Mardi Gras is No Bonanza for Busy N.O. Defense Attorneys
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By Webster, Richard A  Indecent exposure, lewd conduct, public drunkenness, resisting arrest, battery, public urination, marijuana possession and possession of a concealed weapon.  Mardi Gras means big business for criminal defense attorney Donald Sauviac.
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OTTAWA  (CP) - Justice John Gomery warned lawyers for political parties Wednesday that his inquiry into the sponsorship scandal won't become a "gravy train."
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Dancing, drinking revelers crowded  the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as colorful parades  rolled through the damaged city on the final day of a Mardi  Gras that locals touted as another step in the long recovery  from Hurricane Katrina.
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Parade fans camped along St. Charles Avenue, beer trucks lined up on Bourbon Street and revelers milled from bar to bar &#151; all signs that this city's Carnival season was rolling toward its annual Mardi Gras climax.
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The case of a U.S. defense lawyer  charged with aiding terrorism is a troubling matter for a jury  that may be split into supporters of President Bush and those  who think his anti-terrorism policies threaten civil rights.
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NEW ORLEANS, Florida  - Mardi Gras revelers packed New Orleans on Saturday as large crowds turned out to watch parades and fill the French Quarter in what many viewed as another step in the long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Chilly temperatures did not deter the revelers who turned out Sunday to watch the parades roll through the city on the last weekend before Mardi Gras.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 12 -- Durham District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, under fire from the North Carolina State Bar for his handling of sexual assault allegations against three Duke lacrosse players last year, appeared in court today to defend his own conduct on grounds it was a prosecutor's duty to...
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The horde of partisan lawyers dispatched to Florida in anticipation of widespread Election Day voter eligibility challenges wound up with precious little to do: Only a relative handful of challenges were posed statewide, according to a newspaper report.
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By Anthony Spangler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 5--A backlog in evidence-testing is creating delays throughout the criminal justice system, leaving prosecutors and local law enforcement authorities struggling to bring some cases to trial.
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Military service may insulate candidates from 'weak on defense' charges.
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Dancing, drinking revelers filled the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as parades rolled through on the final day of a Mardi Gras that locals said marked another step toward recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Dancing, drinking revelers crowded the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as colorful parades rolled through the damaged city on the final day of a Mardi Gras that locals touted as another step in the long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Chuckling as a man clad in a scanty pink negligee and matching panties strolled down Bourbon Street, tourists Bill and Sherry Jordan were undaunted by news that gunfire had marred this year's Mardi Gras celebration.
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In what may be a sign of things to come, the lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. last month invoked the rarely used courtroom tactic: the âbloggers can be meanâ defense.
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One of the most notorious murders in Northern Ireland&#39;s troubled history returned to haunt the now peaceful province Monday as officials said no police or soldiers would face charges after a lawyer&#39;s death.
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The justices appeared unmoved by arguments in defense of laws that prohibit the direct shipment of wine from other states.