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A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order a lie-detector test for the FBI informant at the center of a massive public corruption and money laundering investigation that led to charges against 46 people last year.
S. District Judge Jose L. Linares rejected the request from the lawyer for Vincent Tabbachino, who is accused of acting as a middleman for Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez in a conspiracy to extort a $10,000 cash bribe from the informant, Solomon Dwek.
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I recently came across an interesting Report and Recommendation from the Middle District involving a very creative proposed FLSA settlement. The Dist...
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I recently came across an interesting Report and Recommendation from the Middle District involving a very creative proposed FLSA settlement. The Distr...
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A lie detector test can determine racism and that would be very difficult to cover," [Carolyn Murray] said. "People can tell you what they want to tell you, especially if they have a motivation to lie. If you hate a certain group... there are just more ways to determine racism. They (police) use it (lie detector test) for what they want to use it for. It could be used for and around racism.
"Some research should be done to understand what may be going on in their minds," [Gislene Mariette] said. "There is a belief that it is acceptable to be abusive towards African Americans. We live in a society where racism still exists. Institutional racism continues in all institutions, including the police department."
"The police don't treat all criminals like that," Mariette said. "It's clear h...
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Previously published in the Manchester Union Leader, May 2011
This question was answered by Neil Nicholson of the McLane Law Firm
Q: Can I ask ...
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RAPE; KIDNAPPING; SEXUAL MOTIVATION SPECIFICATIONS; CRIM.R. 29/MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL; DUE PROCESS; LIE DETECTOR TEST; SELF-INCRIMINATION; RIGHT TO POST-ARREST SILENCE; INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL; PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT; SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE; MANIFEST WEIGHT
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Staff Writer
During a trial, the judge and attorneys are always having private conversations.
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ENGLEWOOD - David Kircus' legal troubles haven't ended, but the Denver Broncos receiver got back in coach Mike Shanahan's good graces by passing a lie-detector test.
Kircus was charged with second-degree assault last week. According to a report by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department, in the early hours on May 20 Kircus attended a party and had a disagreement with the homeowner. The disagreement continued outside, where Kircus punched the man and left, the report said.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Marion Jones stepped up her public relations offensive by releasing results of a lie detector test her lawyer said proves she never took performance-enhancing drugs.
The move came just hours after she was accused of grandstanding by the international doping chief.
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On a day when the accusers - and accusations - piled up against him, Herman Cain held a highly unorthodox news conference in which he defiantly denied all the charges, vowed to remain in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and hinted that Democrats may be behind the sexual harassment story that has dogged him for 10 days.
The former Godfather's Pizza CEO went as far as to suggest that he would be willing to take a lie-detector test, explained his earlier failure to recall some of the incidents by saying he is "not an expert on how the brain works," and pointedly noted that women also can sexually harass men.