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February 14, 2022
Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
Baruch Leifer was named Monday as the Jerusalem rabbi who was arrested last month on suspicion of molesting children several years ago.
A gag order barring publication of Leifer’s name was lifted Monday at the request of the Kan public broadcaster.
Leifer’s daughter-in-law Malka Leifer is currently awaiting trial in Australia on...
February 14, 2022
Chief Assistant David Rossi presents his summation during the Edward "Ted" Mero trial for murder at the Judicial Center Thursday Dec 14, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. Rossi has left Soares' office for a state job in 2022. (Skip Dickstein/ Times Union)
An ax murder in Delmar. The smothering death of an autistic boy on a state field trip. The stray bullet murder of a 10-year-girl sitting on her stoop in...
February 14, 2022
Why regulate?
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
-- Ronald Reagan
Can students, and the public, ever move beyond the sentiment that “there oughta be a law”? Is it possible to break that easy and unfortunately comfortable habit of demanding increased regulation at the first sign of any envi...
February 14, 2022
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman convicted of enabling child abuse in the 2020 death of her 2-year-old son was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison under the state’s failure-to-protect law.
Cleveland County Judge Michael Tupper sentenced Rebecca Hogue, 30, of Norman, to 16 months in prison, despite a jury’s recommendation that she receive a life sentence.
This 2021 booking pho...
February 14, 2022
Israeli networks are reporting that a Jerusalem rabbi arrested last month on suspicion of committing sexual offenses is Baruch Leifer, the father-in-law of accused sexual assailant Malka Leifer.
The arrest of Leifer, which has been reported for weeks abroad, has been gagged in Israel.
Leifer is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a family member when she was 12, and of sexual offenses a...
February 14, 2022
Amending New York’s bail reform law to make illegal possession of a weapon grounds for requiring bail can satisfy hardline critics who say the law is responsible for a rise in gun violence, writes Candace McCoy, a professor of criminal justice at John Jay College in New York City, in an op-ed for Bloomberg News. McCoy argues that data does not support claims that bail reform is responsible fo...
February 14, 2022
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Michigan -- A new law in Michigan, is giving first time home buyers a more affordable way to save for a down payment.
The Michigan Senate Bill 0146, First Time Home Buyers’ Savings Program, was sponsored by Senator Ken Horne of Frankenmuth and was signed into law earlier this week.
Those who d...
February 14, 2022
For Chris Johnson, working to create more inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces isn’t just a job, it’s who he is.
Johnson, who most recently worked as the director of inclusion and diversity for Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), is stepping into the chief diversity officer role at Frost Brown Todd LLC, which is Louisville's largest law firm.
Before joining Humana, Johnson served as the Commonwea...
February 14, 2022
Content marketing in 2022 is a whole new world, with the evolving landscape of how people are consuming information and the increased amount of searching, researching and consumption of content before a client reaches your website and asks for a consultation.
New content marketing trends equal new challenges that firms and their lawyers need to take on. Content marketing may seem daunting to ...
February 14, 2022
The Mets’ system is as top-heavy as any organization, with five top 100 prospects, one who isn’t that far off as long as he’s healthy and a quick dropoff after the top 10. They do still have some areas of strength from which to trade, and they should see some more pitching emerge in the system over the next two years to eventually replace the veterans in Queens.
To qualify for these rankings,...
