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	<title>Due Process</title>
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	<description>Attorney Rich Meehan on Due Process</description>
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		<title>The First Amendment at Ground Zero: Does it live or die there?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/08/18/the-first-amendment-at-ground-zero-does-it-live-or-die-there/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/08/18/the-first-amendment-at-ground-zero-does-it-live-or-die-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . . .&#8221; That is the opening clause of the First Amendment. Originally the Amendment only prohibited such action by Congress but in 1925 the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment extended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The other side of domestic violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/08/12/the-other-side-of-domestic-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/08/12/the-other-side-of-domestic-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Domestic violence cases have sadly dominated Connecticut news in recent years. Too many disgruntled former spouses and paramours have resorted to harassment and violence rather than graciously walking away from a failed relationship. In recent years, Connecticut has made great strides in pursuing and prosecuting this behavior. In many cases it works. Sadly, in some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth Amendment and Effective Assitance of Counsel</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/08/06/sixth-amendment-and-effective-assitance-of-counsel/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/08/06/sixth-amendment-and-effective-assitance-of-counsel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing is more integral to the protections guaranteed an accused by the Bill of Rights, than the Sixth Amendment&#8217;s requirement of the effective assistance of competent counsel. The Framers of the Constitution did not quite say it that way. &#8220;In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battling the New Aristocracy: Campaign Finance Laws</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/27/battling-the-new-aristocracy-campaign-finance-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/27/battling-the-new-aristocracy-campaign-finance-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a baby lawyer, 35 years ago, I entered the world of politics. Not on a grand scale, mind you. Armed with about $200.00 for some low end brochures and a handful of friends, I walked door to door in Bridgeport&#8217;s north end campaigning for a seat on the City Council. Fortunately for me there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perlitz Dismissal was Correct</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/15/perlitz-dismissal-was-correct/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/15/perlitz-dismissal-was-correct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Survivors of sexual abuse and victim&#8217;s rights groups are apparently outraged at the ruling this week by District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton dismissing the indictment against Douglas Perlitz. The former Fairfield U. grad has been awaiting trial for multiple counts of sexual improprieties alleged to have been committed on young Haitians. None of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions illegal? Let&#8217;s go to the Videotape!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/14/confessions-illegal-lets-go-to-the-videotape/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/14/confessions-illegal-lets-go-to-the-videotape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Accused killer Steven Hayes is attempting to get a judge to rule that his &#8220;confession&#8221; to police should be excluded from his trial. Hayes is claiming that the failure to tape record the interrogation in a death penalty case presents a major constitutional impediment to the admission of the statement before his jury.
The Fourth Amendment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lindsay Gets the Message, or Does She??</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/08/lindsay-gets-the-message-or-does-she/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/08/lindsay-gets-the-message-or-does-she/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Troubled popstar/actress Lindsay Lohan met her Waterloo this week when Judge Marsha Revel sentenced her to ninety days in jail for violating her probation in two DUI cases. Judge Revel was unmoved by the actress&#8217; tearful apology. Lohan went from childhood Disney star to posterchild for booze and drug addled celebs. Her ninety days of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandatory Mediation of Medical Malpractice Claims</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/01/mandatory-mediation-of-medical-malpractice-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/07/01/mandatory-mediation-of-medical-malpractice-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week Governor Rell signed a landmark patient&#8217;s rights bill, requiring disclosure of medical errors.  The new law gives patients access to information compiled by the department of Public Health on adverse events reported by hospitals or surgical centers. While a great step forward in protecting patients by insuring that adverse events are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Corruption Cases take a hit from the Supremes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/06/25/public-corruption-cases-take-a-hit-from-the-supremes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/06/25/public-corruption-cases-take-a-hit-from-the-supremes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The war against public corruption took one on the chin this week as prosecutors lost their go-to weapon in the prosecution of suspected corrupt politicians and greedy corporate CEO&#8217;s. The &#8220;Honest Services&#8221; mail fraud statute,  18 United States Code, section 1346, was ruled unconstitutional as it applied in cases other than those that involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O.J. Trying to Run for Daylight Again</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/06/16/o-j-trying-to-run-for-daylight-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/06/16/o-j-trying-to-run-for-daylight-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was October 14, 1967 and I was a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame. My girlfriend (now wife of 40+years) Kathy and I were sitting int he first row in the corner of the end zone. Beyond the opposing goalposts loomed the mosaic dubbed, &#8220;Touchdown Jesus&#8221; that adorned ND&#8217;s library. From that vantage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mouth that Scored???