Officials mull release of lawyer from hospital
Lawyer says client just a passenger during police shootout
The lawyer for a Salinas man released from jail without charges Monday after a Dec. 11 police shootout said Juan Anthony Ortiz was a passenger who requested a ride from a friend.
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Lawyer seeks arrests over Jara murder
A Chilean government lawyer is seeking to arrest four retired army officers for the killing of folk singer Victor Jara during the 1973 coup. The Interior Ministry’s Human Rights Programme submitted a formal request for their detention to Judge Juan Fuentes Belmar on Tuesday.
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Lawyer: Detective Dishonest In Murder Case
A lawyer says a former police detective instrumental in obtaining the rape-and-murder convictions of four ex-sailors in Virginia thinks they are not guilty.
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Lawyer wants woman’s murder charges dropped
WORCESTER – The lawyer for a Raynham woman charged with murder in the February slaying of her sister-in-law asked a Superior Court judge yesterday to drop the case against his client.
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Officials mull release of lawyer from hospital
State officials have scheduled a hearing on whether a former Stamford lawyer should be released from a mental hospital where he was sent after a 2007 shooting and home invasion.
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