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A Week of Unusual Legal News

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Pastors, Crooks and Blondes

Jim and Randal take a legal look at the weeks news. Among this weeks stories, the controversy surrounding pastors who are risking their tax-exempt status by venturing in political endorsements from the pulpit. Plus, a former CIA executive pled guilty to fraud for manipulating a water contract in the Iraq rebuilding effort. And a blonde sues because a switched tube of hair dye turned her hair brown.

The Rest of the Week's Strange Stories

Jim and Randal offer more analysis if the weeks most important legal stories: A Baltimore judge triggers a mistrial by asking too many questions in an armed robbery case. Plus a Philadelphia judge gets irate because of typographical errors in a lawyers paperwork, and hits him where it hurts: he cuts the lawyers fee. Plus, Sen. Ted Stevens corruption trial is approaching a conclusion, Britney Spears has another run-in with the law, and a stalker of actor John Cusak goes to court.

Listeners' Questions

Among this weeks listener questions, a New York man receives a Boston parking ticket in the mail, but has never been to Boston. A listener wonders if it would be wise to represent himself in divorce court. And Jim and Randal explain how to politely replace a lawyer.

Friday • March 20

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