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California - Former Contra Costa prosecutor Michael Gressett files lawsuit

By Lisa Vorderbrueggen - Contra Costa Times - 05/30/2012Former Contra Costa sex crimes prosecutor Michael G ... http://p.ost.im/p/eng52k

University Researcher: Eyewitness Identification Reforms May Have Unintended Consequences

UCR News - By Bettye Miller - MAY 30, 2012RIVERSIDE, Calif. — New research by a University of California, ... http://p.ost.im/p/enyXuu

California - Monterey murder case ignites fight over court records

By KATE MOSER - Herald Staff Writer - 05/30/2012 12:03:32 PM PDTBefore Christopher Sorenson was arrested la ... http://p.ost.im/p/enunXn

California - 2012–2013 Women’s Policy Institute - How to Apply

About the Women's Policy InstituteWe are pleased to announce the 10th year of the Women’s Policy Institut ... http://p.ost.im/p/enayH8

Criminal Law Case Summaries - April - May 2012

By Gary Mandinach, Attorney at Law, California Appellate Project, Los Angeles, California1. People v. Duran ... http://p.ost.im/p/enhxEq

New York Times: Public-Place Laws Tighten Rein on Sex Offenders

The New York Times - by IAN LOVETT - May 29, 2012HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Convicted sex offenders are b ... http://p.ost.im/p/enp8Y9

California - Drug laws panel supports reducing possession crimes to misdemeanors

KTVU Channel 2 TV San Francisco - May 29, 2012SAN FRANCISCO -  Most but not all members of a drug-law-ref ... http://p.ost.im/p/etqnVj

California - Justice summit tries to tackle drug, gang problems

KGO Channel 7 News San Francisco - May 29, 2012 - SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- On Tuesday, in San Francisco there w ... http://p.ost.im/p/enR4Wt

California - Scathing report on judicial bureaucracy bolsters rebel judges

The Sacramento Bee - May 29, 2012The years-long political war among California's judges took another turn F ... http://p.ost.im/p/en62bf

California - Funds OK'd to open floor in Fresno County Jail

By Kurtis Alexander - The Fresno Bee - Friday, May. 25, 2012 | 10:15 PMFresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims ... http://p.ost.im/p/ettSAY

CA Woman Lawyers Association presents: "So You Want to be a Judge?" on Friday, June 1, 2012 - in SF.

The California Women Lawyers (CWL) will present their award winning "So You Want to be a Judge?" program with G ... http://p.ost.im/p/etwCqK

San Francisco - Bicyclist acquitted in hit and run, defense attorneys argue wrong man arrested

KTVU TV News San Francisco - May 25, 2012SAN FRANCISCO — A bicyclist was acquitted of hit and run charges ... http://p.ost.im/p/etnvwm

Florida - Judge reassigned over offensive comment to public defender

WKMG News Channel 6 - by Tony Pipitone - May 25, 2012ORLANDO, Fla. -Orange-Osceola Circuit Judge C. Jeffe ... http://p.ost.im/p/etG87p

2012 Summer Trial Skills Institute Program - July - San Diego

THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION Presents:The 41st Annual Summer Basic Trial Skills Institute! ... http://p.ost.im/p/ethR6Y

California high school football star cleared of rape 10 years later

MSNBC News - May 25, 2012Former high school football start Brian Banks said he's "happy to be free" after a ... http://p.ost.im/p/etS4RA

THE WEEK'S CASES: for the week ending May 25, 2012

by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's OfficeDNA SWAB OF DEFENDANT'S ... http://p.ost.im/p/eta4rJ

California - Attn. Defense Attnys: A Scientific Evidence Seminar - July 14, 2012 - Newport Beach!

The California Public Defenders Association presents - A Scientific Evidence SeminarSaturday July 14, 2012 ... http://p.ost.im/p/ethmQn

Oregon - Law officers encourage adjustments to eyewitness rules

The Statesman Journal - Oregon - May 21, 2012Law enforcement personnel are working on changes to eyewitness ... http://p.ost.im/p/etrWuh

California - Lower penalty for drug crimes, says San Francisco legislator

KXTV Channel 10 News Sacramento, CA - May 22, 2012SACRAMENTO, CA - Those who have long sought to turn small ... http://p.ost.im/p/etxHx4

Op-Ed: Win, lose or hung, nation's jury system works just as it should

The Bakersfield Californian - By KONRAD MOORE - May 21, 2012A local writer, Dana Martin, recently submitted ... http://p.ost.im/p/etrvPR

Witnesses can be wrong; task force to look at how suspects ID'd

By Patrick Preston KATU News and KATU.com Staff - May 22, 2012PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon task force is cons ... http://p.ost.im/p/etAqMR

California - Editorial: Humboldt County Public defender's office shines

The Times-Standard - 05/20/2012It is often said that the wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind excee ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGXwe7

National study tracks number of people falsely convicted of crime

The Mercury News - By Tracey Kaplan - 05/20/2012 09:00:00 PM PDTA new national report on the number of peop ... http://p.ost.im/p/etNbNG

California Governor now wants to keep juvenile lockups open

The San Francisco Chronicle - Marisa Lagos - Saturday, May 19, 2012Gov. Jerry Brown backed off a plan to ph ... http://p.ost.im/p/et8Sfd

Questions raised about Public Defender Windom’s competence

The Press-Enterprise - By Richard K. De Atley - May 19, 2012Riverside County Public Defender Gary Windom is ... http://p.ost.im/p/eteqD7

DEA proposes tracking all cars on Utah highway - is your street next?

