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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... was completed the week before the jury trial was set to begin before the Honorable Judge Sim Lake in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... from endorsing or inhibiting a religionIn the Harris County Bible case, U.S. District Judge Sim Lake ruled that the display violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. Lake ruled the display promoted Christianity, and the Bible was taken out.The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declared the case moot after the county moved the monument. The county appealed to the U.S....
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lewrockwell.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... Magazine also were there, and their dispatch was gleeful:Guilty! ... Guilty! ... Guilty! Judge Sim Lake's reading of the jury's findings had a staccato rhythm to it. Lay, who was standing not with his lawyers but in the front row of spectators close by his wife, Linda, clutching her hand, turned red, his face strained. Skilling responded with a peculiar smirk. The prosecutors remained impassive,...
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Crime & Federalism (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... asked the trial court to grant immunity to these witnesses. The trial court, U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, denied the request. Why? Because the prosecution team told the court that there might be future prosecutions. We all knew this was a lie. The trial court accepted the explanation . The witnesses who could have offered Brady material refused to testify on Lay's and Skilling's behalf....
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www.BackgroundNow.com Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Pedro Gil III, 37, a member of the Los Hermanos de Pistoleros (HPL) prison and street gang, was among 21 defendants sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sim Lake over the past seven days, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. Gil pleaded guilty April 30, 2009, to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute [...] Add your comments, updates or insider information and inform the...