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Residents who have outstanding court costs for cases out of Washington County Court at Law are urged to pay them as soon as possible. Washington County Clerk Beth Rothermel says warrants for non-payment of court costs and fines out of county court at law are being issued. Rothermel says if defendants contact the county clerk’s office to pay prior to being arrested, they can save a warrant fe...

[co-author: Erica Auh] The Michigan Senate introduced a 39-bill reform package (later expanded) on March 24, 2021 “to ensure transparency, integrity, and confidence in Michigan’s election process.”1 The bills have received much attention and triggered substantial reaction. Republicans tend to say that the reforms “will help ensure that our elections are free, fair, and secure,”2 while Democra...

23 law enforcement officers graduate from basic training at DOCTJ - ABC 36 News  WTVQ

Atlanta fire investigators are looking into an alleged arson Sunday night at the law office of a Fulton County commissioner. A person who was inside the offices of Arrington & Phillips LLP in the 2200 block of Fairburn Road told investigators someone tried to set the back of the building on fire using a gas can, Atlanta Fire Department spokesperson Alyssa Richardson said. Marvin S. Arring...

At trial, pace matters. It especially matters during jury trials, where lingering on a point can be the difference between winning and losing. But it also matters in bench trials. Judges are, after all, human. If you want them to remember something, linger on it. This is quick impeachment, and thus not very effective: “You’ve since admitted what you said in your deposition was wrong. Is that...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta thwarted efforts by the town of Woodside to exempt themselves from certain development because they were a habitat for mountain lions. (File photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) Woodside reversed its ban on small developments under a new state housing policy, yielding to public pressure and a warning from California Attorney General Rob B...

California Focus At the very moment when Gov. Gavin Newsom and his appointed attorney general, Rob Bonta, were talking tough on crime just after last fall’s wave of smash-and-grab burglaries, an influential new state panel was plumping hard to soften California’s signature law for getting tough on career criminals. The first-in-the-nation “three strikes and you’re out” law — passed with 72% ...

Thomas Elias. At the very moment when Gov. Gavin Newsom and his appointed attorney general, Rob Bonta, were talking tough on crime just after last fall’s wave of smash-and-grab burglaries, an influential new state panel was plumping hard to soften California’s signature law for getting tough on career criminals. The first-in-the-nation “three strikes and you’re out” law — passed with 72 perce...

ATLANTA, Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Witherite Law Group and 1-800-TruckWreck will award a total of $30,000 to sixty Atlanta area teachers to help cover classroom expenses. Starting February 7 and running through February 18, Witherite Law Group will run the "Keep Your Classrooms Running" campaign where teachers can submit their stories and classroom needs to win $500. Parents, principals an...

Groups representing a range of mental health therapists say a new law that protects people from surprise medical bills puts providers in an ethical bind and could discourage some patients from care. ((PeopleImages/Getty Images)) Groups representing a range of mental health therapists say a new law that protects people from surprise medical bills puts providers in an ethical bind and could d...