MSNBC News - May 19, 2012 - Law enforcement officials have been systematically tracking license plates for a ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGwhtU

Show Me Your ID: Cops, Courts Re-evaluate Their Use of Eyewitnesses

ABA Journal - Posted May 18, 2012 6:18 PM CDT - By Mark HansenGary Wells of Iowa State University has studi ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGCnTt

Nevada - District Attorney's former role as defense attorney delays criminal cases

BY CARRI GEER THEVENOT - LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL - Posted: May 17, 2012A fatal child abuse case was dela ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGtKXC

NUTS & BOLTS - Topic: When The Prosecution Wants To “Shrink” Your Client (Or, Mining The Maldonado Nuggets)

By Terri Towery, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County – May 2012By now you have heard that we lost ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGug7u

NUTS & BOLTS - Topic: Presentence Custody Credits for Multiple Cases (Or, When Your Client Gets the Shaft)

NUTS BOLTS - Topic: Presentence Custody Credits for Multiple Cases (Or, When Your Client Gets the Shaft)By ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGcXcu

THE WEEK'S CASES: for the week ending May 18, 2012

by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's OfficeBURGLARY FOR ENTRY INTO ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGvA7a

California - Bill banning hooligans from stadiums watered down

The San Francisco - Chronicle Columnist - Friday, May 18, 2012State lawmakers gutted a bill that would ha ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGQD28

California's Governor Brown Announces Numerous Judicial Appointments - May 18, 2012

Very busy day for California's Governor Brown....5-18-2012 SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGUqS5

Editorial: The death penalty costs taxpayers more than life in the klink

Pocono Record (Pennsylvania) - May 17, 2012What a shame that Pennsylvania still has the death penalty.H ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGaSET

Lawyer challenges ban from public defender's office - Skilled attorney's fee too high for system

By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel May 16, 2012A Milwaukee lawyer says he has been unfairly banned ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGjL67

California - Del Norte County District Attorney faces possible disbarment

By JASON DEAREN Associated Press - 05/15/2012 11:29:22 AM PDTThe district attorney of a remote Northern Cal ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGDuGp

"Collateral damage." How the DEA defines your business, your freedom, and your life

Classical Values - MAY 8, 2012 11:18 PM - AUTHOR: ERICIn a story that would be touching in the ordinary con ... http://p.ost.im/p/esTpTS

California - Lawsuit seeks to keep death penalty off ballot

The San Francisco Chronicle - Monday, May 14, 2012(05-14) 17:32 PDT San Francisco, CA (AP) -- A victims' ri ... http://p.ost.im/p/essWYf

California - Brown's proposal: a 4-day week for state workers

The San Francisco Chronicle - Wyatt Buchanan - Monday, May 14, 2012(05-14) 18:06 PDT Sacramento -- Gov. Jer ... http://p.ost.im/p/esTfHK

Lawmakers, others react to Gov. Jerry Brown's budget revision

The Sacramento Bee - May 14, 2012 - The reaction to Gov. Jerry brown's budget plan is rolling in. Here's a samp ... http://p.ost.im/p/es7U6x

Bump California death penalty measure from November ballot, group says

The Mercury News - May 14, 2012 - By Howard MintzA law-and-order organization on Monday asked a state appea ... http://p.ost.im/p/esvNCf

Governor's May Budget Revision - Detailed Summary

May 14, 2012 - Below is a ink to a Sacramento Bee sponsored linkhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/93510321/Gov-Jerr ... http://p.ost.im/p/esgXrj

Editorial - New York Times - Injustices of Stop and Frisk

May 13, 2012 - The pressure is increasing on the New York City Police Department to reform its stop-and-frisk p ... http://p.ost.im/p/esxkRw

San Bernardino Op-Ed: Public defenders protect the rights of all citizens on trial

The San Bernardino Sun - Phyllis K. Morris - 05/12/2012In recent days, the Public Defender has been accused ... http://p.ost.im/p/esT4w6

Op-Ed: End death penalty, says judge

The San Francisco Chronicle - by LaDoris H. Cordell - Friday, May 11, 2012"Moral leadership needed to end s ... http://p.ost.im/p/esb9BQ

Marissa Alexander gets 20 years for firing warning shot after Stand Your Ground defense fails

MSNBC News - By Gil Aegerter - May 11, 2012Marissa Alexander, whose case brought allegations that Florida ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGeBjb

THE WEEK'S CASES: for the week ending May 11, 2012

by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender's OfficeWHEN IS A MISTRIAL REQUIRED WHEN YOUR EXPERT UNE ... http://p.ost.im/p/esbgqt

2012 November 9-10 - Yosemite National Park - Felony Defense Seminar - Lodging Info.

What follows is important lodging information and details regarding the Annual Felony Defense Practice Program ... http://p.ost.im/p/eJYgJe

Human trafficking measure qualifies for California ballot

The Sacramento Bee - May 10, 2012 - A California proposal aimed at curbing sex slavery and other forms of human ... http://p.ost.im/p/eswLbR

Study looks at race and reliability of eyewitness identification

KSL News Radio - Salt Lake City - SALT LAKE CITY — How accurate is eyewitness testimony? A Weber State Univer ... http://p.ost.im/p/eGeyqq