</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/06/09/the-mouth-that-scored/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/06/09/the-mouth-that-scored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rod Blagojevich is finally on the hot seat as his criminal trial got underway yesterday with opening statements. Not one to be short on opinions or sound bites, Blago was told by the judge, no more press statements during the trial. Since his indictment and banishment from public office Blago has been the antithesis of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victims can weigh in on plea bargains</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/20/victims-can-weigh-in-on-plea-bargains/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/20/victims-can-weigh-in-on-plea-bargains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The criminal justice system in Connecticut is working to protect the rights of victims in many ways. In recent months the spotlight has been focused on additional protections for victims of domestic violence. But, in 1996 this state passed a constitutional amendment giving victims a voice. Known as the Victim&#8217;s Rights Amendment, it elevated victims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Techno Weddings redefine &#8220;tying the knot&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/20/techno-weddings-redefine-tying-the-knot/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/20/techno-weddings-redefine-tying-the-knot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had occasion last year to research the legal authority needed to officiate at a wedding. The occasion was my Godson&#8217;s impending wedding. He and his bride-to-be reside in Philadelphia. Shortly after the engagement my nephew, Rick, called to ask if I would perform the ceremony. Of course, I was flattered by the request, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equity, hot tubs and relationships!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/17/equity-hot-tubs-and-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/17/equity-hot-tubs-and-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 12:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant has reported on an opinion of the Connecticut Supreme Court that is scheduled to be released tomorrow. The case is novel in that it applies the law of equity to an increasingly growing social relationship&#8211; the live-in, unmarried couple. (For those of you playing along at home go to the following site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judging with Technology</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/07/judging-with-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/07/judging-with-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first began to practice law there was a court reporter in New Haven, an elderly gentleman, who took down the court proceedings, verbatim, in long hand, using a fountain pen. Granted he was probably using shorthand, a technique which has also probably gone the way of the dodo, but nonetheless remarkable even in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There are no guilty clients, only lousy lawyers</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/01/there-are-no-guilty-clients-only-lousy-lawyers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/05/01/there-are-no-guilty-clients-only-lousy-lawyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 17:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walk the yard at any prison and poll the population. See how many really guilty people there are in the prison population. Most will tell you they were railroaded by some conspiracy among the prosecutor, the judge and most of all their lawyer. There are no guilty clients! Kennedy cousin, Michael Skakel is about to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still Crazy after All These Years</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/30/still-crazy-after-all-these-years/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/30/still-crazy-after-all-these-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Simon, the poet laureate of my generation, penned this phrase in his 1975 hit album of the same name. In 1843 Daniel McNaughton, in a misguided attempt to shoot Robert Peel the British Prime Minister, wounded his secretary, Edward Drummond, who died shortly after. The case spawned the first rules to apply when an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Policing the Legal Profession</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/27/policing-the-legal-profession/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/27/policing-the-legal-profession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have advocated for lawyers in prior posts. I firmly believe in the nobility of the practice of law. Not that I feel that there is something aristocratic about being a lawyer. What I believe in is the integrity and dignity of this profession. Like any other calling, however, we have our &#8220;bad apples.&#8221; Policing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judging Judges</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/22/judging-judges/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/22/judging-judges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has nominated U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chatigny to fill a vacant seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. 
