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Irvine attorney pleads guilty to embezzlement charges
An Irvine attorney was sentenced to one year in jail and restitution for embezzling more than $150,000 and defrauding his clients, authorities said. Tuan Thanh Tran, 44, pleaded guilty Friday to 10 felony counts of embezzlement by a fiduciary of trust,...Tags: Embezzlement, Punishment, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Abortion advocates challenge Hoag ban
Hoag Hospital's decision to stop performing elective abortions in the wake of its affiliation with a Catholic health-care group has sparked an outcry among women's rights advocates, who say the move diminishes access to high-quality reproductive care....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Family Planning, Politics, Women's Health, Abortion
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It's A Gray Area: Finding a common ground with Iran
I have tentatively been invited to speak at a "New Horizons" worldwide conference in Tehran, Iran, at the beginning of September. From what a friend of mine who attended the conference last year said, this is an amazing opportunity to meet and share...Tags: Pakistan, Crime, Law and Justice, Afghanistan, Orange County Superior Court, National Government
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Panel focuses on pill abuse
"For me I feel like it's drugs for breakfast, drugs for lunch, drugs for dinner, drugs drugs drugs," Orange County Superior Court Judge John Adams said. "That's been my diet for 11 years on the bench." Adams, who hears felony arraignments at the...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Trials, Judges, Chemical Industry, Addiction
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Fight Club OC: 'Repo Ric' nearly steals show
COSTA MESA — On a night Fight Club OC celebrated its first card with professional women mixed martial arts and boxing bouts, a man who called himself "Repo Ric" tried to steal Thursday's show. He came dressed in as much glitter you see during a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Heavyweight, Cruiserweight Boxing, Judges, Welterweight
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It's A Gray Area: It's time to take back America's moral high ground
President Obama has recently renewed his plans to try to close our military prison at Guantanamo, Cuba, and has also promulgated new guidelines for our government's use of drones to assassinate people in places like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen....Tags: Military Equipment, Barack Obama, Prisons, Judges, Politics
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Judge overturns Christiansen's conviction
An appellate court has overturned the 2011 conviction on conflict-of-interest charges of a school official tied to former Newport-Mesa Unified Supt. Jeffrey Hubbard. In addition to directing that all charges against Karen Anne Christiansen be dismissed,...
Tags: Crimes, Landforms, Mountains, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Judge refuses to drop charges against Buffett
An Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday denied a request to dismiss felony charges against a former Costa Mesa resident accused of helping an accused killer after a double murder. Rachel Mae Buffett, 25, faces three felony counts of accessory to...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Orange County Superior Court, Trials
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Employee group objects to jail outsourcing
The Costa Mesa City Employees Assn. is seeking a temporary restraining order Tuesday morning against an attempt to outsource jobs at the city jail. The proposed contract with G4S Secure Solutions — which is up for a vote of the City Council the...Tags: Litigation, Labor Markets, Trials, Prisons, Judges
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It's A Gray Area: Einstein's brilliant thoughts pertinent to today's woes
Recently a friend of mine suggested that when you find a great thinker in one intellectual area, probably that person would have some noteworthy thoughts in other areas as well. Honestly, I had never thought about it quite that way before, but I think...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Orange County Superior Court, Government, National Government, Judges
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Man who claimed Kobe, LeBron were clients gets 13 years
A Newport Beach man who falsely claimed he handled investments for Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and other athletes received 13 years in state prison Friday for defrauding clients of $198,000. An Orange County Superior Court jury found Calvin James Calvin,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Orange County Superior Court, Finance, Defendants
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It's A Gray Area: Incarceration is not always the best option
One thing that starkly sets the United States apart from other Western industrial countries is our incarceration rate. Today our country has more than 2.3 million people in jail or prison, which means that, with about 5% of the world's population, we have...Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Mental Health, Orange County Superior Court, Prisons
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