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Another TV crime drama question. Assume a person is convicted of a crime, is sentenced and spends time in jail in the US. Evidence that comes out sometime after the trial (whether it's DNA, video, whatever) proves that person is innocent. Do an

in a living trust, can the grantor and the trustee be one and the same?

"tim" <news@optonline.net> wrote in message news:uqtve156bovk799iscmsj00chqaifcrdmt@4ax.com... >I live in NJ. I am over 18 and work for a retailer. Is there a state > law that requires a company to give you a minimum hours off between > scheduled

Hello, I had a personal bankruptcy 10 years ago August, 1995. I am interested in contacting the credit agencies to have the bankruptcy expunged from my record. Are there any tips for ensuring that the credit agencies do this and is there any tech

In some of our states there is protection for journalists who want to keep their sources secret. This brings up a question: How is "journalist" defined? Can a person who puts out ten copies of a one-page monthly newsletter be called a journalist?

"Stuart A. Bronstein" <spamtrap@lexregia.com> wrote in message news:nqtve11rl0pc35jpdo37gv9iu8i8amuc19@4ax.com... > Because your lawyer has a heck of a lot more facts than we do, and this > situation is one that is highly dependant on the specific s

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:43:11 -0400, Tony Sivori <TonySivori@yahoo.com> wrote: >It is a union shop. I'm not fire-able at will, I can only be fired with >cause. Still, I understand very well that one can win a battle but lose >the war. Not that I ofte

<My employer requires employees who have their pay direct-deposited to sign an agreement that disputes over deposits be settled by arbitration.> This agreement would not exempt the employer from state laws that require that an employer pay on time.

>Would you think that means that I must be able to >zero the account weekly (I'm paid weekly), or that I merely must be able >to withdraw the net amount of the check with the assumption that there >must be an amount greater than zero left in the accoun

--I topped reading at this point. Publishing and reading are --fundamentally separate acts. "Read by a new person" can in no way --be equated ("i.e.") to "republished". Of course it can: "In the context of defamation law, a statement is "publishe

On 3 Aug 2005, "Stuart A. Bronstein" <spamtrap@lexregia.com> wrote: > I don't see how [the scenario/alternative referred > to below*] would be less costly, particularly for those > who want to buy out the interest of their deceased > partner. In a

Happy Morgan - she's the Grand County prosecutor here in Moab, UT - said in court that I stabbed someone. I wasn't on the stand and never got a chance to reply. Problem is, I never stabbed anyone. Never even threw a punch at anyone. There was NO eviden

"Timothy" <horrigan@aol.com> wrote in message news:fqtve11vcs9c76e73qcih5ndq68hh58856@4ax.com... > <snip> > My answer (for what it's worth, which may not be much) is that BMW's > copyright does NOT make it illegal for Hans to print out a hard cop

A question for anyone familiar with MA real estate titling practice... Is it possible to convert recorded land to registered land? If so, what is the procedure (something akin to filing a quiet title action, perhaps)? And what are the pros and

In article <7ci1f19udgm9gb0rnoucvqh96jj9lu0kmr@4ax.com>, c0@earthlink.net wrote: > If a person is charged with a crime in the US, goes to trial, and the > charges are then dismissed as opposed to being found not guilty, can the > state or federal

On 3 Aug 2005, c0@earthlink.net asked: > If a person is charged with a crime in the US, > goes to trial, and the charges are then dismissed > as opposed to being found not guilty, can the > state or federal prosecutor retry the case? When phr

<c0@earthlink.net> wrote: > If a person is charged with a crime in the US, goes to trial, and the > charges are then dismissed as opposed to being found not guilty, can the > state or federal prosecutor retry the case? The answer is "IT DEPENDS"