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14-Year Old Faces Felony for Hacking School's Computer System to Change Teacher's Background Pic
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A 14-year-old student who changed the background image on his teacher’s computer to one of two men kissing has been charged with a felony. So reports the Tampa Bay Times.
Read more...Employment Landscape Is Looking Brighter for Lawyers
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The top global law firms are seeing increased profits, and lateral moves for New York lawyers are on the rise. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Woman Convicted of Feticide for Terminating Own Pregnancy is Sentenced to 20 Years
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Purvi Patel, the 33-year-old Indiana woman who was convicted in February for child neglect and feticide after a fetus she’d been carrying was found in a dumpster, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...Justice Dept: Denying Transgender Prisoner Hormone Therapy Is Unconstitutional
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The Justice Department filed a “statement of interest” supporting a transgender prisoner’s lawsuit against the state of Georgia for discontinuing the hormone therapy she has been taking for the last 17 years. So reports The Los Angeles Times.
Read more...Inmate Headed for Death Row Based on Faulty Evidence Is Finally Released
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Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who had been on Alabama’s death row for almost 30 years, was finally set free after the U.S. Supreme Court last year forced prosecutors to review the evidence used to convict him. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Jail Tech to Serve 4 Years for Having Sex with Inmate
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A former female jail staffer in Oregon has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for having sex with a male, maximum security inmate in a supply closet at least 12 times. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Kids of Tracy Morgan’s Deceased Crash-Mate to Collect $10M
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The children of comedian James McNair, who died in a the car crash that injured “Saturday Night Live” star Tracy Morgan, will collect $10 million in settlement of their suit against Wal-Mart. So reports News 4 New York.
Read more...Does Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law Threaten the Gay Community’s Rights?
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Indiana’s new “religious freedom” law, which could serve as a defense against suits alleging discrimination against members of the gay community, is “broader and more dangerous” than similar laws enacted by other states, some of the law’s critics say. So reports CNN.
Read more...Aussie Woman Charged for Assaulting Cop With Breast Milk
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A 26-year-old woman in Australia was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer by squirting him with breast milk. So reports The Guardian.
Read more...Famous Venture Capital Firm Successfully Defends Ex-Partner’s Gender Bias Claims
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Ellen Pao, a former partner at the well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, lost her gender discrimination claim against that firm after a closely watched trial. So reports The New York Times.
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