The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a Texas death row inmate, LaRoyce Lathair Smith, because jurors in his trial did not consider his learning disability and other evidence. Today’s report from the New York Times. Supreme Court...
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CalAware Weekly News provides the following suggestions on using Prop 59 to break open an intransigent public agency, in order to obtain records. Prop 59 doesn’t change any of the rules about what is open or closed. It requires courts...
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Judge rules that grand jury transcripts in Spector case can be released LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press LOS ANGELES – A judge has ruled that transcripts of grand jury hearings in the Phil Spector murder case should be made public, brushing...
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The Society for Human Resource Management suggests various means for companies to identify, and then test the skills of bilingual employment candidates. Some suggestions may be helpful for PI firms. To find employees who have a sales background and are...
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There are many Police Officer Standards and Training certification classes that non law enforcement investigators can attend. San Bernardino Sheriff Department is hosting the upcoming Advanced Defensive Driving course, December 11, 2004, useful for surveillance...
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How badly does a Judge have to perform in his/her duties to uphold the law? Seems like several Orange County, California Judges are deficient in a number of areas...
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Here’s the procedure to remove your telephone number from the Google search engine. Others have said that it may also delist the number from other search engines. Our phone and address listings are gathered by a third party provider, which...
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MoreLaw is the only Web service with free, nationwide verdict and settlement reports. It covers all states and the District of Columbia. I’m not sure how inclusive this is, or the date range. Just something to add to the mix....
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You don’t even need an account at Knowx to search many database indices. Inquiries for divorce and marriage filings for Texas, Nevada and Florida return both the bride and groom’s name. As with all these searches, a filing detail costs...
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MacRae’s Blue Book: This buyer’s guide provides information about the products of 120,000 industrial companies. Search by company name or product keyword to find names of matching businesses, their city and state/province, phone number, products made at each site and...
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