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Rape victim testimony law 'problematic'
Six years on, a criminal law academic at the University of New South Wales, Rezana Karim, has surveyed almost half the state's public prosecutors about the changes as part of her PhD thesis. She says the prosecutors have told her juries are not
Updated: 05/17/2011 10:50P
Criminal Law: Repealed Murder Statute – DNA Evidence – Instruction
(1)Where a defendant, who was convicted of capital murder for a crime committed in 1982 and re-investigated in 2007 on the basis of new DNA evidence, argued for reversal because he was convicted under a statute that was repealed
Updated: 05/17/2011 10:41P
Front Door Politics: criminal records and recorded words
Right to Work would create a more appealing business climate that would attract new businesses, create sustainable jobs for our citizens and allow current businesses to grow while putting us back on track for a prosperous future.
Updated: 05/17/2011 10:38P
Criminal Law: Murder – Closing Argument – Gun As Exhibit
Where a trial court allowed the state during closing arguments in a murder trial to use a gun as a demonstrative exhibit to rebut the defendant's self-defense claim, the judgment is reversed and remanded because the gun had not
Updated: 05/17/2011 10:36P
The Limits of Imprisonment in Controlling Crime- Seminar
About Professor Brown: Emeritus Professor David Brown taught Criminal Law, Advanced Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Crime Prevention, Community Corrections and Penology courses at the University of UNSW in Sydney from 1974 to 2008.
Updated: 05/17/2011 09:25P
Drunk driving incidents in China drop sharply
Further, an amended Road Traffic Safety Law, which also took effect on May 1, stipulates that convicted drunk drivers will have their driving licenses revoked, instead of suspended, as in the previous law. The police had finished the investigation of
Updated: 05/17/2011 09:15P
Drunk driving incidents drop sharply
Further, an amended Road Traffic Safety Law, which also took effect on May 1, stipulates that convicted drunk drivers will have their driving licenses revoked, instead of suspended, as in the previous law. The police had finished the investigation of
Updated: 05/17/2011 09:10P
Drunk driving incidents in China drop sharply after harsher penalty takes effect
Further, an amended Road Traffic Safety Law, which also took effect on May 1, stipulates that convicted drunk drivers will have their driving licenses revoked, instead of suspended, as in the previous law. The police had finished the investigation of
Updated: 05/17/2011 09:10P
China's Got Talent judge gets 6 months
Traffic police tested Gao as three times over the legal limit stipulated by the amended Criminal Law that took effect on May 1, the Xinhua News Agency reported. All drunk driving incidents are criminal offenses under the much-publicized new amendment
Updated: 05/17/2011 09:09P
Theft: EFCC arraigns Atuche, others
The trio pleaded not guilty to all the charges, which the EFCC claims contravenes Sections 516 and 383 of the Criminal Code Law, CAP C17, Laws of Lagos State, 2003. EFCC alleged that Atuche while being the Chief Executive Officer of Bank PHB conspired
Updated: 05/17/2011 08:57P
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