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Insurance companies, out-of-state interest and the US Chamber of Commerce have ridiculed the West Virginia judicial system non-stop. This is in a concerted effort to eliminate the citizens of West Vir...
Read Full ArticleOn June 30, 2011, the United States Sentencing Commission voted to make the 2010 crack cocaine United States Sentencing Guideline amendments' retroactive. This is significant and if you or someone you...
Read Full ArticleThe harsh reality is that most people charged with a crime end up being convicted. Of those convicted, a majority in West Virginia are sent to a regional jail system where they wait to finish their se...
Read Full ArticleThe Obama administration has announced that it is expanding the FBI's definition of rape, which has been in place for eight decades. Key changes include dropping a requirement that the victim must phy...
Read Full ArticleLately, the news has been filled with the story of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teenager shot dead by a neighborhood watch patrolman. Martin had stopped at a convenience store and was walking home when 2...
Read Full ArticleFour more West Virginia counties are poised to set up a juvenile drug court program, joining 12 counties with programs already in place. A juvenile drug court program is best described on the West Vir...
Read Full ArticleWest Virginia lawmakers ended their 60-day session by passing a bill that it would be harder to produce illegal drugs. The Senate passed unanimously, and the House of Delegates by an 80-8 vote, a bill...
Read Full ArticleEven with the economy slowly improving, people across the country continue to file for bankruptcy, including here in West Virginia. Bankruptcy is an interesting area of law: it is federal law, but the...
Read Full ArticleFederal prosecutors are looking into whether the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) might have tipped off Massey Energy Company officials about inspections, prior to the events that led to t...
Read Full ArticleWest Virginia's Attorney General Darrell McGraw has filed a lawsuit against a Georgia company in order to stop it from distributing ingredients that are then used to make illegal designer drugs. The l...
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