If You Are Arrested In Ventura County, CA Call Certified Criminal Law Specialist Jay Leiderman

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Drug Court Defendants Used as Fashion Models

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Drug Court Defendants Go from Jail Jumpsuit to Fashion Runway ("A charity benefit fashion show in Buckhead's glitzy shopping district will feature some special models: defendants in a treatment court for felony drug convictions.")

AZ's death penalty may be flawed

Arizona Loose With Its Rules in Executions, Records Show ("That improvisation is not unusual for Arizona, where corrections officials and medical staff members routinely deviate from the state's written rules for conducting executions, state records and court filings show. Sometimes they improvise even while a convict is strapped to a table in the execution chamber and waiting for the drugs coursing through his veins to take effect.")

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WHERE IS THE JUSTICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE?

Op-Ed Columnist: Where's the Justice at Justice? ("The Justice Department is trying to scuttle the reporters' privilege - ignoring the chilling effect that is having on truth emerging in a jittery post-9/11 world prone to egregious government excesses.Attorney General Eric Holder wants to force Risen to testify and reveal the identity of his confidential source on a story he had in his 2006 book concerning a bungled C.I.A. operation during the Clinton administration in which agents might have inadvertently helped Iran develop its nuclear weapon program.")

New Case About the DA's Duty to Turn Over Police Misconduct Material

DUTY OF PROSECUTOR TO REVIEW POLICE PERSONNEL FILES FOR BRADY MATERIAL

What duty does the DA have to review police officer personnel files for Brady (373 US 83) material? The C/A says that the DA must conduct such a review. If the DA finds Brady material, the DA must make a Pitchess motion in order to obtain a court order disclosing that material to the defense.

People v. Superior Court (Johnson); A140767; A140768; 8/11/14; C/A 1st, Div. 5

New evidence and changing witness statements

Justices Bar Recanted Statement's Admission Absent Testimony ("The New Jersey Supreme Court on Aug. 12 ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder, saying the trial judge was wrong to admit a witness's recanted statement into evidence without requiring her to appear in court based on the belief that the witness had feigned memory loss.")