Criminal Law

NEWS: Louisville attorney William Ayers acquitted of charges of illegal bail bondsman
Here are some of the recent news stories regarding the criminal trial of attorney William Ayers who was acquitted after a 3-day trial in Jefferson Circuit Court. Stories are by Andrew Wolfson of the Courier Journal: Attorney accused of posting bondsEx-clients: He's known among jail inmatesToday, Louisville defense attorney William O...

Acquitted Conduct in Sentencing
United States v. Dewan Anthony Horne, No. 05-4049 (February 5, 2007): Mr. Horne?s sentence was increased because of his use of a gun, a charge on which he had been acquitted. The Court restated the conventional doctrine that acquitted conduct may be considered, but it did suggest that it might have a different view if the defendant is convicted of a "very minor crime," but sentenced on the basis of serious acquitted crimes...

Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Set Free in Time For Thanksgiving
It was a happy Thanksgiving for Steven Barnes -- the first he's had since some time before 1989, when he went to prison for a rape and murder he didn't commit. The 42-year-old man walked out of state prison Tuesday after spending nearly half his life behind bars for a crime he did not commit...

Twice in jeopardy, 40 years apart
Back in 2007, when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced its intent to prosecute William Barnes for the death of officer Walter Barclay, eyebrows were raised. Barnes, you see, had already been tried for the 1966 shooting of Barclay and had been found guilty of attempted murder...

Ind. Law - "Accomplished White Collar Crime Attorneys Join Barnes & Thornburg LLPs Washington, D.C., Office"
From a lengthy press release dated Oct. 23:Solomon Wisenberg and Adrienne Urrutia Wisenberg, two nationally recognized white collar crime criminal defense attorneys, have joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP?s Washington, D...

Man acquitted of arson in Cleveland house blast
A Cleveland man has been acquitted of charges he caused an explosion at a vacant house resulting in damage to more than 70 homes in the area.Fifty-seven-year-old William Calderwood was acquitted Friday of 55 counts of aggravated arson in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Common Pleas Court...

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
Accuracy of Criminal Justice Depiction on Television

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

Internet/Technology
involving cyber law, consumer protection, internet crime, internet fraud, online gambling, e-commerce.

Investor Fraud
Company president and director Gregory William Rivers to pay $10,000 shareholder fraud settlement.

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

$3.78 Million Dilantin Settlement Following Death of 9-Year-Old Girl
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Fatal Drug Bust
City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy.