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To see the full text of the ABA Criminal Justice Section News Roundup, click on the link below: ABA Criminal Justice Section Weekly News Roundup 09-22-29-08

State Court and County (SCCLL) is a Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL): The SCCLL Resource Guide #3 is now officially published and ready to be sent out from AALL HQ. The guide to ordering is here: http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_insights.asp Guide #3, Management Essentials in the Public…

Office of the Inspector General, September 2008. A report of the investigation into the firfings of nine U.S. Attorneys by the Department of Justice in 2006. An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Report: CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION On December 7, 2006, at the direction of senior Department of Justice (Department)…

The following are links to three legislative documents regarding the Emergency Econimic Stabilization Act of 2008 from those included in our subscription to Gallerywatch.com. We are grateful to the Gallerywatch team for their hard work and dedication in compiling this and much more information over this past weekend: Final Legislative…

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News from Google Alert, September 26, 2008. GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL NEW YORK STATE GRANTS TO … Media Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA “Governor David A. Paterson today announced a total of $3495000 in grants as part of New York’s continuing efforts to address the subprime mortgage crisis. …”…

Legislator’s Son at Center of Sarah Palin Hack Talk, Report Says “Tennessee Rep. Mike Kernell says that his son, David Kernell, is at the center of speculation about the identity of the hacker who gained access to Palin’s account.” From: CIO Insider News, September 2008

Law Library Association of Maryland Newsletter http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llam/publications/llamnewsletter/Llamnews200809%20(2).pdf No password required. Please be patient if the document takes a little while to open.

“The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Troy Anthony Davis less than two hours before he was to be put to death by lethal injection yesterday, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Davis, 39, sits on death row for the 1989, killing of Savannah Police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail.…

QUESTION: What is your policy on cell phones in the courthouse? Are you able to keep them with you? If not, what do you do with them while you are in the courthouse? Can you use them in the courthouse? SOME RESPONSES: “…The New Castle County Courthouse in Delaware bans…