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Robert Leslie Shapiro (born September 2, 1942) is an American attorney and entrepreneur. He is best known for being the short-term defense lawyer of Erik Menéndez in 1990, and a member of the "Dream Team" of O. J. Simpson's attorneys that successfully defended him from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, in 1994.
The Illinois Public Access Counselor ( PAC) is an attorney in the office of the Illinois Attorney General who is responsible for enforcing the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Open Meetings Act (OMA). The PAC is the head of the Public Access Bureau, a group of more than one dozen attorneys who process complaints against public ...
The public defender system is not the only form of indigent defense program offered in the United States. Besides the public defender system, there are two other main alternatives: assigned-counsel system and contract-service system. [3] Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3]
The Illinois House impeached him for abuse of power and corruption. In two separate and unanimous votes of the Illinois Senate, he was removed from office and prohibited from ever holding public office in the state of Illinois again. [178] See also: Rod Blagojevich corruption charges. [75] February 18, 2020 Judith Negron Southern District of ...
Illinois Public Access Opinion 16‑006 is a binding opinion of the Illinois Attorney General pursuant to the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Issued in 2016 in the aftermath of the police murder of Laquan McDonald, the opinion addressed a public records request from Cable News Network (CNN) for private emails by officers of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) related to the incident.
Jul. 6—WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro this week joined prime sponsor Sen. Elder Vogel and bipartisan leaders from the General Assembly to sign SB 739 into law, expanding access to ...
In 1986, the American Bar Association honored OSAD as the outstanding public defender office of the United States. Current events. The Office of the Illinois State Appellate Defender came under severe criticism in the late 2010s for the lengthy queue required for clients - most of them persons convicted of felonies and subject to imprisonment ...
July 16, 2024 at 8:59 PM. Jul. 16—HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday his administration won't defend an existing Pennsylvania law that prevents Medicaid from covering abortion ...