Justice Department Issues Scathing Report of Cleveland Police Department’s Abusive Practices

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A federal examination of the practices and procedures by the Cleveland Police Department prompted the Justice Department to deliver a scatting review of the department with a mandate for sweeping changes, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Attorney General Eric Holder based the findings on a civil rights investigation that involved nearly…

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Case Stemming from ATF Stash House Sting Shouldn’t Be Dismissed, Appellate Court Rules

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Federal agents did not commit “outrageous” misconduct by luring suspects into a robbery of a fictitious drug house, a federal appellate panel ruled Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The decision reverses a district court judge’s earlier ruling that the suspects’ due process rights were violated when the ATF enticed them…

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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh’s Remarkable Judicial Career Celebrated

By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Legal luminaries this week celebrated the distinguished judicial career of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh, the longest serving appellate judge in state history. Several hundred people attended the court’s extraordinary session in Lansing on December 3rd to express their appreciation for his exceptional service to the legal profession and…

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Parker: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh’s Remarkable Judicial Career Celebrated

Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Legal luminaries this week celebrated the distinguished judicial career of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh, the longest serving appellate judge in…

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