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Mystery surrounds Mathurin Prince
But legal experts say the publication of such a most-wanted list violates established legal principles and may not even achieve what victims of crimes against humanity want most: justice. Very little has been made public about the exact allegations
Updated: 07/29/2011 09:17P
Old allegations of spying could haunt News Corp. in US
As British lawmakers and Scotland Yard investigate allegations of illegal phone hacking by News Corp. and its now-closed News of the World tabloid, old accusations of corporate espionage made against the media giant in the United States could receive
Updated: 07/29/2011 08:38P
Ottawa wants Supreme Court to hear Abdullah Khadr extradition stay case
Principles of fundamental justice “should not be used to impose the technicalities of our criminal law on a foreign partner.” In an interview, Khadr's lawyer Dennis Edney said he was “not surprised” Ottawa was seeking leave to appeal.
Updated: 07/29/2011 07:47P
Abdullah Khadr Extradition: Federal Government Asks Supreme Court To Take Up
Principles of fundamental justice "should not be used to impose the technicalities of our criminal law on a foreign partner." In an interview, Khadr's lawyer Dennis Edney said he was "not surprised" Ottawa was seeking leave to appeal.
Updated: 07/29/2011 07:15P
Car chase teen convicted
Last month on the first day of the hearing, Mr Lerve described the pursuit as the most serious he has seen in his 30 years in criminal law. The youth had escaped from Gilgandra police station on February 14 and the following day there was a statewide
Updated: 07/29/2011 06:51P
Due process returns to Florida's drug law
It took nearly a decade, but a federal court judge has finally put due process back into Florida drug laws by declaring a key statute unconstitutional. The results could throw the state's criminal justice system into mass confusion as the legality of
Updated: 07/29/2011 06:21P
High Hopes for The Hoosier State?
held the long-overdue hearings before the General Assembly's Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee, because she was concerned over the tax revenue wasted prosecuting and jailing pot cases. Her position was solidified when professor,
Updated: 07/29/2011 06:15P
Faculty committe drops most charges against Widener prof, but the case is far
In a criminal law class, Connell used violent, edgy hypothetical examples to demonstrate legal theories, including one in which he shot Law School dean Linda Ammons in the head. Widener officials said his classroom comments constituted harassment and
Updated: 07/29/2011 05:29P
LEGAL HELPLINE
Qatar criminal Law prescribes serious punishments for public employees convicted of torturing or intimidating suspects, witnesses or experts in a criminal case. Law No. 8 of 2010 prescribes a five-year jail term for public employees convicted of
Updated: 07/29/2011 04:48P
Probate Practice Book To Get Overdue Facelift
When colleagues who practice criminal law ask Greta Solomon whether certain procedural rules apply in Probate Court, she sometimes doesn't have a ready answer for them. That's because the Probate Practice Book doesn't spell out how to
Updated: 07/29/2011 04:18P
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