The City of Chicago must pay $25 million to a man in what lawyers say is the largest-ever U.S. jury award in a wrongful-conviction case. But Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez may soon be back in prison for a separate offense.
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Chicago Man Gets Record $25M for Wrongful Conviction
A jury awarded Alan Newton $18.5 million for wrongful conviction of rape. Newton served 22 years in prison, before DNA evidence exonerated him. In Newton’s civil suit against the City of New York, U.S.
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After 20 Years In Prison, Exonerated Man Can’t Have $18.5M
Paging Dr. Frasier, an emergency counseling session seems to be in order. Former Frasier star Kelsey Grammar is now embroiled in a bitter custody battle with ex-wife Camille Grammer.
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Kelsey Grammer Files for Sole Custody of Children
Smoking medical marijuana can help cut down on your pain - especially if you have a terminal disease, or an illness that has painful side effects. State medical marijuana laws vary on how much a person can legally possess to..
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Which States Have Medical Marijuana Laws?
Every small business has to balance decisions about basic daily operations against obligations imposed by federal tax laws. With that in mind, small business owners (or aspiring owners) can join in on an IRS Small Business tax webinar on Wednesday, May… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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Ray Towler, a wrongly convicted Cleveland man recently released from prison, has enjoyed some of the perks of his new found freedom but has not experienced any financial relief. He has he not yet received any of the $1.4 million owed to him.
Several states are backing Albert Snyder, who sued anti-gay protesters over their demonstration at the 2006 military funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a Marine killed in Iraq. Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia have submitted a brief..
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States File Brief over Military Funeral Protests
Death penalty cases have dwindled in North Carolina over the past decade.
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NC Sees Death Penalty Cases Decline
James Bain spent more time in prison than any of the 245 inmates previously exonerated by DNA evidence nationwide. But today, Bain, 54, is a free man after
According to the AP, a Miami public health official has said that the luxury Epic Hotel is not the source of Legionnaires’ Disease. Legionnaires’ disease killed an international guest who was
