Under Poe v. Seaborn, all community income is split between spouses and Registered Domestic Partners (RDPs) for purposes of the income tax. That is because the income is owned equally by the two taxpayers. Does that mean the non-earning spouse…
To help you prepare for registration, we have compiled a spreadsheet of all high tech law courses being offered this fall. View the spreadsheet. The courses listed on this spreadsheet qualify for the high tech law certificate and (in some…
Santae A. Tribble, 51, always maintained his innocence in the 1978 killing of a taxi driver in Washington, D.C. After 28 years in prison, a judge overturned Tribble’s conviction and precluded Tribble from being charged again. Tribble was connected to…
Del Norte County District Attorney, Jon Alexander, is being investigated by the California State Bar for violating several rules of professional conduct. Alexander allegedly took a $6,000 loan from a defense attorney and then dismissed a case being handled by…
Professor Sheree Josephson of Weber State University in Utah recently published a study that once again proves that eyewitnesses struggle when trying to identify a suspect of another race. “Whites tended to make a quick decision with few comparison being…
A New York appeals court called for a hearing into whether death threats against David Lou’s defense attorney during his 1992 murder trial caused Lou to receive ineffective assistance of counsel. Lou was convicted in 1992 of the shooting death…
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s prosecution of Ratko Mladic for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity began today in The Hague. Videos from and information about the trial are available at the website of the ICTY,…
Debbie Jones picked out Thomas McGowan as her rapist from a photo lineup. She had no doubt that McGowan was the right man. He was convicted, primarily on her testimony, and Jones did her best to move on with her…
The Washington Supreme Court overturned the conviction and death sentence of Darold Stenson ruling that his rights were violated when the state “wrongfully suppressed” photographs that raised questions about mishandling of evidence and an FBI file that was never turned…
Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey D. Clark are both serving life in prison for a murder they say they didn’t commit. However, the DNA evidence that could exonerate them has never been tested due to a Kentucky law that only…