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Saints may call for lawyer
News.com.au - ST Kilda refuses to rule out legal action to have player Steven Baker’s seven-match ban overturned after the AFL appeals board threw out his bid to beat the suspension. St Kilda president Rod Butterss said the club would think about its options after

Lawyer: Teen accused in LI school plot ‘went through a lot’
Newsday - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) _ A teenager who admitted planning a violent rampage at a Long Island high school had been picked on for living in a trailer park, his lawyer said. The boy was “constantly being berated as trailer trash,” lawyer Robert Gallo

Wiccans deny raccoon-guts revenge
Seattle Times - David Gavegnano, a lawyer for Graham, and Sean Wynne, a lawyer for Purtz, denied their clients were involved in the incident. They also said that the malicious-destruction charge wasn’t valid because the storefronts weren’t permanently damaged. A

Defense lawyer in Poutre case bows out
Boston Globe - SPRINGFIELD — The trial of Haleigh Poutre’s stepfather, who is accused of beating the 13-year-old girl into a coma, was postponed indefinitely yesterday after the defense lawyer abruptly withdrew from the case. It is unclear why Greg Schubert

Lawyer: Convict linked to body
Syracuse Post-Standard - A Salina man sent to state prison recently for a domestic violence incident has been directly linked through DNA to the death of a woman found slain last month in a field off Seventh North Street, according to his lawyer. Lawyer George Hildebrandt

Bollywood star faces jail over dead gazelle
News.com.au - Prosecutors said an arrest warrant would be issued for the actor. “The sessions court has rejected his appeal,” Khan’s lawyer Hastimal Sarswat said in the western city of Jodhpur. The 41-year-old Khan, who has a massive following, was not present in

VA lawyer test could discourage pro bono work
Marine Corp Times - WASHINGTON — Under pressure from advocacy groups, the Bush administration is reconsidering a rule to require lawyers to take a test before representing military veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs is fine-tuning a rule intended to ensure

Not-so-model behavior on trial
MetroMix - Gibson was “very happy” about Stallman’s ruling, said her lawyer, Lambros Lambrou. Gibson worked for Campbell, 37, in late 2005 and early 2006. She claims the model hit her, called her bigoted names and threatened to charge her with theft after

Coe lawyer found in contempt
Seattle Post Intelligencer - SPOKANE — A judge on Thursday found South Hill Rapist Kevin Coe’s lawyer in contempt after the state contended the lawyer interfered with a forensic psychiatrist’s efforts to interview Coe about his sexual and criminal history. Spokane County

Lawyer: Gibson Following Probation Rules
US News and World Report - MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Mel Gibson has been following the rules of his probation for his DUI arrest last summer, his lawyer told a judge Thursday. The actor was not required to attend the hearing. His lawyer, Blair Berk, gave Judge Lawrence Mira