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  • Ethyl glucuronide calculation - While there is an article on Ethyl glucuronide (ETG), little information is given upon the possible calculations of ETG (and ETS) levels after alcohol (ethanol) consumption as well as a lack of information on how these values fluctuate in correlations with creatinine concentration. Where ETG tests are used pervasively throughout the criminal justice system for individuals on probation, released on parole, or under general court order. With much research done over the past decades, this could be an important article specifically dealing with methods of calculating ETG based on ethanol consumed as a function of time and ml/kg of a subject similar to what is done on resources that offer a ETG Calculator. It is important to note that many resources will reference a BAC calculator and this has nothing to do whatsoever with ETG other than that ETG levels tend to rise exponentially as a function of BAC but is not suitable for calculating ETG.

Crimes edit

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  • Kidnapping of Elizabeth Thomas, 2017 kidnapping of a Tennessee high school student who was kidnapped by her teacher Tad Cummins[1][2][3][4]
  • Eileen Ross - Legally blind woman who was raped by an intruder in her home. She collected incriminating evidence during the attack, and gave an interview in the immediate aftermath of the initial police interview which led to the conviction of the 'Spiderman Rapist'. Wrote 'Savage Shadows', an account of her attempts to get her rapist convicted, and de-stigmatize victims of sexual assault.[2]
  •   Frank Curtis - alleged serial child abuser, allegedly covered up by the Mormon church. There's a book The Sins of Brother Curtis: A Story of Betrayal, excerpts available online, and a certain lawyer claims in blog/advertising that he obtained a multi-million-dollar settlement in the case.
  • Iizuka case - see North Kanto Serial Young Girl Kidnapping and Murder Case
  • Murder by association
  • Operation Fountain Pen - 1970s FBI investigation into various confidence scams that seems to deserve more coverage. According to the LA Times, Operation Fountain Pen resulted in "the conviction of dozens of con men across the country" and "spawned" the Abscam investigation.[5][6][7] Related possible new article subjects could include FBI agent James J. Wedick Jr. (J. J. Wedick) and convicted con artist Phil Kitzer, both of whom were involved in multiple other cases that received considerable attention in the news as detailed in these sources.
  • Playing with Fire (ja:火遊び)
  • Remembrance Day Shootings[8][9][10][11][12]
  • Rosalynn McGinnis and Henri Michele Piette - Rosalynn was kidnapped by Henri, her stepfather, in 1997 at age 12. She escaped 19 years later with 8 of the 9 children he fathered on her. The story was reported by People magazine, The Guardian, The New York Post, and many others.

