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| County Atty Turns in Keys After License is Suspended Over ‘06 Relationship With Client | An elected county attorney in Iowa has reportedly turned in his office keys after the state's top court today suspended his law license over a sexual relationship he had with a private client in 2006 while representing her in a child-custody case. Floyd County Attorney Jesse Marzen declined to comment about the Iowa Supreme Court's 5-2 ruling, which said that he took advantage of his client when she was "most vulnerable," after being appointed to represent her in a Mitchell County mental-health committal hearing, reports the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. "This case goes beyond the vulnerability that is inherent in… |
| Drug Court ‘Ladies Day’ Features Oprah-Like Judge | One day a week, the drug court in Pinellas County, Florida, focuses exclusively on women. Funded by a $900,000 federal grant, the "Ladies Day" program encourages women, who officials say are more open to talking about themselves and accepting guidance when men aren't around, to make needed changes in their lives that establish a basis for beating the addiction that has brought them down. And if encouragement doesn't work, Judge Dee Anna Farnell, 56, will jail them to get their attention, reports the St. Petersburg Times. Among the success stories in the year-old woman-focused program, which reportedly may be the… |
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| | Rights group urges Spain to abolish civil war amnesty law | [JURIST] Spain should repeal its 1977 amnesty law [press release] that bars investigation and prosecution of crimes committed under the Franco regime rather than "prosecuting a judge seeking accountability for past abuses," Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Friday. HRW called for |
| Federal judge rejects proposed settlement for World Trade Center cleanup workers | [JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Friday rejected a proposed settlement to address the claims of people with illnesses from working on the World Trade Center (WTC) in the months following 9/11 [JURIST news archive]. Judge Alvin |
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| | Obama switches strategies on health care; selling law to public after it passes - Washington Post | |
| Al-Maliki's bloc still ahead in Iraq province count - CNN (blog) | |
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