People wrongly convicted in Virginia based on “bad science” may be getting a legal remedy. Some methods used to convict suspects, such as bite-mark evidence, hair follicle analysis and some forms of burn pattern evidence, have been outright discredited by ...
Tagged with: General Assembly
Read More »
The Virginia Bar Association recently began an initiative to increase membership by offering services to local bar members for free—on one condition. That condition is that the top three leaders of each local or specialty bar group—typically the president, president-elect ...
Tagged with: Virginia Bar Association
Read More »
Virginia could take the first step in regulating court reporters this year. Court reporters could no longer make multi-case contracts with parties in a lawsuit if Senate Bill 545 passes the General Assembly. SB 545 passed the full Senate Feb. ...
Tagged with: General Assembly
Read More »
Prosecutors could no longer cut a plea deal requiring a defendant to forego expungement of charges, under a bill passed by the Senate Feb. 1. Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Mount Vernon, sponsored Senate Bill 608. He said he proposed the legislation to ...
Tagged with: General Assembly
Read More »
Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly