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  • Sabrina Aisenberg - 5-month old girl who went missing in late 1997. Whether or not she was killed and hidden by her parents or kidnapped is unknown. ([7]) - also see Disappearance of Ashley Summers
  • Aramazd Andressian Jr. - 5-year-old boy who was killed by his father, Aramazd Andressian Sr. (CBS News)
  • Tyesha Bell - 22-year-old mother of two who was last seen alive on May 10, 2003. Almost 20 years later, in December 2020, her remains were found. Foul play is suspected. ([8] (archive))
  • Tiffiany Beverly - African American teenager; disappeared May 27, 1997. Her remains were later discovered in a field near her home. Her stepfather, Oscar "JR" Patterson III, was convicted of molesting and murdering her. His conviction was later overturned, but a second jury found him guilty again, and he was sentenced to life in prison. (Tulsa World; News on 6; News on 6)
  • Terry Caffey - Texas preacher who survived being shot 5 times when his 16-year-old daughter, Erin, told her boyfriend, Charlie Wilkinson, and his friend Charles Allen Waid, to kill her entire family and burn down their home. After Charlie proposed to Erin with his grandmother's ring, her parents limited Erin's time with Charlie, Erin decided that "killing her parents…was their best option." Terry still visits his daughter and has since forgiven her for committing the massacre.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]archive with waybackTDCJ Criminal History
  • Rhonda Casto - 23-year-old model who passed away after falling off a cliff. It is widely believed that her boyfriend, Steven Nichols, had a hand in her death, as tests showed that only a hard push could've lead to the outcome ([16], around 22:30). Additionally, Nichols had taken a large life insurance policy out on Casto only a year before ([17] [18]), and had been sleeping with Casto's 16-year-old sister when he was 34 ([19]).
  • Surette Clark - Four-year-old girl who was murdered in 1970, not found for almost a decade, and not identified for another 30 years. It took so long to identify her because her father killed her, and nobody reported her missing until 1994. She is about as notable as Atcel Olmedo and Anjelica Castillo.[17]
  • Carolyn Coffey - Graduate student at Cornell University in Upstate New York who was murdered by her husband, Błażej Kot, who was also a graduate student there, in June 2009. [20]
  • Bethany Correira - see Bootleggers Cove, Anchorage
  • David Adolpho Gizzarelli - The city of San Francisco smeared David Gizzarelli and possibly killed his 16 month old American Staffordshire Terrier when David ran his puppy in an off leash area for dogs and a Park Police officer rode his lame thoroughbred racehorse into the off leash area for dogs. The fact that the police horse was lame, that the police officer did not shoot the dog, and the fact that horses are never seen in Crissy Field lend to the speculation that this was a cover up and an attempted murder. [21]; [22]; [23]; [24]; [25]; [26]; [27]; [28]
  • Deonte Hicks - Texas man killed by an online catfish ABC 13
  • Donna Jones - Deseret
  • Zanele Khumalo - black South African models who was murdered by her boyfriend[18] - considered to be a victim of missing white woman syndrome, as her death was overshadowed by that of Reeva Steenkamp
  • Oakey "Al" Kite - victim of unsolved 2004 murder
  • Ramon Timothy Lopez - held by force by a policeman on the ground for six minutes, after which he received burns from the hot asphalt, shortly after which he died - see List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2020
  • Kevin Martin - 13-year-old boy who disappeared in 1994 in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. His body was found six years later, but his killer has yet to be found. (CTV News Atlantic)
  • Jaime Melgar - Stabbed to death in Texas home. His wife was tied up in a closet, but was convicted of the murder. (ABC News Go, Chron, People)
  • Dylan Redwine - In 2012, 13-year-old Dylan Redwine was declared missing by his father, Mark Redwine, who refused to cooperate with any investigation. A year later, some of Dylan's remains were found in an area Mark frequented on his ATV. Dylan's skull was found two years after the rest of his remains, a half mile away, with evidence of blunt force trauma. [29] [30]
  • Jared Scheierl - abducted by Danny Heinrich - see Murder of Jacob Wetterling
  •   Stephanie Scott - Australian teacher who was brutally raped and murdered in the town of Leeton, New South Wales, on 5 April 2015. Received nationwide attention due to the tragic circumstances, as she was murdered 6 days out from her wedding, and the perpetrator, Vincent Stanford, had no hatred towards her, citing that he just 'wanted to kill'. Sentenced on 13 October 2016 to life imprisonment with no parole, plus 15 years for aggravated sexual assault. I feel due to the tragic circumstances of the event, the media coverage it has received and the enigmatic persona of the killer, an article on the case is appropriate. Semi-complete info boxes can be found in my sandbox. [31]; [32]; [33]
  • Mickey Shunick - 21-year-old fought her kidnapper, sex offender Brandon Scott Lavergne, gaining control of the knife twice and inflicting life-threatening injuries, before he shot her in the head [34]
  • Disappearance of Joseph Spisak - 11-year-old boy who disappeared after his newspaper route on January 27, 1974, in Hammond, Indiana. He had only $5 in his pocket and may have been spotted on nearby railroad tracks on the day of his disappearance, but nobody has found any trace of him since. As of 2019, his family is still devastated by his mysterious disappearance, as reported in two recent newspaper articles. [35] [36]
  • Michael Connor Verkerke - 9-year-old boy who was stabbed to death by an unnamed 12-year-old [37]
  • Nicole Waterhouse - murdered by Jeremy Peter Andrew Green in York (BBC)
  • Victoria Carmen White - African-American trans woman who was murdered on September 12, 2010, by Alrashim Chambers (Advocate, CBS Local New York, NJ)
  • Kim Young-nam [ja] - see Megumi Yokota

