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CEBU CITY, Philippines - A 54-year-old man will be spending the rest of his life in jail for selling 10 sticks of marijuana weighing 1.79 grams in 2005. Regional Trial Court Judge Gabriel Ingles Monday ordered Rosario Bayot Mahinay to pay a.

  On November 4, 2014, the voters of Nevada approved SJR 14 by a margin of 287,183 to 246,836.  SJR 14 was a measure asking whether the Nevada Constitutions should be amended to create an Intermediate Appellate Court.  This was the second.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is continuing its pursuit of enforcement actions against insider trading, and this year is no exception. Notably, the SEC just recently filed an enforcement action against a former executive at a beverage company. The complaint.

The past year has been truly record breaking in terms of the magnitude  of the crimes making headlines, most notably arch-Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, attorney scam artist Marc Dreier and the New Jersey public corruption scandal. Now the criminal record-setting has happened again.

WHAT IS COMING: Under the law passed by the Nevada Legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Sandoval in 2013, the medical marijuana industry will include up to 66 dispensaries statewide to sell the marijuana and marijuana products. The infrastructure will include indoor.

Australia Attack Leads to Discussion on "Lone Wolf" Terrorists When Australian police rolled into a Sydney cafe in 2014, Australia was in the middle of the worst terrorist attack it had seen since 1978 when a bombing at the Hilton Hotel in.

Michael Brown Darren wilson, the cop who killed an unarmed black 18-year old in Missouri will not face state criminal charges.   When Wilson shot Michael Brown, at least 6 times, in Ferguson, Missouri, it triggered a tsunami of protests in the.

Trial in the Wecht case began January 28 and jury deliberations now in only their sixth day will resume on Tueday, April 1, exactly three weeks after hearing the last witness testify. What is of note is the painfully slow progress of the trial occasioned.

The practice of allowing jurors to ask witnesses questions during trial is becoming more common, with at least three states – Arizona, Colorado, and Indiana – requiring it. One of the reasons allowing jurors to ask questions worked so well during the.

Statistically, over 9 percent of American adults have a diagnosable personality disorder, so it’s likely that some clients you encounter are difficult, obnoxious, or just plain maddening. Given enough information about these disorders and how they may be presented by clients, lawyers.