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Getting away with mayhem
Our law long regarded arson as nothing more than an attack on property, a legacy of inherited English law. English criminal law, adopted piecemeal over time by all Canadian provinces and territories, treated arson solely as a residential-property crime
Updated: 08/16/2011 04:16A
Patricia L. Brown & Associates Announces The Addition Of A New Criminal
Patricia L. Brown & Associates, founded 15 years ago in Austin, TX, is a law firm focused on individuals and families needing legal assistance with challenging life issues including bankruptcy, family law, criminal defense, or personal injury.
Updated: 08/16/2011 03:26A
DUI Attorney Andrew Mishlove Selected as Regent to National College for DUI
Based on many years of experience, training, and acknowledged expertise in the complex legal, medical and scientific aspects of DUI law, Mishlove has earned a proven track record and a rock-solid reputation for excellence.
Updated: 08/16/2011 03:26A
Political interference in Fiji prosecutions alleged
except telling us this is what the PM wants or this is what the AG wants and asking us to do that, and most of the times we said we cannot do that because this would go against the basic principles of prosecution, basic principles of criminal law,
Updated: 08/16/2011 12:49A
China's legislature to review HK basic law's expository bill
BEIJING - China's top legislature will deliberate draft amendments to the Criminal Procedural Law and an expository bill of the Hong Kong Basic Law at next week's bimonthly session, a statement said on Monday. The National People's Congress (NPC)
Updated: 08/15/2011 09:48P
Sudan:Crimes against humanity committed in Southern Kordofan
GENEVA – A report released on Monday by the UN human rights office says that, if substantiated, violations of international criminal law and international humanitarian law which are alleged to have taken place in Sudan's Southern Kordofan State in June
Updated: 08/15/2011 09:09P
Retrials high hurdle but sole tack for wrongfully convicted
The group does not have data on all convictions that were reversed but the number would spike if lesser offenses were included, such as traffic-related convictions. The group is currently supporting six criminal cases in which retrials are sought,
Updated: 08/15/2011 07:57P
Lawyers signal interest in union to fight cuts
Senior counsel Feargal Kavanagh has said the proposed Criminal Law Practitioners' Union will help those working in free legal aid to fight recent cuts in fees, including a 10 per cent cut imposed by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter on defence
Updated: 08/15/2011 07:40P
Candidates Set for Nov. 8 School Board Elections
2011 teaching constitutional law, criminal law, civil law, and trial procedure. “This experience is what inspired me to run for Glendora School Board,” Ellenson said. “I loved interacting with the students.” During his time at the UCLA School of Law
Updated: 08/15/2011 06:33P
Domestic violence laws in line for update
These would include people living in the same household, sharing residential facilities like nursing homes, or anyone who had a past or present “dependent” relationship with the alleged victim. There would also be an expansion of the laws to target
Updated: 08/15/2011 05:50P
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