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Prosecutors Less Than Impressed With New Sentencing Law
Richland County Prosecutors see good and bad in Ohio's new criminal sentencing law. But generally, they don't like it. The law seeks to save money by reducing the prison population through putting non-violent offenders on probation, while saving cells
Updated: 07/07/2011 12:50P
Delaware law professor sues two students and Widener Law
Criminal law professor Larry Connell has added two law students and Widener University Law School to his defamation suit against Widener Law's Dean Linda Ammons. Connell charges students Jennifer Perez and Nadege Tandoh conspired with
Updated: 07/07/2011 12:20P
Local Reaction to The Casey Anthony Trial
People are still talking about the shocking verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trail. The Florida jurors found the young mother not guilty of murdering her two year old daughter, Kaylee. Criminal Law Attorney Jon Ash of Bend says the jury has spoken:
Updated: 07/07/2011 11:57A
MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER IN MISSING PERSON CASE
Robert McGREGOR, 25 years of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Township, the former common-law of Joanne MacKENZIE has been arrested and charged with First Degree Murder and Obstruct Police, contrary to the Criminal Code. McGREGOR has been remanded into
Updated: 07/07/2011 11:31A
Criminal lawyers will shudder at plans to introduce competition to legal aid
Rodney Warren, director of the Criminal Law Solicitors Association (CLSA), says it could have a "disastrous effect on quality". Like the Law Society, he is open to the idea if it can be designed in such a way as to maintain quality, but is sceptical it
Updated: 07/07/2011 11:25A
The Casey Anthony Verdict and the Criminal Justice System
I did not follow the case closely, but Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has a good article about the case and the criminal law in today's Wall Street Journal. One thing I do know is that this highly-publicized trial will reinforce a commonly held
Updated: 07/07/2011 11:25A
Mirror responds to Sven and Ulrika phone-hack claim
“Our journalists work within the criminal law and the PCC code of conduct." Several other MPs cited the Information Commissioner's 2006 report on data theft 'What price privacy now?', which was written after the Operation Motorman investigation into
Updated: 07/07/2011 10:22A
Prosecutor General Pshonka discuss criminal justice in Ukraine with US
Pshonka told his US colleagues about active work of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office on the drafting of a law on prosecutor general's office and the Criminal and Procedural Code of Ukraine. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka has
Updated: 07/07/2011 09:39A
Woman accused of sex trafficking
Charity Ajayioba (aged 35), who is of no fixed abode, had been earlier charged at Dublin District Court under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Sexual Offences Act for organising, directing and running four brothels, at Rathbraughan Park, Temple Street
Updated: 07/07/2011 09:12A
Justice Ministry publicizes draft Criminal Code
The Justice Ministry of Ukraine has posted the draft Criminal Code of Ukraine on its Web site (www.minjust.gov.ua), the ministry's press service reported. "The draft code is being prepared for sending to the European Commission for Democracy through
Updated: 07/07/2011 09:04A
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