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Saturday, May 13, 2006

“Justice charged with violations; Judicial panel serves notice on Nuss in flap over lunch talk”: This article appears today in The Topeka Capital-Journal, along with an article headlined “Judges have been taken to woodshed, removed in past.”

The Wichita Eagle today contains an article headlined “Investigator: Justice violated ethics rules.”

And The Lawrence Journal-World contains articles headlined “Justice faces ethics probe; Meeting with senators could result in court disciplining judge” and “Lawrence lawyer brought complaint against judge.”

Posted at 11:10 PM by Howard Bashman



On last Saturday’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “America & the Courts“: “The Second Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in Brendan MacWade v. Raymond Kelly in New York City. The court decides if New York City police can randomly search subway riders’ bags or if the searches violate a constitutional right against unreasonable search and seizure.” You can view the program by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Death case appeals hit by forgery allegations; Defense investigator may have faked many sworn statements”: Claire Cooper, legal affairs writer for The Sacramento Bee, today has this article in that newspaper.

Posted at 2:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate targets local FBI agents; Judiciary panel opens probe into possible perjury related to Luna case”: The Baltimore Sun today contains an article that begins, “The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has opened a probe into whether FBI agents in Baltimore committed perjury during the investigation into the mysterious death of federal prosecutor Jonathan P. Luna in 2003.”

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Legal Saga Ends for Man Who Hired Wife’s Killer”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Bringing an end to a legal odyssey that spanned two decades, a New Jersey prosecutor on Friday said that he would no longer pursue the death penalty for Robert O. Marshall, whose conviction for arranging the murder of his wife inspired a best-selling book and a television miniseries.”

And The Newark Star-Ledger reports today that “Prosecutor won’t retry penalty phase of Marshall case; Plotter of wife’s killing could be paroled in 8 years.”

Posted at 12:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Moussaoui Begins Serving Life Sentence”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui on Saturday began serving his life sentence at the nation’s most secure prison after U.S. marshals flew him overnight from Virginia to Colorado.”

Posted at 12:15 PM by Howard Bashman