Parkland massacre judge criticizes shooter’s attorneys during talk to law students
MIAMI — The former judge who presided over the trial of the 2018 Parkland high school mass murderer sharply criticized his ...
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Judge who oversaw Parkland school shooting trial criticizes shooter's attorneys
He is serving his sentence at an undisclosed prison Broward County Public Defender Gordon Weekes declined to comment Thursday about Scherer's criticism of McNeill and her team. After the trial, the ...
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To Reform Indigent Defense, Bring the Market In
Public defenders want to do a good job for their clients but are often stretched so thin by enormous caseloads that they feel as though they are being forced to commit malpractice, like a doctor ...
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A RWU Law professor will lead the region's federal public defender office. What to know.
PROVIDENCE – A Roger Williams University School of Law professor has been named federal public defender for Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Tara I. Allen, a former assistant ...
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Why Lead?
Google and Spacex are two companies -- one public and one private -- that know ... Why do they choose to lead in the first place? Why pursue the added responsibility, complexity, and stress ...
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To protect the public, we must reduce public defender caseloads
The Washington State Bar Association, acting on the advice of the American Bar Association and the RAND corporation, recently recommended that the Washington Supreme Court reduce public defender ...
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Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s jury search restarts anew amid dispute
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom for a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South ...
Gov. Phil Murphy's nominee to lead NJ Public Defender's Office advances
Lawmakers advanced Gov. Phil Murphy’s nominee to lead the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender during a state Senate ...
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Public Defense Reform
Failing public defense systems violate the constitutional rights of the accused, lead to unjust outcomes ... defendants do not have the money to hire a lawyer and rely on public defenders or ...
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Public Defender or Private Attorney: Which Should You Use?
“Mr. Beaver, should we hire a private attorney or insist that our son, ‘Tom,’ just ask for a public defender for his possession of a controlled substance charge? He was arrested with several ...
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Looking for lead
Since the 1970s, U.S. efforts to eradicate childhood lead poisoning have made remarkable progress. But the advances have been uneven. Legacy lead – in paint, plumbing, yards, well-water or even ...
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Byron Purcell
Purcell became a partner with Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt in 2001. Before joining the firm as a law clerk in 1994, he clerked with the Federal Public Defenders of San Diego.