The nomination has caused a stir in Connecticut&#8217;s legal community, as an outgrowth of a controversial position Judge Chatigny took during the final months of litigation aimed at stopping the impending execution of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The View from the Other Side of the Witness Box</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/19/the-view-from-the-other-side-of-the-witness-box/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/19/the-view-from-the-other-side-of-the-witness-box/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Trials often require expert testimony to provide opinons that only one possessing certain training and experience can describe. Although experts are most often  highly credentialed PhD’s or doctors; an expert, however, can be anyone possessing knowledge in an area beyond that of the average juror. The classic comic example is mechanic/hairdresser girlfriend, Miss Vito, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State 5, Skakel 0: Is the Fat Lady Singing?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/14/state-5-skakel-0-is-the-fat-lady-singing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/14/state-5-skakel-0-is-the-fat-lady-singing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of opera and sports it&#8217;s a well known colloquialism that &#8220;It ain&#8217;t over &#8217;till the fat lady sings!&#8221; The image conjured is the Valkerie, Brunhilde, adorned in Viking horned headdress, singing a final Wagner aria. Sports teams have rallied to this saying since the mid &#8217;70&#8217;s. It has been attributed to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Now For Shelton?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/01/what-now-for-shelton/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/01/what-now-for-shelton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The James Botti trial ended in split decision Thursday. Earlier in the day the court accepted a partial verdict. Botti was convicted on one count of the indictment with the crime of mail fraud. The jury reported they were deadlocked on the remaining two counts. Judge Haight then delivered an instruction known in the parlance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Juror Misconduct</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/01/juror-misconduct/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/04/01/juror-misconduct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trial of Shelton developer, James Botti, hit a snag this week during jury deliberations. It was reported to the court that one of the jurors had brought her personal journal into the jury room and was persisting in reading passages from it. After a hearing that took precious time from deliberations the court excused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The first thing we do, let&#8217;s kill all the lawyers&#8221; Wm. Shakespeare</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/29/first-we-kill-all-the-lawyers-shakespeare/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/29/first-we-kill-all-the-lawyers-shakespeare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raise your hand if you have never heard a lawyer joke. I thought so; no takers. Lawyers have been the leading butt of humor on the internet. Every cocktail party I have ever attended had its share of lawyer jokes or some character complaining how his lawyer screwed him. We are viewed as a necessary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Is That All There Is?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/25/is-that-all-there-is/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/25/is-that-all-there-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the jury in James Botti’s federal criminal trial settles in to the task of deliberating his future I am reminded of Peggy Lee, the old torch singer from the 1950’s, who recorded the existentialist ballad, “Is that all there is?” The haunting lyrics reflected an almost fatalistic pessimism about life.
 “Is that all there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Delayed But Not Denied</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/21/justice-delayed-but-not-denied/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/21/justice-delayed-but-not-denied/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column has discussed in the past the work of the Innocence Project in freeing wrongly convicted defendants. Nationally, over 250 inmates have been exonerated, many after decades in prison. But not all the work of vindicating the wrongly convicted has fallen to the lawyers from the Innocence Project. Connecticut recognizes the right for an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Domestic Violence: GPS or Big Brother?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/16/tracking-domestic-violence-gps-or-big-brother/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/16/tracking-domestic-violence-gps-or-big-brother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Domestic violence is at the forefront of legislative news in Connecticut. Hearings are being held on ways to ensure the safety of victims of pending cases. The recent killings of a court clerk at her home in Bridgeport and a murder suicide in West Haven have brought a stark focus to the dilemma of protecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bribery 101: It Takes Two to Tango</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/11/bribery-101-it-takes-two-to-tango/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/11/bribery-101-it-takes-two-to-tango/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trial of Shelton developer James Botti continues in New Haven federal court. Botti is charged with bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud. At the center of the Government’s case is the claim that Botti bestowed gratuities on public officials in Shelton, principally Mayor Mark Lauretti. 
New Haven veteran trial attorney, Willie Dow, represents Botti. Dow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA: Bane or Boon?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/09/dna-bane-or-boon/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/09/dna-bane-or-boon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DNA evidence has now become the definitive means of identification. The number of people exonerated after a wrongful conviction has reached more than 250. Was it cause for celebration or lament? Certainly the efforts of groups like Barry Scheck’s Innocence Project should celebrate their achievements in finally obtaining justice for persons who have languished in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If It Doesn&#8217;t Fit, You Must Acquit</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/02/if-it-doesnt-fit-you-must-acquit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/03/02/if-it-doesnt-fit-you-must-acquit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If it doesn&#8217;t fit you must acquit!&#8221; That mantra has taken on iconic status since it was spoken in September 1995 by the late Johnny Cochran in the now infamous trial of O.J. Simpson.  I can still see Simpson standing there, arm raised,that quizzical look on his face as he tried to fit the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judging Gun Control and the Second Amendment</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/28/judging-gun-control-and-the-second-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/28/judging-gun-control-and-the-second-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court is about to decide an important segment of the continuing debate on gun control. At issue is whether the individual states, and by extension municipal and county legislative bodies, have the right to restrict or ban weapons. The constitutional impediment stems from the Second Amendment. That Amendment states: &#8220;A well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Lauretti on Trial?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/25/is-lauretti-on-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/25/is-lauretti-on-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second trial of Shelton developer, James Botti, began with jury selection this week. Each side announced its potential witnesses. Prominent on the list was Shelton Mayor, Mark Lauretti. Several news reports have indicated that Lauretti is alleged to be the public official at the core of Botti&#8217;s charges.
