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Rulings Muddle Florida Drug Law
"These are basic bedrock criminal-appeal principles, and these judges are just following the law," said David Markus, a Miami criminal-defense lawyer who helped draft a brief supporting the challenge in the Orlando case. "Florida is the only state that
Updated: 08/21/2011 07:09P
Results of examination for posts of district judge startle many
A candidate, to become eligible for personality test (viva-voce), was expected to secure minimum 50 per cent marks (75 marks) in both the civil and criminal law papers, which had 150 marks each. However, only about 12 candidates secured marks between
Updated: 08/21/2011 03:57P
Proposed bill would impact mentally ill defendants
The bill, which is sponsored by the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, stipulates that competency evaluations must be performed in a timely manner and only by psychologists with a doctorate level of education or higher.
Updated: 08/21/2011 10:26A
Anthony case befuddles legislative panel
Late last week, the Legislature's Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee realized after 15 minutes of stilted discussion they didn't know what to do. State Sen. Brent Steele, R-Bedford, suggested a law punishing parents who fail to timely
Updated: 08/21/2011 02:29A
Author of federal act used to prosecute former E.C. mayor explains RICO's power
"The remedy under criminal law is to take away the criminal. But if you just take people out one by one -- and all of the conditions remain the same -- it doesn't matter how many individual convictions you get," Blakey said.
Updated: 08/21/2011 02:21A
Law means we are all informers
In recent months, just prior to the enactment of this new law, the President of the Irish High Court, Mr Justice Kearns, had already struck down for constitutional reasons a section of an immigration law passed in 2004 which made it an offence for a
Updated: 08/20/2011 11:52P
Tip of the iceberg of Israeli organized crime?
The value of drugs seized by the police in a given year is estimated at hundreds of millions of shekels. Revenue generated by prostitution in Israel was estimated by a Knesset investigation committee in 2002 as NIS 1 billion a year.
Updated: 08/20/2011 01:10P
Steel steps down
The former Selkirk MP said this week he was “appalled” by the language used by First Minister Alex Salmond and his Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill following a series of rulings by the Supreme Court on Scottish criminal law, including a decision in
Updated: 08/20/2011 07:12A
Bryn Mawr resident and former Delco DA Bill Ryan and named Gaming Control
It was during Ryan's term as acting attorney general that the office issued a scathing, 102-page grand jury report that recounted the political calculations necessary to legalize casino-style gambling, criticized the board's use of secret meetings and
Updated: 08/20/2011 06:36A
TOP JUDGE SET TO UPDATE LOCAL BARRISTERS
Mr Justice Colston QC, a former senior circuit judge with wide experience in criminal law, will lead seminars over three days for Gibraltar's judges, prosecutors, lawyers and police. The course is part of wider preparations ahead of the coming into
Updated: 08/20/2011 04:54A
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