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Opinion: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Erle Rawlins III (Nov. 23) - The dry cleaning discount sign in this store window violates a Dallas ordinance on proper window signage. When Charlie Patel decided to put a 30 percent off sign in the window of his Lakeside Cleaners business in Dallas, little did he realize he would run afoul of a city law, or that he...

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10/13/11 Felony Offenders Sentenced in Brown, Mills Co.... Source: Big Country District Attorney Micheal Murray reports several felony cases were recently heard in Brown/Mills County District Court, Judge Stephen Ellis presiding.
10/12/11 Institute for Justice Celebrates 20 Years Source: The Legal Intelligencer (ALM) William "Chip" Mellor, president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice, is interviewed by Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro on the institute's 20th anniversary.
10/11/11 Ten Recipients Receive Fellowships From the National... Source: PR Newswire WASHINGTON , Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) today named recipients of three fellowship programs: Visiting Fellows, Graduate Research Fellows, and W.E.B. Du Bois Fellows . These programs help NIJ strengthen criminal justice research and give emerging scholars the opportunity to expose their work to a wider audience. "These award recipients are outstanding scholars, students, and researchers who contribute to critical and innovative thinking on crime and justice policy and practice," said John Laub , Director of the National Institute of Justice. "I look forward to the progress and results related to having these talented individuals working to further NIJ's mission in criminal justice research."
09/07/11 Institute for Justice crusades for food trucks Source: Washington Business Journal - Washington DC The Arlington-based Institute for Justice and its senior attorney Bert Gall are doing battle in courts around the country on behalf of food trucks, The Washington Post reported.
04/20/11 Waller County District Attorney Source: Waller County News Citizen - Waller County TX Vincent William Sauls, 25, of Brookshire, murder, 35 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division; $322 court costs.