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Connecticut attorney Norm Pattis talks about the Amanda Knox trial, the risks attorney face and his new book, "Juries and Justice."

The State's Attorney released the Newtown search warrants, revealing new information in the Sandy Hook shooting. Attorney Norm Pattis explains the warrants and raises questions for Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky.

Connecticut attorney Norm Pattis presents some provocative solutions for stiffer gun control laws.
"Enough, finally, is enough. Your right to bear arms does not yield the right to kill at random. Doesn't last week's killing spree at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown give you even a moment's hesitation? Or are you still going to hide behind the facile quip that guns don't kill people, people do?..." - Norm Pattis

One of Anna Gristina's legal battles came to an end today when she accepted a plea deal and admitted to promoting prostitution. But she may not be done with court dates.
The suburban mother of four accused of running an upscale escort service in Manhattan has been sentenced to time served after pleading guilty in late September to one count of promoting prostitution.

Suburban New York mom Anna Gristina pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of promoting prostitution, after having maintained her innocence since her arrest in February. NBC’s Katy Tur reports.

Accused Manhattan madam Anna Gristina pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution Tuesday and was assured she won't return to jail, ending with a whimper a case prosecutors once hoped would expose wealthy clients and law enforcement accomplices of a high-end sex-for-pay ring.
Gristina, 44, a mother from upstate Monroe, was held in jail on $2 million bail for four months as prosecutors tried to get her to spill the beans. But she refused, and they admitted they were never able to...

A high-profile case against an upstate woman accused of running a lucrative Upper East Side brothel and boasting of her connections to law enforcement ended with far less fanfare Tuesday when the woman pleaded guilty in a deal that is likely to keep her out of prison.
Once dubbed the "Manhattan Madam" and the "Soccer Mom Madam," Anna Gristina pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution, a low-level felony, and quietly accepted Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan...

Anna Gristina made national headlines and was dubbed the “New York Soccer Mom Madam” when she was arrested and accused of running a multimillion dollar prostitution empire out of an Upper East Side apartment. After being at the center of a five-year undercover investigation and spending four months in jail, she's now out on bail, facing one felony count of promoting prostitution; a charge that could land her in jail for up to seven years — or get her deported to her native...

A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 14 for the unsealing of warrants in the case of a doctor charged with sexually assaulting his patients at the Community Health Center in Clinton.

George Zimmerman, charged with killing Florida teen Trayvon Martin, agreed to an interview with Fox News this week. Legal experts say submitting to the media spotlight this way is a tricky step for criminal defendants and their attorneys. What's said can be used against them.
In his first media interview since his arrest for killing a Florida teenager, former community watch volunteer George Zimmerman apologized for the circumstances, but did not show remorse for his...