- Supreme Court Guts Its Own Precedent to Allow Arizona to Kill Barry Jones: Embracing the state’s claim that “innocence isn’t enough,” the court destroyed a lifeline for people who received poor lawyering at trial. https://theintercept.com/2022/05/28/barry-jones-supreme-court-arizona-shinn-martinez/ 75 comments law
- Kenyan Lawyer Takes Israel & Italy To International Court For Killing Jesus, Plans To Use Bible As Evidence https://seniorngr.com/2021/03/24/kenyan-lawyer-takes-israel-italy-to-international-court-for-killing-jesus-plans-to-use-bible-as-evidence/ 161 comments nottheonion
- Myanmar activists held more rallies on Friday (March 12), a day after a rights group said security forces killed 12 protesters and as the lawyer of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi ridiculed new bribery allegations against her https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/more-myanmar-protests-planned-as-suu-kyis-lawyer-dismisses-bribery-claims 4 comments worldnews
- Trump lawyer Lin Wood says Jeffrey Epstein still alive in bizarre conspiracy tweets. The lawyer wrapped the claim up in a conspiracy theory alleging Chief Justice John Roberts killed Justice Antonin Scalia https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lin-wood-jeffrey-epstein-alive-b1781084.html 271 comments politics
- Lawyer ‘kills self’ at Tikri, 'suicide note' addressed to PM Modi blames farm laws https://theprint.in/india/lawyer-kills-self-at-tikri-suicide-note-addressed-to-pm-modi-blames-farm-laws/574804/ 6 comments india
- US can kill its own citizens without review when state secrets are involved, DOJ lawyer argues https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/doj-lawyer-argues-us-can-kill-its-own-citizens-without-review-when-state-secrets-are-involved 3 comments politics
- Bloomberg News Lawyers ‘Pressured’ Journalist and His Wife to Sign NDA After Editors Killed Exposé on China: Report https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/bloomberg-news-lawyers-pressured-journalist-to-sign-nda-after-editors-killed-expose-on-china-report/ 45 comments worldnews
- Lawyer: Man killed by officer was asleep when police fired https://apnews.com/0840d3f354693625605290eecf307ac6 33 comments nottheonion
- Feds Charge Mich. Man With Threatening to Kill Lawyer for Trump Whistleblower https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-charge-michigan-man-brittan-j-atkinson-for-threatening-mark-zaid-lawyer-for-trump-whistleblower?via=twitter_page 25 comments politics
- A prominent British lawyer went viral after he killed a fox with a baseball bat while wearing his wife's kimono, and now animal services are investigating https://www.insider.com/jo-maugham-uk-lawyer-viral-after-killing-fox-baseball-bat-2019-12 69 comments worldnews
- Lawyer: Man who killed mob boss thought he was helping Trump https://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/lawyer-man-who-killed-mob-boss-thought-he-was-14114139.php?utm_campaign=cms%20sharing%20tools%20(mobile)&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_medium=referral 10 comments politics
- Man accused of killing wife can no longer use her life insurance to pay lawyer, court rules https://kdvr.com/2018/12/10/man-accused-of-killing-wife-can-no-longer-use-her-life-insurance-to-pay-lawyer-court-rules/ 31 comments nottheonion
- Man accused of killing wife can no longer use her life insurance to pay lawyer, court rules https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/12/11/man-accused-of-killing-wife-can-no-longer-use-her-life-insurance-to-pay-lawyer-court-rules 16 comments nottheonion
- Bill Browder: Vladimir Putin Would 'Like To Kill Me Like He Killed My Lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky' https://www.newsweek.com/bill-browder-vladimir-putin-would-kill-me-he-killed-my-lawyer-sergei-1033390 1012 comments politics
- 'Black lives don't matter,' lawyer says after jury awards $4 in police killing https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/us/florida-police-shooting-four-dollar-jury-award-gregory-hill/index.html 574 comments politics
- 'El Chapo' promises not to kill any jurors, lawyer says http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/25/el-chapo-promises-not-to-kill-any-jurors.html 3 comments nottheonion
- Lawyer: ‘Somebody’s already been killed’ over Trump dossier https://nypost.com/2018/01/09/lawyer-somebodys-already-been-killed-over-trump-dossier/ 4 comments politics
- Good Lawyers Are Killing the Death Penalty http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/24/good-lawyers-are-killing-the-death-penalty.html?via=desktop&source=Reddit 44 comments law
- An entire generation of a city’s lawyers was killed in Pakistan [details of attack in Quetta, more in comments] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/08/09/an-entire-generation-of-a-citys-lawyers-was-killed-in-pakistan/ 4 comments worldevents
- UN expert condemns killing of Kurdish rights lawyer in Turkey http://thinkpol.ca/2015/12/02/un-expert-condemns-killing-of-kurdish-rights-lawyer-in-turkey/ 7 comments worldnews
- Unidentified gunman kills top Kurdish lawyer in southeast Turkey http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/28/us-turkey-kurds-lawyer-iduskbn0th07n20151128 85 comments europe
