Criminal Law

Cops Frame Woman for DUI
How easy is it for a cop to frame someone for drunk driving?  Very….if you forget there’s a video tape running in the patrol car: Charges Dropped Against Woman Framed by Cops Miami, FL...

Cops: Woman kills sister-in-law, drives with body
Police say a homeless woman fatally shot her sister-in-law and then drove around a Southern California neighborhood for hours with the body in the victim's car.

San Antonio: Ambush near strip club leaves two dead
WOAI.com: "Two men were shot to death near a strip club early Friday. The shooting happened around 3:00 a.m. outside the Secrets strip club near New Laredo Highway and Zarzamora on the Southwest Side...

MN. police officer gunned down in ambush www.privateofficer.com
ST. PAUL, Minn.May 2 2010 (AP) – A suburban St. Paul police officer was killed during an ambush Saturday morning, setting off a massive manhunt that ended with one suspect dead and another in custody, authorities said...

Nine Shot Overnight In Chicago Include A Child And Woman - Its Going To Be A Long Summer
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Nine people were shot — including a woman who was seriously injured and a 16-year-old boy — in seven separate eruptions of violence late Wednesday and early Thursday on the South and West Sides...

Sheriff: Law protects SUV owner who shot, killed woman (CNN)
Authorities do not plan to file charges against a Florida orange grove owner who fatally shot a 21-year-old woman, saying he is protected under the state's controversial "no retreat" law.

Dog-Killing Cops Unremorseful
I've been around thousands of dogs. I have seen exactly zero vicious black labs. But some bad-ass members of a SWAT team, after raiding the wrong house, murdered two of them. One dog was so vicious that it ran away from police...

CA1: what to do about a shooting of a mentally ill person
Est. of D. Bennett v. Wainwright, No. 07-2169. Mentally ill guy off his meds shoots at some cops. Mentally ill guy gets shot by cops. There issues here of notes. The estate appeared to make a ?loss of consortium? argument,...

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Aetna Life Insurance
Houston Woman Denied $426,000

Unarmed Suspect Shot
Riverside, CA to pay $800,000 settlement in wrongful death shooting.

Two Teens Shot At
Homeowner to pay undisclosed settlement in endangerment lawsuit.

Fatal Drug Bust
City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy.

Food Stamp Fraud
Woman to pay $48,530 settlement in TennCare lawsuit.

Wrong Medication
Walgreens agrees to confidential settlement after woman suffers miscarriage.