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		<title>New Book Discusses Case Won by Our Alabama Appellate Law Firm</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2012/01/06/10/42/01/appeals/new-book-discusses-case-won-by-our-alabama-appellate-law-firm/1151</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William L. Pfeifer, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his new book Criminal Defense Lawyer by my friend and former business partner Richard D. Jensen, a  case I handled last year is discussed as an example of the importance of understanding subject matter jurisdiction in criminal defense cases. In that case, a man charged with a sex offense allowed his court-appointed lawyer to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baldwin County Sheriff&#8217;s Department Secretly Recorded Private Privileged Communications between Attorneys and Clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William L. Pfeifer, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your conversations in the Baldwin County Courthouse are on audiotape. Anyone who has litigated a case in the Baldwin County Courthouse in recent months, particularly those with criminal charges, should be aware that everything you discussed with your lawyer or your family in the hallways or stairwells was probably captured on audiotape by the Sheriff&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Pro Bono Week 2011 is October 23-29.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William L. Pfeifer, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alabama State Bar, in conduction with the National Pro Bono Celebration, is coordinating pro bono events around the State of Alabama during the week of October 23-29, 2011. Similar efforts are being conducted by state and local bar associations around the country. To learn more about the national programs, click here. For those unable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Cops Lie in Court, Do Trial Judges and Appellate Courts Let Them Get Away with It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William L. Pfeifer, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a cop lies in court, do trial judges and appellate courts let them get away with it? It appears that in many cases, the answer is yes. Unless it is absolutely proven that the cop was lying, trial judges usually put their rubber stamp on what the cop says. When the case goes up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effective assistance of counsel includes accurate advice about the immigration consequences of a guilty plea (Alabama Rule 32)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court recently held that an attorney's duty to provide effective assistance of counsel includes the responsibility of providing accurate advice about the immigration consequences of a guilty plea.  Providing incorrect legal advice to an immigrant about the deportation consequences of a guilty plea to drug trafficking charges constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, and can serve as grounds for setting aside a guilty plea.  In Alabama, such a petition would be raised under Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, which provides Alabama's method for asserting that a defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel.]]></description>
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		<title>Sexting &amp; Youth: Recommended Article from the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William L. Pfeifer, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Nancy Willard, director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, has published an article on the Center&#8217;s website addressing the subject of Sexting and Youth: Achieving a Rational Approach.  Among the issues addressed in the article is how children are now being prosecuted for distributing child pornography when they take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will your child be raped or sexually molested in juvenile detention?</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2010/01/08/14/22/27/legal-news/juveniles/will-your-child-be-raped-or-sexually-molested-in-juvenile-detention/132</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William L. Pfeifer, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I posted an article about the shockingly high rate of sexual abuse of minors committed by staff members of juvenile detention centers.  The overwhelming majority of the cases are incidents of female staff members having sexual contact of various kinds with boys incarcerated in juvenile detention centers. Today I wrote a follow-up to yesterday&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Juvenile inmates sexually abused by female guards and staff members</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2010/01/08/00/34/56/legal-news/juveniles/juvenile-inmates-sexually-abused-by-female-guards-and-staff-members/127</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report on Thursday indicating a surprisingly high rate of sexual abuse of juvenile inmates.  The new study indicates that the rate of sexual abuse in juvenile detention facilities is far higher than previously reported by either the federal government or the states. In some facilities, more than 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Playboy model murdered, burned, and thrown in a trash bin: Paula Sladewski identified as murder victim</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote a series of articles for Examiner.com on the murder of Playboy model Jasmine Fiore.  Fiore&#8217;s body was found in a trash dumpster burned beyond recognition, and she was identified through her breast implant serial numbers. Her alleged killer, reality tv star Ryan Jenkins, was later found dead in a Canadian motel [...]]]></description>
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