Lawyers move to disqualify judges; torture allegations spark move in Ill

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An attempt to disqualify Illinois judges is discussed. The disqualification would keep these judges from hearing more of the cases concerning the controversy that then-Chicago police commander Jon Burge let policemen under him use methods in police questioning later charged by defendants as being torture.

Discipline, Police, Police officers, Disqualification of judges, Judicial disqualification, Burge, John

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Hardball tactics slow the 'good guys;' lawyers, plaintiffs blink, settle for less in Alaska power cases

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The Alaska power industry's using hardball litigation tactics to stop activists' resistance against the location of a power line in an environmentally sensitive area is discussed. These tactics included threatening a SLAPP suit

Alaska, Usage, Cases, Electric utilities, Environmental aspects, Environmental protection, Strategic lawsuits against public participation

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Death row clemency attacked by prosecutors; they call some inmates ineligible

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Attacks by Illinois prosecutors against Governor George Ryan's mass commutation of death row inmates is discussed. The state supreme court has rejected prosecutors' challenges.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Capital punishment, Public prosecutors, Clemency

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