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Wisconsin Humane Society says state budget amendment exempts scientific
"The budget bill amendment is broader and would exempt researchers from the entirety of Chapter 951, the criminal laws relating to animal cruelty." That's a provocative claim about an apparently major change in state law -- and one that was inserted
Updated: 06/14/2011 06:55P
ACLU to Hold “Stop the Drug War” Rally and Events
Featured speaker, Scott Michelman from the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project, has litigated cases involving medical marijuana, federal sentencing law, and search and seizure. Other panel topics and speakers will discuss research, advocacy and
Updated: 06/14/2011 05:26P
Elizabeth May finds a better cause
Demonstrating that one MP can make a difference in Parliament, Green Party Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, Elizabeth May, is denying unanimous consent in the House of Commons to fast-track changes to the Criminal Code without committee hearings
Updated: 06/14/2011 05:21P
Court rules against Sayreville's BYOB ordinance
In a unanimous decision released Tuesday morning, the three-judge panel ruled that the borough's ordinance was pre-empted by the state's criminal code. In it's decision, the court concluded that a municipality may enact it's own bring your own beverage
Updated: 06/14/2011 05:09P
Charges dropped against man who struck suspect with axe
After extensive discussions with the judge and Crown prosecutors, the decision was made to dismiss the charges against Singleton, who nonetheless appreciates he didn't act entirely within the confines of current criminal law, said his lawyer.
Updated: 06/14/2011 04:33P
Charges dropped against Alberta man who struck home intruder with hatchet
"To an innocent person who has never been involved - ever - in the criminal law process to have to go through this is really quite disturbing to all involved," he said when Singleton was ordered in March to stand trial.
Updated: 06/14/2011 04:26P
Charges dropped against man who struck burglar with hatchet 0
After extensive discussions with the judge and Crown prosecutors, the decision was made to dismiss the charges against Singleton, who nonetheless appreciates he didn't act entirely within the confines of current criminal law, said his lawyer.
Updated: 06/14/2011 04:07P
Suk honored by the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
A specialist in criminal law and family law, she is author of “At Home in the Law: How the Domestic Violence Revolution is Transforming Privacy” (Yale, 2009), which received the Herbert Jacob Prize by the Law and Society Association.
Updated: 06/14/2011 03:54P
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL LANNY A. BREUER OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION SPEAKS AT
As the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division at the US Department of Justice, I am privileged to lead nearly 600 lawyers who enforce the nation's federal criminal laws and help to develop and implement our criminal law policy.
Updated: 06/14/2011 02:43P
Barney Sneiderman and drugs
I thought I'd throw up a copy of his exchange with Tory MP Randy White and other MPs while giving evidence to the House Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs. Barney was a guy who was completely unelectable to political office.
Updated: 06/14/2011 02:01P
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