- Drunk woman lawyer rams Audi into cab on Eastern Freeway, kills 2 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/drunk-woman-lawyer-rams-audi-into-cab-on-eastern-freeway-kills-2/articleshow/47607933.cms 87 comments india
- Drunk 35-Year-Old Lawyer Rams Her Audi Into Taxi; Kills 2 Of A Family On Night Out Celebrating Exams Results http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/06/10/mumbai-drunk-driving_n_7549392.html?1433913176 3 comments india
- Man kills his lawyer, judge, co-defendant in Milan court. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article17926379.html 5 comments worldnews
- Kenyan lawyer sues 'Israel' for killing Jesus http://www.paradoxoftheday.com/index.php/other-news/100-kenyan-lawyer-sues-israel-for-killing-jesus 90 comments worldnews
- To Enjoy Driverless Cars, First Kill All the Lawyers http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-11/to-enjoy-driverless-cars-first-kill-all-the-lawyers.html 22 comments technology
- Gun Enthusiast Kills 17-Year-Old for Playing Loud Music; Lawyer Says He Acted "Very Responsibly" http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/gun-enthusiast-kills-17-year-old-playing-loud-music-lawyer-says-he-acted-very 380 comments nottheonion
- SOPA 2.0 Sneaks In A Really Dangerous Private Ability To Kill Any Website: "If someone sends a service provider a notice claiming infringement on the site under this bill, the first thing every lawyer will tell them is "quick, take voluntary action to cut them off, so you get immunity." http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111216/03275317104/how-sopa-20-sneaks-really-dangerous-private-ability-to-kill-any-website.shtml?threaded=false&sp=1#comments 11 comments politics
- Naked sword fight lands lawyer in jail - After an argument about his drinking, he emerged from a shower, handed a sheathed sword to his girlfriend and said, “You’re going to need this...because I’m going to kill you,” http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=2011110812021 3 comments reddit.com
- That hit-and-run millionaire that got house arrest for killing 2 people with his Porsche? His lawyer was the judge's campaign treasurer. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/fl-levin-sentence-mayocol-b060711-20110606,0,304445.column?page=1 255 comments reddit.com
- Bogus Research Kills Children - Research linking childhood autism to MMR vaccine was bogus. Doctor who produced it was paid by lawyers who were suing drug companies. Paper has been withdrawn, doctor disgraced. But scare continues, unvaccinated children are dying http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347.full 4 comments worldnews
- Fly on the wall says Apple made Newsday kill funny iPad app ad because its lawyers fear we might use a $500 gadget to swat insects. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/66382 16 comments technology
- And what of all the other deaths? The decision to indict Staff Sgt. S. for killing two women during Cast Lead has caused a stir. But his lawyer will rightly ask, 'Why him, and not all the others who killed civilians?' http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/and-what-of-all-the-other-deaths-1.297363 4 comments worldnews
- BBC: Prominent Russian human-rights lawyer killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7838328.stm 4 comments reddit.com
- Musharraf learns from Shakespeare: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" (pic) http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42671000/jpg/_42671157_police_ap416.jpg 4 comments reddit.com
- You CANNOT kill a cop trying to arrest you illegally [insightful commentary by a lawyer] http://reddit.com/info/2g40h/comments/c2g8q4 3 comments reddit.com
- Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles, the parents of motorcyclist Harry Dunn, 19, killed in crash involving Anne Sacoolas, wife of a US diplomat, announce plans to sue Trump administration for lawless misconduct and cover-up, and they plan to sue Sacoolas. Dunn family lawyer: “No one is above the law..." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/29/family-of-harry-dunn-announce-plan-to-sue-trump-administration 50 comments worldnews
- Trump: "For a year, a woman lawyer, she was like ‘oh I know nothing’, now all of a sudden she is involved with [the RF] govt, you know why? Bc Putin & the group said 'Trump is killing us! Why dont you say that you're involved with gov’t, so that we can make their life in the US even more chaotic?’” http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-speaks-at-rally-in-michigan 87 comments politics
- The parents of Otto Warmbier have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the North Korean government, charging that the country's regime tortured and killed their son, according to lawyers for the family https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/otto-warmbier-family-lawsuit-north-korea/index.html?sr=twcnn042618otto-warmbier-family-lawsuit-north-korea0615pmvodtop 5 comments worldnews
- Activists Want To Know Why No One Is Investigating Libyan Human Rights Lawyer's Murder - Salwa Bugaighis was 1st woman to call for ouster of Qaddafi. After she cast her ballot in last yr's election, men in hoods & military uniforms stormed her home, shot & killed her. Her killers remain at large. http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/06/28/3674652/libya-salwa-bugaighis/ 113 comments worldnews