Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. Senate panel cleared Michael B. Mukasey's nomination to be President George W. Bush's third attorney general, setting the stage for confirmation by the full Senate in what probably will be a sharply divided vote.
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The Minnesota Chapter of the ACLU is honoring a longtime Twin Cities attorney and Hamline University educator with its 11th Annual Earl Larson Award. Kenneth Tilsen, who practiced law in the metro area from 1950 to 1994, spent much of his career representing American Indians, blacks, farmers, laborers and peace and social justice activists. He also taught at Hamline Law School and directed its ...
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KELSO, Wash. (AP) -- Frederick Russell was compared to the main character in the movie "The Fugitive" by his attorney, who asked jurors Monday to not consider Russell's flight to Ireland a sign of guilt and to acquit his client on charges of killing three university students and injuring three others in a car wreck.
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KELSO, Wash. ? After a trial lasting more than three weeks, Fred Russell's future is now in the hands of a six-man, six-woman jury. "I take him from my hands, and I put him in your hands," said defense attorney Francisco Duarte, who says his client is a victim of "investigative bias."
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