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Yesterday, Nebraska lawmakers heard debate over the death penalty on two fronts. Should the state’s method of execution be changed to lethal injection? And should the state even have capital punishment?
The method of execution Nebraska had been employing, the electric chair, was declared cruel and unusual last year by its Supreme Court. That means the [...]

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I couldn’t help getting a chuckle out of the response of one of Norm Coleman’s lawyers, Ben Ginsberg, when, at a press conference after today’s proceedings, he was asked how he would rate the performance of the Coleman legal team so far. He garnered a lot of laughs when generously gave himself , et al. [...]

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For the local junkies among our users, here is the live feed from the Uptake.

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DFL party chair and Minneapolis lawyer Brian Melendez reports that he had a wonderful time certifying electors recently with Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s general counsel, Karen Janisch, who was recently appointed to the Hennepin County District Court bench.
An amended certificate had to be issued because of a mistake over an elector’s name ,but the process [...]

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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar today announced the formation of an advisory committee to assist her in recommending Minnesota’s next U.S. Attorney to President Barack Obama. The Committee will review letters of interest, conduct interviews and offer guidance to Senator Klobuchar.
The committee includes:

former Minnesota Deputy Attorney General Lucinda Jesson (the chair of the committee);
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Here’s an interesting tidbit I got from a press release e-mailed to me today:
Stanford Law School today announced the establishment of the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession (CLP), a center dedicated to advancing research, teaching, and policy on crucial issues facing the legal profession.
“The last generation has brought profound changes to the legal profession, [...]

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The rotten economic news hit close to home yesterday as Target and Best Buy each announced hundreds of layoffs. But as employees were packing their belongings, you can bet that attorneys for both companies were keeping an eye on how the layoffs were handled — and that employment lawyers everywhere were looking for a potential [...]

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The state’s judiciary has provided the following response to today’s recommendation by Gov. Tim Pawlenty that the budgets of the courts and the state’s public defender be cut by 5 percent:
We appreciate the difficult task that the Governor faces in allocating too few state resources. However, cuts at this level will mean significant reductions in service [...]

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