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fromABC7 Los Angeles
5 days agoJudge scolds Justice Department over public statements in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case
Two senior Justice Department officials likely violated prosecutorial rules by reposting President Trump's comments about Luigi Mangione, risking sanctions and affecting the prosecution.
fromBusiness Insider
5 days agoLuigi Mangione's federal judge orders DOJ to stop making prejudicial pretrial statements after Trump retweets
The firmly worded order out of Manhattan singles out two DOJ officials who retweeted President Donald Trump's televised remarks on Friday and Saturday. "He shot someone in the back as clear as you're looking at me," Trump had said of Mangione in a Fox interview. "He shot him right in the middle of the back - instantly dead. This is a sickness." Trump's remarks, posted on the White House-affiliated X.com account Rapid Response 47, were then reposted by DOJ spokesman Chad Gilmartin and by Brian Nieves, a chief of staff at Main Justice.
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fromFuturism
1 week agoJudge Gives Humiliating Punishment to Lawyers Caught Using AI in Court
When combing over a document submitted by two defense lawyers from the firm Cozen O'Connor, district judge David Hardy found at least 14 citations of case law that appeared to be fictitious, Reuters reported. Others were misquoted or misrepresented. After being confronted, the two defense lawyers soon pleaded guilty: one of them had used ChatGPT to draft and edit the document. Where other judges have sanctioned lawyers for committing similar sins, judge Hardy offered a humiliating ultimatum last week that's borderline cruel and unusual.
Artificial intelligence
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