The home of Texas prosecutor

Mike McLelland

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Based on the comments of Texas law-enforcement officials over the weekend, the state's justice system officially went into crisis mode on Saturday.

That's when the bullet-riddled bodies of Ka… Read full post »

Sheldon Cooley

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For college basketball fans, conference tournaments begin this week, and that means "March Madness" officially has arrived. Better yet, it means the NCAA men's basketball tournament--the best event in all of sports, IMHO--is just arou… Read full post »

Phillip Marshall and his children

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The 9/11 author who was found dead in his California home earlier this month was right-handed, but authorities determined that he shot himself in the left side of the head, a prominent investigative journalist repor… Read full post »

9/11 author Phillip Marshall,

with his children 

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The author of a recent book that questions the official story of 9/11 was found dead earlier this month--along with his teen-age son and daughter and the family dog--at their home in the desert communit… Read full post »

Ted Rollins

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We have covered the Rollins v. Rollins divorce case mostly in terms of unlawful court rulings, given that Shelby County Circuit Judge D. Al Crowson issued a final order even though he did not h… Read full post »

Paul Minor

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The U.S. Supreme Court announced last week that it would not grant certiorari review in the case of Paul Minor, a former trial lawyer from Mississippi. Citizens who closely followed the Bush v. Gore… Read full post »

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Why did Birmingham resident Sherry Carroll Rollins become the victim of a monstrous cheat job in an Alabama divorce case?

Several factors probably were involved, but this appears to be No. 1 on the list: Ms. Rollins refused a last-minu… Read full post »

Gen. David Petraeus was perhaps the most high-profile U.S. military figure since Colin Powell and Norman Schwarzkopf became household names during the first Gulf War. Petraeus' distinguished career unraveled with reports last week that he had engaged in an extr… Read full post »

Bonnie Wyatt 

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 An Alabama woman has been in jail for more than three months from the fallout of a divorce case, but sources tell Legal Schnauzer that her financial woes date to a fire that destroyed her home about six years ago. T… Read full post »

Gloria Allred and Maureen Stemberg 

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Mitt Romney might have blown his chance for the presidency by lying under oath in a divorce case some 20 years ago. The ex wife of a former Romney business partner claims that the GOP candidate tes… Read full post »

 Rob Riley

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 Prominent Alabama Republicans this week said they did not know that funds used to fight non-Indian gaming in the state came from Indian gambling sources. A check of public records shows the Republicans almost certainly… Read full post »

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The two major candidates for the U.S. presidency proved themselves to be world-class hypocrites in last night's debate on foreign policy.

Time and again, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney said our countr… Read full post »

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Yesterday's release of the Boy Scouts' "perversion files" reveals that the organization systematically covered up child sexual abuse for more than 25 years. That probably is the most shocking part of the story for the general public. But it is not a surp… Read full post »

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The business press, or at least a portion of it, is addressing sexual misconduct in America's corporations and institutions. And we are talking about the kind of misconduct where powerful adults prey on children.

Meanwhile, the sto… Read full post »

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We long have extolled the virtues of technology in establishing truth and outing liars. It has been a recurring theme in our reporting on my unlawful termination at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). And it might have decided last nigh… Read full post »

Ann Romney and Christine O'Donnell

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Even his harshest critics seem to acknowledge that Mitt Romney is a devout Mormon and a strong family  man. So it's curious that the Romney presidential campaign would accept major financial support from… Read full post »

Doug Jones 

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 Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman has been back in federal prison for more than a  month now, and that should be appalling to citizens who care about justice. After all, court documents show that Siegelman was… Read full post »

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 Until the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke last November, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was one of the most revered figures in sports. Then we learned that Paterno had been told about events indicating Sandusky had sexually abused at least… Read full post »

Jerry Sandusky arrives for

yesterday's sentencing

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 Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison yesterday for his convictions as part of  probably the most high-profile child sexual… Read full post »

Sarah Rollins (right) with her father, Ted,

and sister, Emma

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Sarah Rollins confirmed in a conversation with Legal Schnauzer that her father, Campus Crest Communities CEO Ted Rollins, was investigated for the possible sexual abuse of his st… Read full post »

Shirley Salloway Kahn

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 The top fundraising officer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) regularly tried to use her official position for personal gain, a source tells Legal Schnauzer.

Shirley Salloway Kahn, vice preside… Read full post »

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President Barack Obama, by almost all accounts, lost last night's presidential debate--and it was not because of an outstanding performance by Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor did little more than unleash&nb… Read full post »

Rob Riley

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Birmingham attorney Rob Riley faces allegations in a federal whistleblower lawsuit that his physical-therapy company has engaged in Medicare fraud and other unlawful behavior.

That's the same Rob Riley whose father se… Read full post »

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Republican operatives are preparing to unleash an attack that will portray President Obama as weak on national security, according to a report at Salon. The plan is based in part on new intelligence related to the September 11… Read full post »

Paula Poskon

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A Wall Street analyst says she was unaware that Campus Crest Communities CEO Ted Rollins has been convicted for an assault on his stepson and investigated for possible child sexual abuse of the same stepson.

"Oh, my… Read full post »