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IN THE NEWS
A HOLY WOMAN OR A SCAM ARTIST?
TRIAL OF SELF-PROCLAIMED RASTAFARIAN REVEREND BEGINS; ARRESTED AFTER FOOTHILL POT GROW SHOOTING Appeal-Democrat by Rachel Rosenbaum, February 6, 2019 Yuba County prosecutors want jurors to believe that Heidi Lepp’s Rastafarian church was a scam. The defense wants them...
LATEST ‘SERIAL’ EPISODE PROVES THAT FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY, THE TRAUMA ENDURES
"HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY THE INTANGIBLE DAMAGE A COP DOES WHEN HE KICKS YOUR ASS?" ASKS HOST SARAH KOENIG, IN AN EPISODE THAT TACKLES THE AFTERMATH OF JESSE NICKERSON AND EMIRIUS SPENCER'S RUN-INS WITH POLICE. Oxygen by Gina Tron, October 31, 2018 ...
‘SERIAL’ EXPLAINS HOW PROSECUTORS ARE THE ‘MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN ANY COURTHOUSE’
Oxygen by Gina Tron, October 15, 2018 The fifth episode of the new season of "Serial," aptly named "Pleas Baby Pleas," focuses on prosecutors and the plea deals they make. “Prosecutors are the most powerful people in any courthouse,” host Sarah Koenig says....
‘SERIAL’ EXAMINES ‘NO SNITCHING’ CODE, EVEN AFTER A BABY HAS BEEN SHOT TO DEATH
SARAH KOENIG SAT DOWN WITH DAVON HOLMES AND ROBERT "RJ" SCOTT –T WO WITNESSES TO HORRIFIC CRIMES WHERE CHILDREN WERE SHOT TO DEATH – WHO MAINTAINED THAT THEY WOULD NEVER SNITCH. Oxygen by Gina Tron, October 9, 2018 The fourth episode of "Serial’s" newest...
CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER TULLY HITS BEST SELLER WITH 1ST BOOK: ‘CALIFORNIA – STATE OF COLLUSION’
CALIFORNIA'S BEST CRIMINAL LAWYER "JOSEPH TULLY EXPOSES POWER, CONSPIRACY, AND COVER-UPS IN THE GOLDEN STATE'S FAILED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM..." Yahoo! News September 14, 2018 California's best criminal lawyer, Joseph Tully, adds Best Selling Author to his legal...
‘SERIAL’ EPISODE 2 EXPLORES WHEN JUDGES CROSS A LINE, EVEN ORDERING DEFENDANTS TO STOP HAVING BABIES
THE SHOW COVERS JUDGE DANIEL GAUL, A CONTROVERSIAL FIURE IN CLEVELAND’S JUSTICE CENTER, WHO REGULARLY ORDERS DEFENDANTS TO STOP HAVING CHILDREN. Oxygen by Gina Tron, September 24, 2018 The second episode of “Serial’s” third season is entitled “You’ve Got Some...
WITNESSES DESCRIBE BLOODY LAKEHEAD AREA MURDER SCENE
Record Searchlight - Local News by Jim Schultz, June 19, 2018 A Shasta County sheriff's deputy took the witness stand in Shasta County Superior Court Tuesday as he described in graphic detail the horrific scene of a September stabbing at a Lakehead area RV park...
UP IN SMOKE: WHEN THE LAW GETS HAZY
NO CONTEST PLEA ENDS LONG-RUNNING DRUG CASE Enterprise by Lauren Keene, June 10, 2018 His court case resolved, a retired UC Davis fire captain convicted of illegal marijuana sales says he was the focus of a “witch hunt” by overzealous Yolo County drug agents and...
REGGAE ICON’S SON WAS CAUGHT WITH MARIJUANA. IT NEARLY COST HIM HIS LIFE.
Marijuana.com by Lulu Cohen, May 8, 2018 Jawara McIntosh was living a good life in June 2013. A budding recording artist, father, devout Rastafarian, and son of a legend, he was traveling from New Jersey to his home outside of Boston. With dreadlocks swinging and...

BOOK - California: State of Collusion
One of California’s most diligent and successful criminal lawyers, Joseph Tully, uncovers the institutionalized chaos of California’s criminal “justice” system.