Jurists, judges, attorneys, legal organizations, and legal workers edit

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  • Syed Shabbar Hasan Abidi - attorney.
  • William Denys Cathcart Andrews - president of the Scottish Law Society in 1978–79, CBE, director at Shepherd & Wedderburn.
  • Enrique Amand-Ugón - Uruguayan Judge of the International Court of Justice (1952-1961). There is an article for him in Dutch Wikipedia.
  • David P. Baugh (David Baugh) - civil rights attorney who served as counsel to Barry Black in Virginia v. Black and Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali among many other clients; son of Lt. Col Howard Baugh of the Tuskegee Airmen
  • Rai Muhammad Saleem Bhatti - corporate lawyer; Executive Member Of Lahore High Court
  • Lea Campos Boralevi - Italian writer of a variety of books on law, history and ethics.
  • Raymond Daniel Burke - Baltimore based Lawyer, Political activist, Writer whose frequent commentary appears in The Baltimore Sun. Author of the popular blog, www.marylandcondolaw.com.
  • Emílio García Méndez - Emílio Arturo García Mendez teaches criminology for the Psychology School of the Buenos Aires University, in Argentina [38]. He is an expert in children's rights in Latin America [39].
  • Edward 'Teddy' Deegan
  • Abdallah El-Khani - Syrian Judge of the International Court of Justice (1981-1985). There is an article for him in Dutch Wikipedia.
  • Kathleen Gilberd - co-chair of the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild, co-author of Rules of Disengagement
  • Mark A. Godsey - Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati. Founder of the Ohio Innocence Project. [40]
  • André Gros - French Judge of the International Court of Justice (1964-1982). There is an article for him in Dutch Wikipedia.
  • Hendrik Hartog - Professor at Princeton University who is a noted scholar, author, and public speaker.
  • Richard Hauser - former president of National Legal Center for the Public Interest and former general counsel of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Michael A. Helfand - noted law professor and expert on religious law and religious tribunals at Pepperdine University School of Law, associate director of Glazer Institute of Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University[41][42][43][44][45][46]
  • Henry T. C. Hu - Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance at the University of Texas Law School; appointed by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro as the inaugural Director of the SEC's Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation (2009-2011).
  • Gavin Paul Thomas Hunt - Religious freedom enthusiast and member of the American Humanist Association. [47]
  • Harry Kakavas - Problem gambler known for the case Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Ltd
  • Mark Kappelhoff - Chief of the Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, formerly counsel employed at the American Civil Liberties Union
  • Vibhav Krishna - media and entertainment specialist lawyer who managed get Bharat Shah acquitted. Also represents a significant amount of the film, television and print industry in courts
  • Gordon Kromberg - An assistant US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia who has been accused of bias, political prosecution, and overzealous prosecutions. See "The Controversial Prosecutor at the Heart of the Julian Assange Case". as a jumping off point.
  • Rafael Langer-Osuna - First openly non-binary partner in Biglaw at Squire_Patton_Boggs. [48]
  • Serge Lazareff (lawyer) - lawyer, arbitrator, NATO counsel, namesake of the Serge Lazareff Prize
  • John D. Leshy - former solicitor of U.S. Department of Interior (1993-2001); Emeritus Harry D. Sunderland and Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law at University of California-Hastings College of the Law (2001-present); four-time visiting professor at Harvard Law School; former professor of law at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (1980-1992); former associate solicitor of U.S. Department of Interior (1977-1980); vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Wyss Foundation and member of the board of trustees of Grand Canyon Trust; author of The Mining Law: A Study in Perpetual Motion (1987), The Arizona State Constitution (Oxford Univ. Press, 2d ed. 2013)(part of Oxford Series on the State Constitutions of the United States), several law school casebooks (Federal Public Land and Resources Law, Legal Control of Water Resources - Cases and Materials), and many academic articles in law reviews and book chapters relating to environmental, public lands, and natural resources law; winner of Vanity Fair Magazine recognition as one of the Nation's Best Environmental Stewards in 2004, Defenders of Wildlife Legacy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Wildlife Conservation in 2013, and Distinguished Achievement Award, American Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources in 2018.
  • Federico Mancini - the most well-published and famous judge of the European Court of Justice.
  • Kenneth H. Marks - Former judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, former royal commissioner and former chairman of the Victorian Bar council. Led the Easton Royal Commission, leading up to the Easton Affair
  • Platon Dmitriejevitsj Morozov - Soviet Judge of the International Court of Justice (1970-1985). There is an article for him in Dutch Wikipedia.
  • Saghir Munir Mehar – senior lecturer and the main legal advisor at Prince Sultan University, Riyadh
  • Alexander William Christopher Menary - barrister, North Eastern Circuit and Gray's Inn
  • Matthew Anthony Murphy - international arbitrator, jurist and author - one of a small group of foreigners to become an arbitrator with the Beijing Arbitration Commission. He is also a 15-year arbitrator with the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre[49][50]

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Organizations edit

  • Go To Court Pty Ltd - Law Firm - National Law Firm in Australia which specialises in Criminal Law, Civil Law, Family Law, Drink Driving Law, Traffic Law, Immigration Law and Compensation Law.
  • Law Foundation of Ontario - an organization created by an amendment to the Law Society Act in 1974. Its purpose is to receive the interest earned on lawyers' mixed trust accounts and to use it to support legal education, legal aid, legal research and law libraries. By law, the foundation gives 75% of the revenue from these mixed trust accounts after operating expenses to Legal Aid Ontario and 25% to grants with the purpose to improve access to justice.
  • Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee - an organization of civil rights and pro bono attorneys instrumental in securing rights for minorities, particularly in MS. And LA during and after the Freedom Summer. LCDC was a key organization for constitutional rights in the deep South. People who can add more information include attorneys Stanley A. Halpin of the Southern University Law School (Baton Rouge) and George Strickler of the Tulane University School of Law. LCDC is referenced in several existing articles (e.g., Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law).
  • New Media Rights- A legal non-profit in San Diego, CA that provides free and low cost services to creators, entrepreneurs and internet users. Their press page locatedhere includes a complete listing of articles they have been featured in. People who can add more information include California Western School of Law, New Media Rights Fiscal Sponsor.
  • Template:Supreme Courts of Europe In the UK for instance, there are at least 2 other de facto Supreme Courts alongside and in addition to the actual UK Supreme Court (the High Court of Justiciary of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and the Judiciary Committee of the Privy Council; if you don't also count the Houses of Parliament!) In France, there are 4 (technically all de facto) Supreme Courts. The present ad hoc template is just simply not fit for purpose. We need a proper, actual dedicated template.

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