Category: Criminal law

Chicago Lawyer Arrested for Murder of Former Girlfriend and Baby of New York Knicks Player Eddy Curry

1_61_022209_nicks2009_02_21_henryChicago Lawyer, Frederick Goings, 36, has been arrested for murder of 24-year-old Nova Henry and her 9-month-old daughter, Ava. Henry is the former girlfriend New York Knicks player Eddy Curry and mother of his 3-year-old son and daughter, Ava.
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Eleven-Year-Old Boy Allegely Uses “Kiddie Shotgun” To Shoot Father’s Pregnant Girlfriend — and Then Goes to School

jordan-brown-11-year-old-001Marie Houk, a pregnant mother, was found dead by her four-year-old daughter. The killer appears to be the son of her boyfriend who will reportedly face adult murder charges — despite the fact that Jordon Brown is 11 years old. He reportedly went to school after killing Houk in a farmhouse in western Pennsylvania.

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Obama Administration Sides With Bush Administration on Key Cases Involving Missing Emails, Right to DNA Evidence, and Executive Privilege

220px-barack_obamaIn the last week, the Obama Administration has supported the Bush Administration in a variety of cases to the great disappointment of many civil libertarians, historians, and academics. This includes an effort to kill litigation that has sought millions of missing emails in the Bush Administration.

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McDonald’s Worker Denied Worker’s Compensation After Being Shot on Videotape

thumb_1235091362625_0p019116444479984618It was bad enough when Nigel Haskett was shot at McDonald’s in Little Rock, Arkansas. The worker had rushed to helped a woman who was struck by a man and was shot three times. He was then told by Claims specialist Misty Thompson with insurance company Ramsey, Krug, Farrell and Lensing responded, that he had no right to worker’s compensation for his injuries. Hasket required three surgeries at a cost of $300,000 in medical bills and six months recovery.
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Police Move to Arrest Suspect in Chandra Levy Murder

0_61_022009_levy1_3200_62_022109_ingmar_320 The police are reportedly close to making an arrest in the unsolved murder case of Chandra Levy after eight years. Police are reportedly seeking an arrest warrant for Ingmar Guandique, who is in jail for assaulting two women in Rock Park. That is the same park where Levy’s remains were found.

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New Yorker Sues Over Alleged Racial Profiling Resulting in 21 Searches While Using the Subway

thumb_policeman_cartoonJangir Sultan, 32 has sued the city of New York after he was allegedly searched 21 times in the subway because of this Middle Eastern appearance. He is actually a New York native of Kashmiri descent.

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Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: Arkansas Man Arrested After Bringing Bag of Nickels to Bank . . . With a Gun Inside

150px-2006_nickel_proof_obvCamden Arkansas police are dealing with a new form of a nickel plated hand-gun. An 18-year-old man walked into the BancorpSouth with a bag of nickels but forget that, with the $88 of nickels, he had left a .44-caliber handgun. He was arrested and then a bad day took a turn for the worst.

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DWI: Driving While Impolitic in Oklahoma

thumb_policeman_cartoonChip Harrison was driving in Oklahoma City when he was stopped by a member of the Oklahoma City Police Department for displaying a sign on his car critical of President Obama. The officer confiscated the sign saying “Abort Obama Not the Unborn” under the theory that the Secret Service might view it as a threat on the President’s life — ignoring that he would first have to be returned to a fetal state .

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False Flame Scam: Woman Conned Out of $300,000 in Nigerian Love Scam

thumb_valentine_broken_heartWe have yet another case of a person who was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by Nigerian con artists. This one involved a love scam. The middle-aged divorcee in Edmonton was conned out of $300,000 before realizing that she had found larceny rather than love. The Nigerians con artist even took money for a fake son’s funeral.
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Judge Sharon Keller Charged With Five Ethics Violations

keller_sharon_newTexas Judge Sharon Keller is having a bad month. Just last week, there was a move in the legislature to impeach her. Now the state judicial ethics commission has charged her with violating her duty and bringing discredit upon the judiciary. It is hard to be sympathetic with her position, however, given Judge Keller’s decision to told the Clerk’s office to close in 2007 when attorneys were rushing over with an after-hours final death row appeal for Michael Richards — who was then executed.
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Well, You’re Extinct Now: Bird, Once Believed Extinct, Is Captured, Photographed . . . And Then Eaten

photo_1234850155847-1-1Worcester’s buttonquail was long believed to be extinct, so you can imagine the joy of ornithologists when one of the birds was captured and photographed on the island of Luzon, Philippines. Then the learned that the bird was promptly sold for meat and eaten.
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Earning Your Bones In Court: Descendants of the Apache leader Geronimo Sue Yale and Skulls and Bones Society for Return of His Remains

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Descendants of the Apache leader Geronimo have sued the ultra secret society, Skull and Bones, over rumors that the society stole his skull in a grave robbery detailed in society lore.

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Accused Serial Rapist and Murderer Lunges At Counsel in Seattle Courtroom

2008214233For those of you who believe that you have tough clients, you might want to consider the fate of Seattle attorney John Hicks. He represents rapist Curtis S. Thompson who must be wheeled into court with his chest, wrists and ankles bound due to prior threats against attorneys and a judge. That did not stop Thompson from lunging at Hicks in a recent hearing and screaming “You scared to death, ain’t you punk?” Hence the popularity of transactions law.

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