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ABA Criminal Justice Section Weekly News Roundup 09-22-29-08
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New AALL SCCLL Resource Guide Number 3 is Available
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:
Document: U.S. Department of Justice – An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2007
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:
Selected Documents: U.S. Ecomonic Stimulus
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:
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter September 26, 2008
Top Ten Stories:
Legal Ethics Ex-Partner at S&C Gives up Law License over $500K in False Expenses
Sep 24, 2008, 05:56 am CDT
New York: Fiscal Stability, The Mortgage Crisis and the New York Budget
News from Google Alert, September 26, 2008.
GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL NEW YORK STATE GRANTS TO …
Media Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
Legislator’s Son at Center of Sarah Palin Hack Talk, Report says
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
LLAM News September 2008
Law Library Association of Maryland Newsletter
http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llam/publications/llamnewsletter/Llamnews200809%20(2).pdf
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U.S. Supreme Court Delays Execution of Convicted Georgia Cop Killer Troy Davis
“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. Annelie Reaves, MacPhail’s sister, said the victim’s family was furious but would wait for the execution to be rescheduled”.
“It was the second time that Davis, whose claims of innocence have attracted international attention, was granted a stay hours before he was to be put to death. In July 2007, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles postponed his execution less than 24 hours before it was to occur. Supreme Court justices are scheduled to meet Monday to decide whether to hear Davis’ appeal of a ruling issued by the Georgia Supreme Court in March. In that 4-3 decision, the state court rejected Davis’ bid for a new trial or a court hearing to present new evidence”.
Crime and Justice News, September 24, 2008.
What is Your Policy On Cell Phones in the Court House?
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: