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A job announcement for an Assistant State’s Attorney with the Williams County State’s Attorney's Office in Williston has been posted.
U.S.: Justices' DC sniper case examines teen murderers' sentences
Associated Press: "Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices’ eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year-old Malvo, were sentenced to life without parole for murders they committed as teens."Dakota Datebook: Golden Valley County affirmed
Prairie Public: "Politics has been chaotic in North Dakota history, even on the local level. Such was the case for the creation of Golden Valley County in far western North Dakota."N.D. Law Review seeks submissions
The Board of Editors of the North Dakota Law Review invites submissions of written work for future editions of the publication. The Law Review serves as the exclusive journal of the State Bar Association of North Dakota and is dedicated to providing critical analysis of legal issues and developments in the state and region, as well as the national and international platforms.South Dakota anti-riot law blocked by federal judge
Courthouse News Service: "A federal judge in South Dakota Wednesday blocked provisions of a new anti-rioting law signed by Gov. Kristi Noem earlier this year that aims to quash protests against the Keystone XL pipeline."Job Announcement
A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General to represent the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks has been posted.Job Announcement
A job announcement for two Legal Assistant II positions with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in Williston and Dickinson has been posted.
Dakota Datebook: Justice Spalding
Prairie Public: "On this date in 1912, Burleigh Folsom Spalding arrived in Bismarck with his family and all their household goods. They moved into their rented house on the corner of 5th and Avenue B. The Spaldings intended to make Bismarck their permanent home."Nation: 'FACT' teams aim to keep people with mental illness out of jail
MPR News: "When someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, often the only alternatives are jail or an emergency room. Neither of those alternatives is particularly helpful, and sometimes they can make a person’s condition worse."