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Legal News
- Governor, legal groups working to get more minority judges seated (Ventura County Star)
There was plenty of skepticism among members of ethnic bar associations when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, promised to appoint more minorities to the bench in California, where the majority of the judges are white males. - Immigration raids catch citizens and legal residents (Denton Record-Chronicle)
Two U.S. citizens and one legal permanent resident were among those arrested last month in Mount Pleasant, Texas, during a federal immigration crackdown targeting identity fraud at poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride. - Jurists receive accolades (Daily Breeze)
County Bar awards include recognition for South Bay judge, attorneys. - New way to fight gangs: Sue them (The Eagle-Tribune)
BOSTON — Gang members could be barred from congregating in public places and fined and jailed if they ignore the ban under broad new powers sought by District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett. Under a bill filed by Blodgett, police and district attorneys could sue gangs and gang members to prohibit them from gathering in certain neighborhoods and public places where they harass or intimidate residents. - Sharpton: Taped Assault 'Worse Than Rodney King' (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
The Rev. Al Sharpton called a videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects in Philadelphia "worse than Rodney King," prompting the city's police commissioner to chide anyone "fanning flames ... from afar." - Scanning the State (Daily Breeze)
Briefs from around the region and state - Who's going to protect me? (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)
Fear is a big factor in getting witnesses to violent crimes to cooperate with police and prosecutors in New Orleans, but the Orleans Parish district attorney's office doesn't have a witness protection program. - Strike Force Targets Medicare Fraud By Los Angeles Area Health Care Companies (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Initial Weeks of Phase Two Operations Leads to Indictment of 11 Defendants in Nine Cases - Malibu turns to Ken Starr to help get paparazzi under control (Los Angeles Times)
The city wants the former independent counsel in the Clinton case to find ways to rein in the pesky photogs. Can Ken Starr tame Malibu's rabid paparazzi? - Sharpton slams police on violent arrest (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Al Sharpton called a videotaped police beating "worse than Rodney King."
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