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East Point MARTA shooter sentenced to life in prison
The first responding officer found the criminal law major lying face down on the platform, unresponsive, near the south end of the station, according to police reports. Smith was already on probation for crimes including theft by receiving a stolen car
Updated: 08/08/2011 12:26P
Tips for Buyers of Ancient Coins
A basic precept of criminal law is that “the act does not make a person guilty unless the mind be also guilty.” This principle is called mens rea. It simply means that an element of intent is necessary for guilt to be assigned. Within fields related to
Updated: 08/08/2011 12:23P
Campus Police Kill Student With Taser
I've got 26 years practicing criminal law, ALL as a defense attorney. What have YOU got to offer, you little s**t? Bet you're not even as old as my practice. The vast majority of these types of encounters can be defused by a cop who understands how to
Updated: 08/08/2011 10:04A
We don't need more prisons, people
In an address to the Criminal Lawyers Association, noted criminal law expert and influential Ontario Court of Appeal judge Marc Rosenberg said that Canadians must take stock of the shambles that has been created through the indiscriminate use of
Updated: 08/08/2011 09:29A
Report: Deputy seeks Midland sheriff post
He was promoted to investigative road patrol in 1999 and served as mentor and instructor in criminal law and policies and procedures in the sheriff's office. He spent two years with the Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team, sharpening his skills as an
Updated: 08/08/2011 08:47A
Federal officials work to end HIV criminalization laws
And this plan must start with addressing one of the ugliest manifestations of the problem – government-sanctioned discrimination in the use of the criminal law against individuals who test positive for HIV. The PACHA decision drew praise from Michigan
Updated: 08/08/2011 08:25A
Rapporteur Slams Belarus on Rights Leader's Arrest
It is high time political abuse of the criminal law in Belarus comes to an end,” Herkel said in a PACE statement. Herkel urged authorities in Belarus to guarantee Bialiatski's physical and psychological safety and to put an end to all forms of
Updated: 08/08/2011 08:22A
IN RE E.M.
Inst. Code, §§ 602 [minor violating criminal law may be adjudged a ward of the court], 800 [wardship adjudication is appealable].) EM's sole contention on appeal is that the victims' identification of him as the masked perpetrator did not constitute
Updated: 08/08/2011 07:33A
Litigation funding in Hong Kong - where is it going?
As Ribeiro PJ said: “It is. . . obvious that [the] access to justice category is not static. The development of policies and measures to promote such access is likely to enlarge the category and to result in further shrinkage in the scope of
Updated: 08/08/2011 06:07A
Questionable (improper?) acts by prosecution in Conrad Black case
Prosecutors in the US and Canada have a great deal of discretion in the performance of their important task in the criminal law system. They are also human beings. They, like judges, read the newspapers, and are thereby influenced,
Updated: 08/08/2011 05:16A
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