Murder
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Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: Luis Rivera Points The Finger At Wendi Adelson
What exactly did Luis Rivera tell the police during his recent interview? -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
Wendi Adelson On Her 'Ill-Fated Romance' With Dan Markel
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Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: Luis Rivera Pleads Guilty
Luis Rivera accepts a plea deal; what will his co-defendants do?
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Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: Katherine Magbanua Arrested And Charged With Murder
Will we see more arrests in the days and weeks ahead? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.03.16
* The New York Times has obtained Donald Trump’s tax records from 1995, revealing a nearly $916 million loss that would have enabled him to cancel out an equivalent amount of taxable income over an 18-year period. Marc Kasowitz, name partner of Kasowitz Benson, represents Trump, and has threatened the paper with “prompt initiation of appropriate legal action” for its publication of his client’s tax records. [New York Times]
* George Mason University will host a grand opening ceremony this week for the twice renamed
Antonin Scalia School of LawAntonin Scalia Law School — a ceremony that five SCOTUS justices will reportedly attend — and some students and faculty are planning to protest the Koch brothers’ funding of scholarships by wearing red tape over their mouths to symbolize their voices being taken from them. [Big Law Business]* Katherine Magbanua, the woman who is suspected of connecting Florida State University law professor Dan Markel’s alleged killers, Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera, with the family of Markel’s ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, has been arrested on murder charges. According to police, she has “received numerous benefits from the Adelsons since Markel’s murder.” We’ll have more on this later today. [Tallahassee Democrat]
* According to Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida, Orlando-based firm Butler & Hosch violated the WARN Act when it closed suddenly in May 2015 and conducted mass layoffs of more than 700 employees without giving them 60 days of advance notice. The firm, which is bankruptcy, could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages. We may have more on this later today. [Orlando Sentinel]
* Following the embarrassment that was former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner’s light sentence in the sexual assault of an unconscious woman at his school, California Gov. Jerry Brown has broadened the state’s legal definition of rape to include penetration with a foreign object, mandate prison time if the victim was unconscious at the time of the assault, and forbid judges from granting probation or parole in such cases. [Reuters]
* “Frankly, USD has been a bit behind in that, in part, up until 2014, we had no problem with the bar exam. When you’re hitting in the high 80s or 90s, you don’t worry about much.” Unofficial results from the South Dakota bar exam are out, and after years of declines in passage rates for graduates of South Dakota Law, administrators are ready to take action now that only about 50 percent of graduates passed the test. [Argus Leader]
* “I was empty and then this woman walked into my life. I didn’t think it would happen again and it did. She is it.” LGBT rights pioneer Edie Windsor, the plaintiff whose Supreme Court case rendered DOMA unconstitutional in 2013 and laid the groundwork for the high court to declare that marriage equality was a fundamental right just two years later, remarried in New York last week. Our very best wishes! [New York Times]
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Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The ABC News '20/20' Segment On The Dan Markel Murder Case
ABC claimed that Luis Rivera is cooperating, but his lawyer denied that report to us. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Murder Of Dan Markel: Tensions Between Police And Prosecutors
It's quite possible that charges will never be brought against any of Dan Markel's former in-laws. -
Crime
Criminally Yours: The Price Of A Confession -- The Jacob Wetterling Case
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Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: The Probable Cause Affidavit For Charlie Adelson
A detailed document makes the case against Charles Adelson, Katherine Magbanua, Sigfredo Garcia, and Luis Rivera. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Murder Of Dan Markel: The Case Against Donna Adelson
New documents put the Adelsons -- especially Donna Adelson, former mother-in-law of Dan Markel -- in a very different light. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: Some Updates On The Trials (Plural)
The defendants will be tried separately, and one can understand why. -
Television
Standard Of Review: 5 Ideas For Season 2 Of 'The Night Of' (Cat Included)
There have been rumors that HBO might order a second season of the hit show; what might it look like? -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: No Resolution In Sight
One defense lawyer declares that this case is going to trial.
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Crime, Television
Standard Of Review: Liking, But Not Loving, 'The Night Of'
The "series finale" had a lot to like, but certain aspects left me scratching my head. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: Video Of Wendi Adelson Reacting To His Death; Charlie Adelson Joking About Hiring A Hitman
Video from when Wendi Adelson was interrogated by police on the day of her ex-husband's murder. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: A Notable New Document
These interview notes shed light on some of the key relationships in this case. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Dan Markel Case: Prosecutors Want To Know Who Paid For These Breast Implants
Here is the latest lurid twist in the ongoing investigation of a tragic killing. -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Murder
Murdered Lawyer Only The Latest Bizarre Twist In Bizarre Divorce Case
Arranged marriages, bigamy, gangland threats, overseas assassinations… this divorce has a lot of moving parts. -
Crime, Murder, Television
The Inside Scoop On 'Making A Murderer,' From Lawyer Dean Strang And A Reporter Who Covered The Case
Bob Ambrogi interviews defense lawyer Dean Strang and former TV news reporter Peter Linton-Smith. -
Attorney Misconduct, Murder
Lawyer Who Represented Brendan Dassey Of 'Making A Murderer' Speaks Out
Brendan Dassey's former lawyer says he has "no opinion as to his factual guilt or innocence."