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Alleged war criminal not in Canada
It has been determined that he violated human or international rights under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act or under international law. These actions took place, or are alleged to have taken place, in Iraq. We're getting results!
Updated: 07/31/2011 03:28P
Hamburger Meat Spoils Drug Deal
Timethy Delarrance Morrison recently discovered this simple fact of criminal law when he allegedly shot and robbed a drug dealer who gave him a bag of meat, instead of his requested bag of marijuana. Morrison, 22, reportedly met the dealer at a gas
Updated: 07/31/2011 02:07P
Judge Miller's 12 years on the bench end Friday
He worked with his brother John Miller at the Miller and Miller law firm in Portage, concentrating on insurance defense trial work, real estate, probate and taxes. Miller passed the Wisconsin bar exam in 1971 after obtaining his law degree from the
Updated: 07/31/2011 01:39P
WNC News & Notes: Fall semester deadlines quickly approaching
Introduction to Criminal Justice I (CRJ 101, multiple sections). Studies the history, philosophy and functions of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, criminal law and constitutional rights. • Introduction to Digital Photography (ART
Updated: 07/31/2011 07:09A
Questions abound as Alabama's new tougher immigration law is set to take
While the down economy played a part, Whyte wondered if the Spanish name of her business contributed as well. “I don't want to go there, because I was the only Latino owner. I want to refuse to say that's it,” she said. Although she's disappointed in
Updated: 07/31/2011 04:04A
Rising Star: Elliott Pinkie
As a student at Ball State University, Elliott Pinkie was interested in criminal law. But after spending a few years as a probation officer in the juvenile detention program in Marion County, he decided to follow a different path.
Updated: 07/31/2011 02:59A
Proposed Curfew Law Gets Teens Talking (VIDEO)
“It's hard to say it's a bad thing for teenagers to be home late at night. Being a parent I had curfews for my children. You want your teenagers to be safe. My father used to say, 'Nothing good happens after midnight.'” However like many adults and
Updated: 07/31/2011 01:00A
Murder trial gets jury restart
Susan Rozelle, a criminal law professor at Stetson University College of Law who is an expert in jury selection in death penalty cases, said it takes more time for lawyers to ferret out potential jurors' attitudes about the death penalty.
Updated: 07/31/2011 12:07A
California may curb use of unsupported jailhouse testimony
No blood, fingerprints, weapon or other physical evidence was ever found to link Thomas L. Goldstein to the 1979 shotgun murder of John McGinest, a Long Beach neighbor he had never met.
Updated: 07/30/2011 09:37P
LEAs restrained from acting in unlawful manner
The court also announced that detenu was set free and could seek appropriate remedy under civil and criminal law. The judge, in his observation, said that police committed transgression which was in violation of fundamental rights of citizens as
Updated: 07/30/2011 08:32P
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