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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.24.21

* Man exonerated after wrongfully serving 43 years will not be given any compensation for his time served. Now that's criminal. [NYT] * Living in Iowa? A judge just ruled that Medicaid refusing to help you with  gender affirming care is unlawful. Woop Woop! [NBC News] * Company that's known for basically selling decaf cigarettes to children has to pay out $14.5M over a lawsuit that accused them of...marketing decaf cigarettes to children. Maybe now they won't advertise vapes on Cartoon Network! Woop Woop! [Axios] * White Supremacists will have to give up the green after being held liable for civil conspiracy to incite violence. Now if you excuse me, I am going to watch this on repeat for the rest of the day. Woop Woop! [ABA Journal] * CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens will be on the hook for helping to deepen the opioid crisis. Alarms should have went off when they started playing this whenever the pharmacy put you on hold, but I guess hindsight is 20/20. [NPR]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.23.21

* In what appears to be a lynching case, the defense opts to close by talking about the victim's feet. Is this a lost cut from a Tarantino film or something? [CNN] * A police officer is sentenced to 4 years of effectively socially distancing in his home for raping someone. [Baltimore Sun] * Another high-profile self-defense case is worthy of your attention: Chrystul Kizer's. [NPR] * Jurors are deciding if Richard Spencer et al. are responsible for the consequences of the "Unite The Right" white supremacist rally back in 2017. Depending on how incitement works, this lawsuit may just be the first of many. [AP News] * "Fast ride; mind if I take it?" will likely be quipped by several Texas officers in times to come. [Concho Valley] * Lawyers who filed and who cried election fraud got sent a "Don't waste my time" fee to the tune of about $180k. [WaPo]

By Chris Williams