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What Happens When Prosecutors Offer Opposing Versions Of The Truth?

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 03/01/2024 - 5:00am

An unusual recent court decision offered harsh criticism of a behavior that has left dozens of men condemned to death since the 1970s, spotlighting cases where prosecutors offered claims that contradicted what they said elsewhere.
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When Baltimore police arrested Keyon Paylor in 2014, one of two things was true.

Either Paylor hid a gun that the police found, or the police planted the gun and framed Paylor.

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Bail Clampdowns Don’t Match What Research Says About Suspects, Experts Say

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 03/01/2024 - 3:00am

An inmate stands inside an isolation cell at the Dane County Jail in Madison, Wis. Some states have moved away from the use of pretrial money bonds, but others are implementing stricter rules.
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Crime is shaping up as a potent election issue, and one of the key points of debate is over bail: Which suspects should be jailed before trial, and which ones should be released on bond — and for how much money?

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Labor Court Sides With The State On Latest Legal Volley In Remote Work Case

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/23/2024 - 2:00am

LINCOLN — A state labor court on Friday sided with the State of Nebraska, which had balked at an employee union’s request to provide records the state said could potentially cost over $1 million to produce.

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Federal Office Pushes Back On Nebraska ACLU Report On Omaha Immigration Court

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 5:00am

LINCOLN — Days after an ACLU of Nebraska report alleged due process violations for immigrants at the Omaha immigration court, a federal office that oversees the court has pushed back.

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On Challenges Of An Aging President

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 4:00am

Because of his age and his determination to run for a second term, President Biden is taking the American public into unchart-ed waters. He is the oldest person ever to serve as president, is the oldest ever to run for re-election and, if he is successful, would be 86 at the end of his tenure.

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Could A Court Really Order The Destruction Of ChatGPT? The New York Times Thinks So, And It May Be Right

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 3:00am

On Dec. 27, 2023, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that the company committed willful copyright infringement through its generative AI tool ChatGPT. The Times claimed both that ChatGPT was unlawfully trained on vast amounts of text from its articles and that ChatGPT’s output contained language directly taken from its articles.

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Stuck In Solitary: Nebraska Teens Increasingly Locked In ‘Room Confinement’ Despite State Law Meant To Limit It

Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 02/07/2024 - 9:10am

The 16-year-old won’t tell his mom much about the days he spends locked alone in a room.

He falls silent when his mother, Richetta Lowman, brings it up over the phone. He shuts down in person after she makes her weekly drive from Omaha through the barbed wire fences of Kearney’s Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center and asks about it.

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Shortage Of Prosecutors, Judges Leads To Widespread Court Backlogs

Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 02/07/2024 - 9:06am

Still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, court systems in many states are working to clear their case backlogs.

Some court systems have moved cases faster using virtual court proceedings, court data dashboards and online jury selection. In other states, lawmakers are stepping in.

The pandemic worsened problems that already had caused state and local court delays, legal experts say. The hurdles include insufficient funding, judicial vacancies, lawyer shortages and delays processing digital and physical evidence.

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Most States Provide Lawyers For This Critical Death Penalty Appeal. Not Alabama.

Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 02/07/2024 - 8:57am

A person facing capital punishment in Alabama has several rounds of appeals. One, a post-conviction process known in Alabama as Rule 32, allows defendants to raise questions about the process that led to their death sentence.

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New Senator Tries Again To Make Texting While Driving A Primary Offense

Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:19am

LINCOLN — A record-high 19 Nebraskans lost their lives in distracted driving crashes in 2020, and a state legislative committee was urged Tuesday to do something about it.

But judging from the response from members of the Legislature’s Transportation and Telecommunications Committee, one step to do that — making texting while driving a primary offense — faces a tough road ahead, as in past years.