Archive for 'Legal News'

An excellent review of the situation revolving around Kathy Parkins and some well drafted public disclosure requests has been posted on Horseass.org.

Rather than delve into this matter myself, I will leave it in the able hands of Lee. You can read the full article here.

King County codified a new ordinance to protect against racial profiling of those people without citizenship seeking public services. The decision was inspired by a policy in the King County Sheriff’s Department. Congratulations to Council members Gossett, Dow Constantine, Bob Ferguson, Julia Patterson and Larry Phillips for standing up for the right thing. You can read more from Seattle PI here.

Not exactly a criminal defense matter. These cases were dealt with on the “civil” end of the law. Still, the RIAA made innocent people feel like criminals. ”…it created a public-relations disaster for the industry, whose lawsuits targeted, among others, several single mothers, a dead person and a 13-year-old girl.” Classy. Way ...

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — Prosecutors will now decide whether to charge nine state troopers with theft for allegedly using fake diplomas to get pay raises. 

Prosecutors said word of mouth ...

Full Article by Rick Anderson in the Seattle Weekly, here.  It was the wise trial work of Seattle attorneys Harry Schneider and Joe McMillan that got Osama bin Laden’s former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, released from Guantanamo Bay a few weeks ago. Now, apparently in revolt against their own attorneys, alleged 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of the Sept. 11 plot have chosen a political strategy: confess instead of ...