Justice Denied
Originally Published by: The Toledo Blade (Blade Staff) Date: March 17, 2015 Innocence that is condemned and punished corrupts a society far more than an unpunished crime. When that happens, the state’s only righteous recourse is to acknowledge the error, provide just...
Danny Brown Files Suit for Wrongful Imprisonment
Originally Published by: The Toledo Blade (Blade Staff) Date: March 4, 2015 Danny Brown has again filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Mr. Brown, 59, submitted the suit late today in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. He said witnesses and DNA...
Posner Derides Tradition as ‘Feeble’ Justification for Gay-Marriage Ban, Says it’s ‘Based on Hate’
Originally Published By: Debra Cassens Weiss and ABA Journal August 28, 2014 Lawyers defending gay-marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin faced tough questioning in oral arguments before the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, particularly...
‘Immediate and Severe’ Action is Taken Against Lawyer for Firmwide Email Condemning Gay Marriage
Originally Published By: Debra Cassens Weiss and ABA Journal Date: August 27, 2014 The law firm Becker & Poliakoff has taken “immediate and severe” action against a lawyer who condemned gay marriage in an email sent to the entire firm, according to one of the...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Upholds Criminal Conviction of Nursing Home Operator in Purported “Worthless Services” Case
Originally Published by: Amy Fehn and American Health Lawyers Association Date: July 1, 2014 The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in the recent case of United States of America vs. George D. Houser, rejected the defendant's arguments that his conviction under the...
Listen to Conservative Judge Brutally Destroy Arguments Against Gay Marriage
Originally Published By: Mark Joseph Stern and The Slate August 27, 2014 Link to the article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/08/27/listen_to_judge_richard_posner_destroy_arguments_against_gay_marriage.html