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Individuals prosecuted on mortgage fraud charges
An Indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. On Tuesday, Rodriguez, appeared in federal
Updated: 06/10/2011 12:42P
Brothers charged over 1990 rape-murder case
The China Post news staff--Two brothers have been charged with raping and killing a 13-year-old girl in 1990 after recent DNA test findings implicated one of the suspects, prosecutors said yesterday. One of the suspects, Tsai Jung-shu, 50, was arrested
Updated: 06/10/2011 12:37P
Crack down aimed at immigration scams
Assistant US Attorney General Tony West, who heads the Justice Department's civil division, said the effort was primarily targeting people who identify themselves as "notarios" or "notarios publicos" Spanish terms that often refer to lawyers in Latin
Updated: 06/10/2011 12:31P
Legislators took a stand to protect women's rights
Four bills were voted down in the house that would have limited access to abortions and created independent legal status for a fetus under criminal law. The text of these bills would have required parental consent for an abortion for minors even in the
Updated: 06/10/2011 12:10P
“Willful blindness” is a substitute for actual knowledge in indirect patent
Instead, the Court looked to criminal law doctrine and found the defendant had “actively induced” the infringement of a patent when it “willfully blinded” itself to the infringing nature of downstream product sales “by deliberately shielding themselves
Updated: 06/10/2011 11:47A
Uruguay: Prosecute Dictatorship Era Abuses
Uruguay should take immediate steps to hold those responsible for enforced disappearances to account, whether or not the crime was on the books in Uruguay in the late 1970s. Victims and their families have already waited for far too long for justice.
Updated: 06/10/2011 11:36A
NSS backs Bill that would curb sharia courts in Britain
Explicitly stating on the face of legislation that arbitration tribunals may not deal with matters of family law (such as legally recognised divorce or custody of children) or criminal law (such as domestic violence). Making it easier for a civil court
Updated: 06/10/2011 11:05A
Radio Free Europe: European Parliament censures Ukraine over 'selective justice'
The European Parliament has warned Ukraine to stop using criminal law as an instrument of pressure on the opposition, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. Read more. Web links to Kyiv Post material are allowed provided that they contain a URL hyperlink
Updated: 06/10/2011 07:41A
Rick's Rants Friday June 10th/2011
In an effort to appease the critics, the pm did pay the equivalent of two first class commercial airline tickets, but that comes nowhere near the cost of his excursion to Beantown. And this is the very same Stephen Harper who, as opposition leader,
Updated: 06/10/2011 07:03A
European Parliament Censures Ukraine Over 'Selective Justice'
The European Parliament has warned Ukraine to stop using criminal law as an instrument of pressure on the opposition, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. The call came in a resolution passed by a simple majority on June 9 in Strasbourg.
Updated: 06/10/2011 06:37A
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