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Johannes Mehserle Denied Bail

(Dec. 3) -- Put the riots on hold. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry denied bail to former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle today, the Oakland Tribune reported. As a result, Mehserle must remain behind bars as his appeal for his involuntary manslaughter conviction goes forward. Mehserle was sentenced...

Officer Convicted in Calif. Train Station Killing

LOS ANGELES (July 8) -- A white former transit officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday in the videotaped shooting death of an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform in an encounter that set off days of rioting in the city. Prosecutors had wanted Johannes Mehserle convicted of murdering...

Barry Bonds Might Want to Sue Curt Schilling

One of the popular charges made by those who accuse Bonds of taking steroids and cheating the game of baseball is that he would call a legal defense for slanderous statements made against him if they weren't true. Well, to this point, he hadn't threatened to sue anyone. Until now. From KPIX TV in San Francisco, via Steroid...

Barry's Ex-Mistress To Appear In Playboy

So you're a woman who once had a longtime affair with Barry Bonds, but the two of you are no longer together. Now that Barry is about to break Hank Aaron's home run record, what are you going to do for yourself?Why you're going to talk about your grand jury testimony and appear nude in Playboy of course!Barry Bonds' former...

Bonds' Lawyer Michael Rains Thinks President Bush Is Behind the Push for Indictment

About a month ago, I told you that Barry Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, tore into the government's steroids probe of Bonds. I also just noted that there was a New York Daily News report suggesting the grand jury was close to indicting Bonds. Recently, Rains has even called the investigation a "witch hunt." Now, Rains has...

Michael Rains News From the Web

05/07/12 Protests a 2-pronged challenge for Oakland police Source: San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA Occupy activists have brought two challenges to an Oakland police force working to avoid a federal takeover: dealing with their aggressive protests and investigating the stream of misconduct complaints that inevitably follow.

Background on Michael Rains

Michael Rains is a California criminal defense attorney known for representing police accused of misconduct, including the case of the BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant and a successful defense of the Oakland Riders.

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