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In the end a prosecution case which started weakly built to a strong conclusion.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Proving sex abuse and rape cases from decades ago is generally an extraordinarily difficult task, proof in cases where children are involved are even more difficult. Memories of children are often unreliable and malleable.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Cutting off funding to districts which choose to require masking to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a potentially deadly communicable disease, would violate the states' paramount duty' to educate all children, not just the unmasked.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It is highly unlikely that the courts would permit the state to withhold funding from school districts which insist on masking children as a necessary health measure particularly when the CDC recommends masking.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The( executive order) does not explicitly ban regulations mandating the use of face masks by children in Florida Statutes schools, the authority to regulate this lies with the Florida Department of Health after consultation with the Florida Department of Education, not with the governor.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The case against Lane will be the toughest for the prosecution because the defense will say he actively tried to help Mr. Floyd by urging Chauvin to turn Floyd over at least twice.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It was a brilliant move by the prosecutors to shore up a case with major problems.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It doesn't strike me as a story that has a tale of innocence or redemption, which is the kind of story you would want to present to the jury if you were using this as a mechanism.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If books are written after the trial, that could result in a reversal.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
These cases are winnable, but many of them will be difficult to prove because of the passage of time since the sexual abuse occurred.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I would suspect that Epstein has found a way to shelter a lot of his assets so the litigants here may face the same problem, they may get a judgment, but they may have trouble collecting it.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There's a very, very strong argument to make that this case will get tossed by a judge at an early stage.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Even good defamation cases are hard to win in court, because of the discovery involved and proving actual damages. But this case, I think, is going to be extraordinarily difficult, the defense will be that this is simply an expression of opinion by the President, which he's allowed to express, and that is considered non-defamatory under defamation law.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Cosby's lawyers would be wise to settle the cases early and quickly if funds are available.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Boy, she's climbing the Mount Everest of death penalty cases in this case.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In criminal law, the police can't wire somebody up. They have to give you Miranda warnings if they're going to take a statement from you, however, if a civilian is tape recording you, as was the case here with HBO, that's admissible in court if it's relevant to the crime committed.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Cop shooting cases are always highly controversial and there is an awareness that the omission of any evidence may subject the prosecutor to future public criticism by either the family of the victim or by the police officers involved.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
McCulloch's approach in presenting virtually every shred of existing evidence to the grand jury is unusual but not unprecedented.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
I believe that the existence of cell phone video and social media postings has substantially reduced police brutality over the long run. Although the intensity of news coverage of cases such as [George] Zimmerman and Michael Brown makes it feel like there is more police brutality, my sense of the situation as a lawyer who is in court several times a week is that the number of cases is diminishing.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
If he winds up with 60 or 75 years in jail, from a pragmatic standpoint it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to retry the case, on the other hand if you're the parents of Jordan Davis and you believe, as well you should, that your son's reputation has been besmirched by this self-defense claim, the family (might) want a retrial, and that's something that a prosecutor has to consider carefully.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
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