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The Rap Sheet: Nolo's Criminal Law Blog. March 16, 2011. Senate Bill 9: Mitigating LWOP Sentences for Youthful Offenders. Senate Bill 9 is a sensible legislative proposal that deserves to become California law. The proposed law allows a "second chance" for some prisoners who receive LWOP sentences (Life Without Possibility of Parole) for crimes they committed before the age of 18. Posted by Paul Bergman. Posted In: Juvenile Justice. May 26, 2010. Roper v. Simmons. 2005), the US Supreme Court decided that...
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John Wesley Ewell- Three Strikes and Out - The Rap Sheet: Nolo's Criminal Law Blog
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The Rap Sheet: Nolo's Criminal Law Blog. Dec 01, 2010. John Wesley Ewell- Three Strikes and Out. Supporters of 3 Strikes laws will no doubt call for their use even when a third strike crime is a minor one. However, predicting future violence is tricky. Studies suggest that most offenders with 2 strikes on their record don't commit additinal viuolent crimes. And in a state whose budget is already a train wreck, where would the money to pay for all the additional inmates come from? Posted by Paul Bergman.
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The Rap Sheet: Nolo's Criminal Law Blog: Popular Culture Archives
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The Rap Sheet: Nolo's Criminal Law Blog. November 15, 2010. Lawyers and "The Social Network". The Social Network has been rightfully acclaimed as one of the best films of 2010. What I want to focus on is the film's positive portrayal of lawyers. In a film whose subtitle might have been "College Kids Go Wild," the film's lawyers are refreshing models of reason. Posted by Paul Bergman. Posted In: Popular Culture. December 1, 2009. Posted by Paul Bergman. Posted In: Popular Culture. October 2, 2009. Those w...
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The Rap Sheet: Nolo's Criminal Law Blog. April 21, 2011. Christian Longo's Plea: "After you execute me, please harvest my organs.". Our country's high moral standards allow for executions, but not for organ donations? Give me a break! Undoubtedly practical problems exist when carrying out death row inmates' wishes to become organ donors after death. But moral and ethical problems? Much better to find a way to provide for "Oregon" transplants! Posted by Paul Bergman. Posted In: Death Penalty. Frank Spisak...
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Looking Past the Staging: Lesson 1 for Buyers - Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers
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Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers. Apr 27, 2011. Looking Past the Staging: Lesson 1 for Buyers. In more and more parts of the United States, the days of walking into a home for sale and seeing kids' photos, favorite team pennants on the walls, and a kitty litter box in the bathroom are long gone. Do I encourage staging for sellers? Absolutely: I've seen it produce fast sales at full price or above in too many cases to doubt its effectiveness. Maybe not. Using pint-sized furniture is a common wa...
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Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers. Online Fun for Homebuyers. May 27, 2011. Few Real Estate Agents Write "Just Right" Marketing Prose. Have you noticed how agent-speak, as seen in real estate ads, tends to be either over the top or underwhelming? More often the former, of course. Just looking at today's local real estate section, it's easy to pull out grand, sweeping, and did I mention grand, statements like:. Spectacular views and magical sunsets! Okay, now that's something an agent might say to a...
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Visiting Open Houses? Ask Questions! - Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers
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Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers. Apr 04, 2011. I've started engaging in one of my favorite springtime hobbies: visiting open houses. I'm not alone, either - I was literally bumping elbows with other visitors on the staircases. Some of the visitors looked genuinely interested in the homes, a few were conferring seriously with their agents in the corner, and others were probably nosy neighbors just like me. For example, by asking "What's going to happen to that vacant lot behind that back fence?
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Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers. June 6, 2011. Houses With No Fix-Up Responsibilities Don't Exist! The decision of where to live in retirement is tough enough by itself. But when you've got two spouses who disagree on priorities, the stress levels can shoot through the roof. I had to bite my tongue - though it's the wife I'd really like to give some commonsense advice to (assuming hubby is telling the straight story). First off, a house that doesn't need fixing? It doesn't exist. Older houses...
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Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers: Green living Archives
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Nolo’s Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers. May 13, 2011. Real Estate Agents Developing Specialties. Just as with flavors and caffeine levels of soda pop, the choices to be made among real estate agents has expanded over the years - despite, or maybe because of, the down economy. As Marilyn Kennedy Melia points out in her article, " 1. Change, 2. Choices. You can now find agents to help with short sales, foreclosures, buying or selling a "green" home, and more. Buyers have leverage in today's market, and th...
