for more jail time for Polanski. Wells was not himself an attorney on the case but he was a lawyer working for one of the parties, the state of California. The California Code of Judicial Ethics forbids judges to engage in ex parte communications, or discussions where only one side of a case is represented. Wells, who retired two years ago, has now recanted what he said on film, saying...
Unsurprisingly, Polanski, a French citizen, is contesting extradition in what is sure to be a lengthy appeals process. One tactic Polanski's legal team may take is to challenge the lawfulness of the arrest warrant on the basis of misconduct during the original legal proceedings. "His lawyers could argue that this is an invalid conviction because it's based on a fraud. Then you could have a Swiss court decide whether or not the proceedings here in Los Angeles were so corrupt that they invalidate the conviction," says Harland Braun, a criminal defense attorney and former deputy district attorney...
...trained lawyer, Westerwelle has gained respect for top-notch debating skills. • Announced his sexual orientation by bringing his partner to Merkel's 50th birthday party...