Lauretti may or may not be called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battered Wife or Self Defense: Death of an Olympian</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/22/battered-wife-or-self-defense-death-of-an-olympian/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/22/battered-wife-or-self-defense-death-of-an-olympian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The national news today reports that the shooting death of a 52 year old former Olympic medalist, Dave Laut, has led to the arrest of his wife. That he was an Olympic medalist in the past is noteworthy; that he was shot and killed by a spouse is not that remarkable. Too many marriages end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/17/not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/17/not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcus S. was 19 when he stabbed his father to death in his bed. He was found wandering, nearly catatonic, in the driveway of the family home. Marcus&#8217; mother was a dynamic woman who had been crippled by disease and had taken her own life days before. Marcus, later diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caps on Damages Uncostitutional</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/08/caps-on-damages-uncostitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/08/caps-on-damages-uncostitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over capping damages in medical malpractice cases was ratcheted up this week with a controversial new court decision. Doctors and lawyers have squared off over the issue of whether juries and verdicts are spiraling our of control. Lawyers argue that caps harm injured plaintiffs; while the doctors claim that excessive verdicts have driven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Morning America gets up early</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/05/good-morning-america-gets-up-early/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/05/good-morning-america-gets-up-early/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago as the court system was bracing for the start of jury selection in the Cheshire home invasion case I was sitting in my office. My secretary buzzed me and matter of factly said, &#8220;Ashleigh Banfield on line 1.&#8221; I had met Ashleigh three years ago. She was an anchor co-hosting the afternoon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheating Death in Cheshire Murder Trial</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/02/cheating-death-in-cheshire-murder-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/02/02/cheating-death-in-cheshire-murder-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steven Hayes, presently on trial for the murders of the Petit family in the Cheshire home invasion case, apparently wanted to short circuit the process that is seeking his execution. This weekend it was reported that Hayes had attempted suicide. It was speculated that Hayes had been faking taking medication prescribed for him, stockpiling it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defending the Indefensible.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/27/defending-the-indefensible/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/27/defending-the-indefensible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How does a lawyer defend the seemingly indefensible?  We are committed to the concept that everyone is entitled to the fullest protections of the law.  Ensuring the constitutional rights of the guilty protects the l rights of all citizens. These are lofty concepts; but then there is reality. So how do we sleep at night?
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheshire Home Invasion Trial: Collateral Damage</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/21/cheshire-home-invasion-trial-the-other-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/21/cheshire-home-invasion-trial-the-other-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the trial slowly grinds through the seeming tedium of jury selection the immediate issues are the guilt or innocence of the accused, and perhaps whether they live or die. But there are major subplots that will play out in that New Haven courthouse. They will not be obvious to the jurors or the casual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheshire Home Invasion Jury Selection</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/20/cheshire-home-invasion-jury-selection/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/20/cheshire-home-invasion-jury-selection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jury selection began this week in the trial of Steven Hayes one of two men charged in the brutal deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters in 2007. The process, known as voir dire, is slated to take 4-6 months. A jury of 12 regular members and 4 alternates will eventually be seated to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Violence; Can the Courts Prevent More Harm?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/19/domestic-violence-preventing-more-harm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/19/domestic-violence-preventing-more-harm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Post reported three tragedies this past week. One was the shooting death of a popular court clerk. Her husband is charged with her death, and a surviving child has to grope with horrific grief. In another case a 77 year old well respected member of the Hispanic community apparently shot his 65 year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts in the Courtroom: part three</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/13/experts-in-the-courtroom-part-three/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/13/experts-in-the-courtroom-part-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our previous segments we discussed the role of an expert and the court’s gatekeeper function.  Typically jurors think of experts as highly educated with complex technical expertise. In most instances that is correct; but not in all cases. To qualify to give an “expert” opinion the witness need only possess more knowledge about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Gerry Esposito&#8217;s Passing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/11/judge-gerry-espositos-passing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The judicial system received sad news this weekend as a good friend and a good judge died. Gerry Esposito was the type of judge you would hope to come before when you represented someone who had made mistakes in life, but had redeeming qualities. He was a judge of the people. There was no pretense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trial Judge as Gatekeeper of Expert Testimony</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/09/the-trial-judge-as-gatekeeper-of-expert-testimony/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/09/the-trial-judge-as-gatekeeper-of-expert-testimony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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Last column we discussed the role that experts play in litigation.  Because “expert testimony” can be especially persuasive the trial judge must decide whether a witness possesses the qualifications to give seemingly authoritative opinions. In addition, the judge sometimes must determine that the “science” the witness will discuss is legitimate or junk science. The United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of the Expert Witness in Litigation</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/07/the-role-of-the-expert-witness-in-litigation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2010/01/07/the-role-of-the-expert-witness-in-litigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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Expert witnesses are required in complex litigation where issues arise beyond the common knowledge jurors share. Complex criminal and personal injury cases, commercial and construction disputes are some of the varied legal controversies that require the use of expert witnesses. The party offering such testimony must prove that the witness is qualified under Connecticut Rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s not kill the messenger</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/12/21/let%e2%80%99s-not-kill-the-messenger/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/12/21/let%e2%80%99s-not-kill-the-messenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I joined journalist, Ashleigh Banfield, as a guest commentator on TruTV. The case broadcast live from Sarasota, Fl. was as reprehensible a crime as I ever known. Michael King was accused of the heinous, daylight kidnapping of a 21 year old mother of two. She was taken from her home and her two babies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Remembered</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/12/16/christmas-remembered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This piece ran several years ago on the editorial page of the Sunday Post. I wanted to share it once again. Merry Christmas.
