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In an opinion issued on Tuesday, Montejo v. Louisiana, — S.Ct. —-, 2009 WL 1443049 (2009), the Supreme Court removed a layer of protection of criminal defendants against coercive and badgering police interrogations by overruling, Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625, 106.

CNN reports that Shona Michelle Young was arrested in Miami on Monday. Young and 22 others face fraud charges on allegations that they operated an identity theft ring which defrauded others of more than $2.1 million. Young was allegedly carrying a fake.

Two criminals got a big surprise when they broke into a family home recently. Instead of them getting away with a crime, they came face to face with a man who grabbed his AK 47 and chased them outside. A single shot.

Two Nevada lawsuits have been settled with  individuals who claimed a sheriff’s deputy had violated their rights, in  separate incidents, when they were pulled over for speeding on Interstate 80. While on the side of the road, the men were searched for.

Anyone accused of sexual contact with someone who is underage can expect serious consequences if convicted of a criminal offense.  In many cases, this is true even if the young people are relatively close in age and even if the minor lied.

In Flores-Figueroa v. United States, No 08-108, in a rare 9-0 shutout, Justice Breyer writing for the Supreme Court addressed and resolved the aggravated identity theft statute as follows: The question [presented by 18 U. S. C. §1028A(a)(1)] is whether the statute requires.

Following his recent victory in the Helio Castroneves tax evasion trial, Roy Black, famed trial attorney from Miami spent some time with us reflecting on that trial: Q: Thanks for your time and congratulations on the not guilty verdicts in the Helio.

Pete at Drug WarRant and Scott at Drug War Chronicle have each fired off very sharp critiques of George Will's fairly awful column from Sunday's Washington Post, which seems to be an attempt to out-do James Wilson in its celebration of American incarceration rates. The main point.

A Brief Overview of Law Reforms for Rape and Sexual Assault  The feminist movement in the United States has brought about significant reforms to the manner in which rape is defined and prosecuted in the United States. States vary upon the specifics.

The trial of former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice commenced yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The.