Recent Updates
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Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
Political and Legal News 10/12/2015A Georgia man accused of killing his toddler son by leaving him in a vehicle on a hot day is set to appear in court for a hearing.Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley is set to hear arguments on pretrial motions Monday in the case of Justin R...
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US court upholds Oklahoma death row inmate's sentence
Political and Legal News 09/17/2015A divided federal appeals court panel upheld the murder convictions and death sentence Tuesday of a 54-year-old man who went on a multistate crime spree in 2003.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to affirm the death sentence of Scott Ei...
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Appeals court overturns county's longest-ever drug sentence
Political and Legal News 09/04/2015Pennsylvania Superior Court has overturned the longest drug sentence ever imposed in a central Pennsylvania county as "manifestly unreasonable and excessive."Blair County Senior Judge Thomas Peoples imposed the 104½- to 216-year sentence four years a...
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Court rules against St. Louis police in ticket scandal
Political and Legal News 08/20/2015The St. Louis police department will have to turn over records from its probe into a scandal over 2006 World Series tickets now that the Missouri Supreme Court has thrown out a final appeal that sought to block the documents' release.The state high c...
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Court fines Washington state over education funding
Political and Legal News 08/14/2015Washington officials are considering a special legislative session after the state Supreme Court issued daily fines a of $100,000 until lawmakers comply with a court order to improve the way the state pays for its basic education system. Thursd...
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Man charged with killing Memphis officer to appear in court
Political and Legal News 08/14/2015An ex-convict charged with fatally shooting a Memphis police officer during a struggle is scheduled to appear in county court Wednesday.Twenty-nine-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn is being held on $10 million bond on a first-degree murder charge in the Au...
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Court hearing set for Alabama inmate who wants abortion
Political and Legal News 07/23/2015A federal judge is considering a lawsuit filed by an Alabama inmate who wants out of jail temporarily so she can get an abortion. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Monday on behalf of a female inmate, identified only as Jane Doe, who is i...
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Doctor with hundreds of fraud victims faces sentencing
Political and Legal News 07/07/2015A Harvard medical professor says patients of a Detroit-area cancer doctor were at high risk of infection because of excessive doses of powerful, expensive drugs.Dr. Farid Fata will be sentenced in federal court for fraud. But a judge first is hearing...
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In Supreme Court loss, death penalty foes see an opening
Political and Legal News 07/07/2015A strongly worded dissent in the U.S. Supreme Court's narrow decision this week upholding the use of an execution drug offered a glimmer of hope to death penalty opponents in what they considered otherwise a gloomy ruling. One advocate went so far Tu...
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High court won't hear appeal over Walker campaign probe
Political and Legal News 05/18/2015The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a conservative group seeking to end an investigation into possible illegal coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and independent groups. The justices on Monday let stand an...
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Former Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor
Political and Legal News 12/05/2014No matter the situation, an attorney from the Plymouth Canton Law Office of Rita O. White is available to assist. For everything from questions only a lawyer could answer, to a specific legal issue you may have, we are here to lend a helping hand. Yo...
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Michigan Defense Lawyer
Political and Legal News 12/05/2014The attorneys at the Davis Law Group, PLLC are former prosecutors who have dealt with a wide variety of cases, from minor traffic stops to homicide. As a criminal defense firm, we work in the Metro Detroit area, including Oakland, Wayne, and Macomb C...