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Defendant gets new trial...because his lawyer was sleeping.

Jonahan Turley continues to find really interesting – if somewhat depressing – stories about the legal system. On Monday, Turley wrote about a recent decision out of the United States Court of Appeals in the Fourth Circuit. Nicolas Ragin, pictured below, had been arrested and tried for conspiracy and racketeering charges in 2006. His lawyer at the… Read More
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