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    Police not questioning Millard in other cases, lawyer says

    The lawyer for Dellen Millard, who is accused of murdering Hamilton man Tim Bosma, says his client has not been questioned in connection with any other cases. More...
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    Lawyer says RCMP refuses to mediate harassment suit

    A lawyer representing 300 women who worked for the RCMP alleging harassment and gender-based discrimination in a lawsuit says the national police force is declining an offer to mediate. More...
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    Doug Christie, controversial B.C. lawyer, dies at 66

    Doug Christie, a Victoria, B.C., lawyer who defended Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel of Toronto and Alberta teacher Jim Keegstra in a hate speech case, has died at the age of 66. More...
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    Lawyer Games

    A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easy. So the lawyer asks if the senior would like to play a fun game. The senior is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he...
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    Messing With Old People

    I believe this is the best one, yet, for "not messing with old people." A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easily. So, the lawyer asks if the senior would like to...
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    Shafia defence to wrap up in murder trial

    The Shafia family first-degree murder trial has resumed, with the jury expected to hear from one more defence lawyer before the prosecution makes its closing arguments. More...
  7. FTA Hacker

    Dallas lawyer kills 900 lb. gator in Trinity River

    DALLAS - A Dallas lawyer is making headlines for actions outside the court room. Levi McCathern managed to kill a 14-foot, 900 pound alligator. McCathern said he and his guide spent two days stalking the reptile along the Trinity River in Leon County. He killed the creature with one shot to...
  8. FTA Hacker

    Deal ends Nelson pot prosecution

    (CNN) -- Willie Nelson settled his latest pot bust with a plea deal that reduced the marijuana possession charge to possession of drug paraphernalia and imposed a $500 fine, his lawyer said Tuesday. The charge will drop from Nelson's criminal record if he stays out of trouble for 30 days...
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    Man convicted of killing daughters to hire new lawyer

    A Newfoundland and Labrador Court has told a central Newfoundland man appealing two murder convictions that he can hire another private lawyer to work on his behalf. Nelson Hart, 42, was convicted on 28 March 2007 of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2002 drowning deaths of his twin...
  10. CASPER

    McConaughey has usual swagger as 'Lincoln Lawyer'

    Matthew McConaughey stars in "The Lincoln Lawyer" as an attorney who drives around Los Angeles ... in a Lincoln. It has nothing to do with the capital of Nebraska or the former president. While you're watching it, though, you'll wish it did.
  11. Scammer

    Man sent to jail after assaulting N.L. police

    A St. John's man with a history of violence and alcohol abuse was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail for theft, resisting arrest and assaulting correctional officers and police. In May 2010, Richard Quilty, 56, assaulted a man in downtown St. John's after consuming alcohol, according to...
  12. Scammer

    U.S. hikers held in Iran go on trial

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/09/24/snow.sarah.shourd.speaks.cnn -- The trial of three U.S. hikers started Sunday in Iran, according to the office of the lawyer representing them. Iran accuses Americans Shane Bauer, 28, Josh Fattal, 28, and Sarah Shourd, 32, of spying and trespassing...
  13. Scammer

    Jury deliberates in motel murder case

    A Crown prosecutor has pointed out that the DNA of an Alberta trucker who is accused in a motel murder was found on several items in the room. But the lawyer also noted in his final arguments at Gordon Hurley's trial in North Battleford, Sask., that the DNA of the victim's lover was also found...
  14. Scammer

    U.S. slams Iranian lawyer's prison term

    - The United States said Monday it is "dismayed" by the 11-year prison term reportedly handed down for an Iranian human rights lawyer and urged her immediate release. Nasrin Sotoudeh's sentence included five years for "acting against national security," another five years for not wearing a...
  15. Scammer

    Iran lawyer's sentence condemned

    -- An Iranian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The group called the sentence imposed on Nasrin Sotoudeh a "gross miscarriage of justice" and demanded it be overturned. Sotoudeh's sentence included...
  16. Scammer

    Report: Execution halted in Iran

    Habibollah Latifi's scheduled execution in Iran has been put on hold, his lawyer says. The lawyer for a Kurdish-Iranian law student who was scheduled to be executed Sunday says the sentence has been halted, pending an investigation of what his legal team says are irregularities in the case...
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    Lawyer: Sterger mulling NFL meeting

    Lawyer: Sterger mulling NFL meeting EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., -- The woman at the center of the Brett Favre "sexting" allegations is considering meeting with NFL investigators, her lawyer said Wednesday. New York attorney Joseph Conway said in an e-mail to the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press...
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    Judge allegedly pimped lawyer wife

    Judge allegedly pimped lawyer wife WINNIPEG, Manitoba, -- The Canadian Judicial Council says a complaint has been filed against an associate chief justice alleging she engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior. The complaint was filed in July against Lori Douglas, associate chief justice...
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    Learn from your elders

    Learn from your elders A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easy. So the lawyer asks if the senior would like to play a fun game. The senior is tired and just wants...
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    Frozen Crabs & the Blonde Stewardess

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A lawyer boarded an airplane in New Orleans with a box of frozen crabs and asked a blond stewardess to take care of them for him. She took the box and promised to put it in the crew's refrigerator. He advised...
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