J.L. Chestnut Jr., the first black lawyer in Selma and a prominent attorney in civil rights cases across a half century, died Tuesday. He was 77.

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A lawyer appointed to handle the upcoming trial of a Roane County man charged in the slaying of a lawman and his ride-along friend has himself run afoul of the law, court records revealed.

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A local defense lawyer who is married to a circuit judge is accused of propositioning an undercover police officer for sex, records show.

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A lawyer in 1994 for one of three youths accused of killing three West Memphis 8-year-olds says the judge who presided over his client's trial had an improper communication with the jury that returned a conviction. That same judge is now presiding over a hearing on a request for a new trial.

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A former waitress who had befriended two women found in the ruins of a fatal fire last week says she had no role in the women's deaths or in the alleged theft of their identities. "She is saying she can't believe she's now involved in an investigation of their deaths," said Richmond lawyer Dennis Martin. His client, Kriss Lendini Fat, 21, was charged last Wednesday with two counts of identity

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