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A Busy Week: AIG, Madoff and Marshawn Lynch

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Going after AIG with the IRS

It was another busy and warped week in the legal world, and Jim and Randal take a look at some of the biggest stories. Will the Congressional drive to pass a special tax aimed at the AIG bonuses pass the Constitutional test? Jim and Randal think using the IRS code as a punitive weapon is a dangerous legal precedent. A federal appeals court denied a bid by convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff to be released from jail until he is sentenced.

Death Penalty Case in Arizona and Much More!

Should Madoffs victims influence the sentencing? Plus, Madoffs longtime account has also been charged with fraud. An Arizona jury is considering the death penalty for a former janitor convicted of murdering six people, and shooting 20 others. A NY man stricken with polio after changing his daughter\'s diaper 30 years ago won a $22.5 million dollar judgment from the maker of the oral vaccine that he claimed passed through her stool. New Jersey has scrapped a plan to outlaw genital waxing. And on the celebrity front, NFL running back Marshawn Lynch and hangers-on of Ann Nicole Smith both were in the headlines this week.

Listener Questions

Among this week\'s lsitener questions: Under what authority can a US President pardon a felon? Why does double jeopardy existwhat if new evidence shows that an acquitted defendant is guilty? What does it mean when a lawyer files for summary judgment? How do I know that a fee quoted by a lawyer is fair?

Friday • March 20

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