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Matt Gurney: Dismissed self-defence case good news, but no victory
The right to self-defence is incontrovertibly supported by Common Law and the Criminal Code. So the police and Crown instead hit citizens with a series of lesser charges: in Manzer's case, the obscure “weapons dangerous” charge, in Singleton's,
Updated: 07/18/2011 08:32A
Ministry of Internal Affairs: Nobody reported about the incident happened in
Officers of the Investigative Department under Aravan District Department of Internal Affairs opened the criminal case pursuant to the article 234 (Hooliganism) of the Kyrgyz Criminal Code. Militia found out suspects, one of them is detained;
Updated: 07/18/2011 07:55A
News Corp Arrests Continue
“She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.
Updated: 07/18/2011 07:41A
New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Dangers of “Caylee's Law”
As a general rule of sound government, it's a good idea never to enact a law named after a person. Personalizing criminal law usually stems from fruitless outrage at a freakish event. Yet as Steve Chapman observes, plenty of legislators are currently
Updated: 07/18/2011 07:11A
The Dangers of "Caylee's Law"
As a general rule of sound government, it's also a good idea never to enact a law named after a person. Personalizing criminal law usually stems from fruitless outrage at a freakish event. Plenty of legislators are ignoring that risk.
Updated: 07/18/2011 07:11A
Tymoshenko files motion on admitting new attorneys to case
Lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko stressed that what transpired during the July 15 court hearing was a violation of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). "We witnessed the arbitrary behavior of a person in charge of the judicial process, the defense lawyers were
Updated: 07/18/2011 05:27A
Kingsley Napley partner advising Rebekah Brooks in wake of arrest
"She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.
Updated: 07/18/2011 05:04A
Brooks' arrest a blessing in disguise
Rebekah Brooks was arrested with accusations of phone hacking and corruption as a Metropolitan police statement said: "She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on
Updated: 07/18/2011 04:49A
State's new immigration law would strain budgets
“My guess is that we've got another law on the books that nobody can afford to enforce,” said Talitha Powers Bailey, who directs criminal law clinics at the University of Alabama's law school. Bailey said that despite the term “illegal immigration,”
Updated: 07/18/2011 04:06A
18 counties take outsized share of prison spending, study finds
But a third of the state bears greater responsibility for our overcrowded prisons than their fellow residents, according to a recently released study from Santa Clara University's law school. W. David Ball, a criminal law professor and the study's
Updated: 07/18/2011 03:15A
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