DA: Court could order a new trial for Sims, Bell

The District Attorney’s Office is considering the next steps in the wake of a judge’s ruling last month that the dismissal of a juror in the lead-up to a 2001 capital trial of two men in the murder of an elderly Newton Grove woman was “improperly motivated by a gender discriminatory intent” by the state.

”This office is consulting with the Office of the Attorney General to determine what appellate action, if any, should be taken as to the trial court’s order,” District Attorney Ernie lee told The Independent this week.

A joint evidentiary hearing was held over two days

AG Rokita to face attorney disciplinary commission

The state’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Todd Rokita, will face the judgment of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Commission.

FOX59 received confirmation of the matter before the commission this afternoon. A woman at the Washington law offices of Schaerr Jaffe acknowledged that managing partner Gene Schaerr had been retained by the Indiana Attorney General for a pair of legal matters.

One case is the grievance filed against Rokita with the Disciplinary Commission.

Disclosure of complaints to the commission are rare. By the rules set down by

Some Kaneshiro case charges late, lawyers argue

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Fed. Dist. Court in WI Upholds Denial of Athletic Field Lights Over Claims of Religious Discrimination

This post was originally published on the RLUIPA Defense blog by Evan Seeman, Esq. and Madeleine Laffitte, Esq. of Robinson Cole and is reposted with permission.

On December 30, 2022, a district court dismissed a Catholic high school’s RLUIPA challenge, granting summary judgment on all claims in favor of the City of Madison, Wisconsin and various other city officials (the City). As ruled by the court, the City did not discriminate against Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart, Inc. on the basis of religion when it was denied Edgewood’s latest conditional use permit application for outdoor lighting at the

AG Fitch and 19 States Sue Biden Administration to Stop New Illegal Immigration Policy Authorizing Hundreds of Thousands of New Illegal Immigrants Each Year

Below is a press release from Attorney General Lynn Fitch:

Attorney General Lynn Fitch, along with 19 states, today filed a lawsuit to oppose the Department of Homeland Security’s new program that unlawfully creates a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.

“At a time when our nation is facing unprecedented levels of illegal migration, our government should be focused on securing the border,” said Attorney General Lynn Fitch. “Instead, the Biden Administration unlawfully created a program that rewards and incentivizes hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. This will just add to the mess that the Administration

Garland has ‘multiple options’ for handling Pence classified records probe, former officials say

Attorney General Merrick Garland has “multiple options” for handing an investigation into former Vice President Mike Pence’s improper retention of classified records, and former officials and legal experts told Fox News Digital that he is “not obligated” to establish another special counsel.

Pence informed Congress on Tuesday that he discovered documents with classified markings in his Carmel, Indiana, home on Jan. 16 from his time as vice president.

BIDEN, TRUMP, PENCE UNDER SCRUTINY FOR CLASSIFIED RECORDS, POTENTIALLY COMPLICATING 2024 WHITE HOUSE BIDS

Pence informed the National Archives on Jan. 18 of a small number of potentially classified documents found in

Police beat Tire Nichols for three minutes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An attorney for the family of a Black man who died at a hospital three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop said Monday that video of the encounter shows it was “violent” and “troublesome on every level.”

Attorney Ben Crump said during a news conference that the footage of Tire Nichols’ Jan. 7 arrest “is appalling. It is deplorable. It is heinous.”

Crump, who viewed the video along with Nichols’ family and their other lawyers earlier Monday, said it reminded them of the infamous video of the Los Angeles police beating of

TWIST BIOSCIENCE SHAREHOLDER ALERT BY FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL: KAHN SWICK & FOTI, LLC REMINDS INVESTORS WITH LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 of Lead

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr.reminding investors that they have until February 10, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Twist Bioscience Corporation (NasdaqGS: TWST), if they purchased the Company’s shares between December 13, 2019 and November 14, 2022, inclusive (the “Class Period”). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Californian.

KSF (PRNewsfoto/Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC)

What You May Do

If you purchased shares of Twist and