Christmas remembered
I sat the other evening with my youngest son, Rich watching Christmas movies and having one of our ever increasing in frequency talks. Richie was a late life surprise as we learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There are still Heroes in this world</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/12/01/there-are-still-heroes-in-this-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/12/01/there-are-still-heroes-in-this-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up I wanted to believe in heroes. There had to be people who inspire us and keep our belief in the virtue of humanity intact. My first hero was my Dad. Dick Meehan, Sr. was a Bridgeport cop. His dream was to be a lawyer some day. He had lost his dad when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is that internet comment you posted really anonymous?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/12/01/is-that-internet-comment-you-posted-really-anonymous/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/12/01/is-that-internet-comment-you-posted-really-anonymous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging Travails
Post what you want; say what you want? After all it’s the internet and who can figure out my identity! Turns out the ‘net is not as anonymous as some bloggers think. Blogs represent a new type of social and political commentary. With the bias that is apparent in some cable television networks more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resolving legal disputes outside the courtroom: ADR</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/28/resolving-legal-disputes-outside-the-courtroom-adr/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/28/resolving-legal-disputes-outside-the-courtroom-adr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Because of the backlog of cases pending in the state Superior Court judges and lawyers have explored alternatives to the traditional jury or court trial as a means to resolve civil disputes. All of these remedies require that every party to the controversy consent to their use.
Typically, when the lawyers have refined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ripping the Veil of Secrecy from Malpractice</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/19/ripping-the-veil-of-secrecy-from-malpractice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/19/ripping-the-veil-of-secrecy-from-malpractice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tort reform, and especially reform of our system for compensating malpractice victims, once again dominates the news. Efforts at health insurance reform have provided proponents of limits on damages and attorneys fees with a platform to demand change. The medical establishment once again blames seven-figure plaintiff’s verdicts and “greedy lawyers” for the excess costs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Stalkers Beware!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/17/facebook-stalkers-beware/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/17/facebook-stalkers-beware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking has become a new age phenomenon. Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin and Twitter have created platforms for friends, business colleagues and often strangers to connect. Users can post pictures, videos, comments and messages. The spectrum of information runs from the very private, who share limited access, to what I call the &#8220;Serial Facebookers&#8221; who chronicle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/09/no-good-deed-goes-unpunished/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/09/no-good-deed-goes-unpunished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in Illinois are subpoenaing the grade records of journalism students at Northwestern University involved in investigating wrongful convictions ]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Due Process</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/05/welcome-to-due-process/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/05/welcome-to-due-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Meehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, among other rights, guarantees to all, due process of the law. But what is that? How does it impact your life? How does the system really work? Learn from a practicing trial lawyer how the system really does work.]]></description>
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		<title>Church files unsealed</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/05/church-files-unsealed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/meehan/2009/11/05/church-files-unsealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bustraan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Respondeat Superior” and the Catholic Church—part of the Latin Mass from the Church’s rich tradition? No, it is the doctrine of vicarious liability that has forced the Catholic Church to pay millions in settlements to victims of clergy sexual abuse. Recently, this sordid chapter in the Church’s history has made news when the United States [...]]]></description>
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