Welcome to the last Monday in September -- and the first Monday of fall. Here as some news items to get the week started.
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Read More »September 24, 2012 Comments Off on Law blog roundup
Welcome to the last Monday in September -- and the first Monday of fall. Here as some news items to get the week started.
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Read More »January 4, 2012 7 Comments
It was 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday when the judge took the bench for the incarcerable traffic docket. The doors had opened a half-hour earlier to allow the witnesses to check in. These cases are officer-driven; generally, the officer makes ...
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Read More »August 31, 2011 1 Comment
“You gotta grow a thick skin pretty fast in this line a work,” he said. I turned around and there stood a police officer leaning on the door to the liaison’s office where my showdown with seersucker ensued. He stood ...
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Read More »October 21, 2010 Comments Off on Jury delivers defense verdict in cop-on-cop killing
A Baltimore jury deliberated only a few hours this week before deciding Officer John Torres acted reasonably when he shot and killed Norman Stamp, a fellow member of the Baltimore Police Department who was out with his biker brothers when ...
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Read More »October 20, 2010 Comments Off on Lawsuit over cop-on-cop killing goes to jury