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Juror is accused of making Facebook trial comments and lying about it; contempt hearing scheduled
A Florida juror will have to face a judge on June 20 to explain why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly posting comments on Facebook during a personal-injury trial and then denying he had done so.
Alexander Sutton, 24, of Boca Raton could face up to six months in... [...]
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Ex-judge disbarred over relationship with prosecutor during murder trial in her court
A former Florida judge is losing her license to practice law due to a secret "personal and emotional relationship" she had with a prosecutor trying a capital murder case in her court in 2007.
"Disbarment is the appropriate sanction" for former Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner, because of... [...]
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NYC indicts more than 100 suspected gang members in claimed shooting conspiracy
Two gang members have already been tried and convicted in the Sept. 11, 2011 murder of an 18-year-old high school basketball star, who was shot to death in a hallway near her apartment in a New York City housing project.
But Tayshana Murphy's death was also front and center in a record sweep... [...]
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Ex-attorney's divorce is slowed because he's serving time under federal witness protection program
Both disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein, 51, and his 40-year-old wife, Kim, are in jail for crimes linked to his $1.4 billion swindle of various investors.
But it isn't her 18-month sentence for concealing assets from a bankruptcy court that's slowing down their divorce so... [...]
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2 girls, 12, face first-degree murder-attempt case; police say they hoped to please horror character
Two 12-year-old girls in Waukesha, Wisconsin, are facing attempted first-degree murder charges, as adults, after police say they stabbed a 12-year-old friend 19 times after a Friday home sleepover in celebration of a birthday.
Given permission by the mom in charge to go play... [...]
