... in Goldberger was not absolute, it acknowledged the possibility of special circumstances under which the disclosure of client- identifying information may be privileged. This narrow exception, however, does not apply to the plaintiff here. Special circumstances under which client- identity and fee information would be privileged exist when there is a direct link between the disclosure and the revelation of a confidential communication ... omitted from the 8300 Form filed in July 1993 would reveal a confidential communication or constitute the last link in a chain of incriminating eviden...

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High school shooter, T.J. Lane, was officially charged with murder after his shooting rampage left three fellow students dead. Next week, a juvenile court in Geauga County, Ohio will decide whether or not Lane will be tried as an adult in court. As it stands, as a juvenile he is not able to receive the death penalty. On Monday, February 27th, Lane opened fire on a group of students at Chardon High School, the high school he attended for at-risk students. Lane killed three students and wounded two others. He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated attempted ...

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Life is a very precious thing. However, as the years pass it seems to have lost a little bit of its value. Each year, the crime and murder rates rise, and sadly to say, the future does not hold much promise for decreasing. And, as the murder rates rise, as does the controversy surrounding death penalty. It seems that nowadays, no one is ... impartial; everyone has an opinion about which side they stand for. According to Edward I. Koch, capital punishment affirms the fact that life is truly precious. Koch says that this is easily demonstrated that it strengthens the value of human life because...

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Capital punishment should not be reinstated There are many people that are against capital punishment. Early opponents of capital punishment objected to its brutality. Executions were in public spectacles involving cruel methods. In addition, capital punishment was not reserved solely for the most serious crimes. Death was the penalty for a variety of ... be banned in public Smokers and non-smokers had always been in conflict. Most smokers say that they have the freedom to smoke in public places. They believe it is part of the constitutional rights of all citizens. Non-smokers allege that al...

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Texas is known for many things, both socially and politically. The death penalty is a very serious issue that we as Texans need to concentrate on in the upcoming election. The Death Penalty has been around forever even back into the dark ages. It is the way that we punish people for crimes they have been convicted of or have confessed. We do not stone people as they did in the dark ages it is much more civilized; it is done by lethal injection. Because of things like over population in the jails,and things of that nature. The belief that the more "hardcore" cases should be put to the maximum p...

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Punishment has always revolved around the same ideas, to discipline an individual, and to set an example for the rest of society, discouraging them from following in a convict's footprints. Either way, the end result is to set a criminal apart from the rest of society. Today we publicize the effects of our judicial system to a great extent, whether it is an open courtroom, or a televised execution ... , people tend to feel some type of relif watching the hand of the law in action. In the ... as they may be, it scares us when they move into our neighborhoods and come in contact with our own ch...

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... an insanity plea. In theory this seems somewhat fair if that person is insane, but in reality how so we truly know if that individual is insane. It is difficult to determine if someone is telling the truth about their mental state. In our justice system a lot depends on how well a person is defended. If a defense attorney sees no serious signs ... of mental illness, he will not attempt to defend his client in this fashion. When using the insanity plea an attorney must project what his client was or was not thinking at the time of the crime. That ... court is the real thing. As much as ...

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... "scattered inside his torso like tiny pieces of confetti" says a nurse (The Washington Post). In order for a proper investigation, the bullets needed to be identified. "All cases involving firearm identification start with identifying intentional designs that would be common to a particular group of weapons, such as caliber and riffling patterns" (The Washington Post). Then the article states how each gun leaves a specific pattern ... scratches that are created by the gun's barrel pattern. This case was very difficult due to the severely fragmented bullet, which then needed to be identi...

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... . The first reason being that he was an excellent speaker and I thought that he would be the most able, of the three candidates, able to successfully get his bill past before the House. I also agreed with almost all of the political beliefs that he had. The political issues of his that I agreed with him on, is his plan for tax relief, his ... . The one political issue of his that I found a little bit shady is his beliefs on abortion. He feels that a woman should have the option of aborting their children, I think that all abortions should be illegal. The best characteristic that Jack had ...

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