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The number of lawyers serving in the General Assembly and writing Virginia’s laws appears to be declining, and some lament that the process is more difficult when fewer legislators have legal training. There are currently 25 attorneys among the 100 ...

A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today turned thumbs down on the habeas petition of John Allen Muhammad, sentenced to death in Virginia for his role in one of the DC sniper shootings in 2002. Muhammad ...

A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today turned thumbs down on the habeas petition of John Allen Muhammad, sentenced to death in Virginia for his role in one of the DC sniper shootings in 2002. Muhammad ...

Attorney General Bill Mims today announced he will ask for review of the Dustin Turner case by the full Court of Appeals. A panel of that court split two-to-one this week in granting a writ of actual innocence for the ...

Neil MacBride is the leading candidate for U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, reports The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources. MacBride currently is an associate deputy attorney general. His resume includes work as a corporate lobbyist, a credential ...

A Lynchburg police officer says he got a tongue lashing from the city manager after he spoke out as a citizen at a public hearing on budget issues. Now, the officer is suing for $500,000, saying the manager’s tirade – ...

Tagged with: First Amendment

A West Virginia criminal jury was sent home today – and a trial postponed – after an impatient juror was heard to say, “The longer we sit here, the guiltier he gets.” The defendent is a man accused of crashing ...

For two days every July, instead of hosting a loud sports event or concert, the Roanoke Civic Center plays host to a quieter, more reserved, well-dressed group – those who would be the next crop of new lawyers in the ...

HOT SPRINGS—Both candidates for governor say they would seek to restore the judicial evaluation program. Their comments came just days after Virginia Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. pronounced the controversial program to be “dead.” At the initial debate between ...

We know we could be opening quite a can of worms by posting lawyer fish stories here, but it’s hard to resist. Here’s a shot of Richmond solo Ed Meade struggling to hold up his 62-inch, 73-pound cobia at a ...

Tagged with: Environmental