WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Guantanamo detainees who fear they may be tortured or jailed if they are released from the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The justices on Monday rejected a plea from ...

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Warning to Maryland defense attorneys: When it comes to requests to modify sentences, make sure the prosecution agrees not only to a modification hearing but to join you in pressing for the modification itself. Convicted armed robber Paul Andrew Tatem ...

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LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson’s lawyer won’t get a chance to plead for the imprisoned former football star’s freedom before the full seven-member Nevada Supreme Court. The state’s highest court issued a terse and unanimous order Tuesday declining to do ...

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NEW YORK — Ronald McDonald is having a midlife crisis. His floppy shoes, painted-on smile and flaming-red hair may be a harder sell to today’s kids who are trading in their dolls and trucks for manicures and mobile game apps ...

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ANNAPOLIS – A defense attorney urged Maryland’s top court Tuesday to overturn his client’s first-degree murder conviction and life sentence, saying the man was denied his constitutional rights to confront at trial the person whose incriminating statements were referenced by ...

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In my Maryland Lawyer story today about spam litigation, I mentioned how appellate court decisions in Maryland and California both upheld the constitutionality of the states’ spam deterrence laws. But they also provided as part of their opinions the origins ...

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PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for convicted police killer and death-row activist Mumia Abu-Jamal, finding for a second time that the death-penalty instructions given to the jury at his 1982 trial were ...

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A federal appeals court has refused to consider a request for a new trial from a former Fayetteville, N.C., psychologist convicted in her husband’s death. The Fayetteville Observer reported that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says Virginia’s advocate for the mentally ill can sue to force state officials to provide records relating to deaths and injuries at state mental health facilities. The justices, in a 6-2 ruling Tuesday, reinstated the ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A trial lawyer has two chances to request recusal. The lawyer takes a pass both times. The judge rules against the lawyer’s client. It’s hard to argue on appeal that the judge’s bias requires reversal. Not only ...

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