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UI law prof: Facts were against Blagojevich
UI law Professor Andrew Leipold, an expert on criminal law and the federal judicial process, said he would probably have gone with the ex-governor as a witness were he defending him in court. "I didn't think it was mistake for the defense to put the
Updated: 06/27/2011 07:03P
ICC's arrest warrants ineffective, experts say
It's certainly very easy to argue that international criminal law is a good thing to providing a long-term deterrent even if it's not usually effective right away. FH: No. It doesn't happen very often but when it does, it's not clear that a whole lot
Updated: 06/27/2011 07:01P
Checkpoint alert: Yanceyville Street
The Greensboro Police Department and the North Carolina Highway Patrol will use marked and unmarked cars to conduct driver's license checks in the vicinity of the 3900 block. Police also will enforce other motor vehicle or criminal law violations
Updated: 06/27/2011 06:39P
Mock trials stir students' genuine interest
"Even though it condenses the trial, it gives them an idea of what attorneys are doing as they're practicing," said Becvar, who will teach business law at the Chicago Heights school next year and is creating a constitutional law course at the school.
Updated: 06/27/2011 05:08P
Excerpts from judge's ruling on Georgia's immigration bill
Section 8 attempts an end-run – not around federal criminal law – but around federal statutes defining the role of state and local officers in immigration enforcement….[B]oth the United States government and several foreign nations have expressed
Updated: 06/27/2011 05:01P
Supreme Court to rule on FCC indecency policy
swine) which are or become nonambulatory on federally-inspected premises are to be separated and held for observation and further disease inspection, did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that a state criminal law which requires that such animals
Updated: 06/27/2011 04:23P
Understanding the CMCR's Hamdan Opinion and the Uncertain Future of Material
That is, can you say there is a consensus that something violates the law of nations simply because that something is illegal in many/most/all domestic criminal law systems? This is an important doctrinal point, as some of the evidence relied upon by
Updated: 06/27/2011 03:43P
"Mega-Trials" Legislation Receives Royal Assent
The Criminal Code would also be amended so that when a mistrial is declared and a new trial ordered, decisions on certain preliminary issues continue to bind the parties unless the court is satisfied that this would not be in the interests of justice.
Updated: 06/27/2011 02:36P
Pakistan: Legitimizing Murder – Analysis
The persecution of Ahmadiyyas was legalized and given further encouragement with the passage of the Criminal Law Act of 1986, later referred to as the 'Blasphemy Law', which impacted directly on the Ahmadi community because of their belief in the
Updated: 06/27/2011 01:54P
<i>Law and Order: Criminal Intent</i> Not Officially Canceled Yet
Law and Order: Criminal Intent isn't canceled yet. However, now that its 10th season is over, USA either has cancel the show or bring it back for Season 11 at some point soon. Should the Law and Order spinoff end, however, the loss of Criminal Intent
Updated: 06/27/2011 01:33P
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