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Proposed Changes to Chinese Criminal Law May Allow Secret Detentions
The Chinese regime has proposed changes to a criminal law. The new law would allow police to detain suspects in secret locations for up to six months, instead of just putting them under house arrest. According to state-run media, it would apply to
Updated: 08/29/2011 11:43A
Quash 2G charges against Chandra: Jethmalani to apex court
By IANS, New Delhi : The charges against Unitech's Sanjay Chandra in the 2G case revealed the Central Bureau of Investigation's incompetence and lack of knowledge of criminal law and should be quashed, the Supreme Court was told Monday.
Updated: 08/29/2011 11:28A
2 CROWNS APPOINTED TO BENCH
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP performed its own raid on the Toronto office of McCarthy Ttrault, making Wendy Gross and Joel Ramsey the newest partners in its technology business group. Gross, a leading technology adviser in peer and customer research
Updated: 08/29/2011 10:32A
Wales' Bangor Law School Introduces New Lineup of LL.M. Programs
The school is also offering LL.M. programs in International Intellectual Property Law, Law and Banking, Law and Criminology, Public Law and Devolved Governments, International Commercial and Business Law, and Public Procurement Law and Strategy.
Updated: 08/29/2011 10:28A
Many Death Sentences in US Overturned
"Any good criminal justice system worth its salt is constantly looking at how it does business," said Col. Chuck Pede, who oversees criminal law policy for the Army's Office of the Judge Advocate General. Pede, who has experience as a prosecutor and
Updated: 08/29/2011 09:22A
I was arrested on a civil charge, paid restitution, and the charges were
An "arrest" (generally) only takes place in the criminal law context. (One obvious exception is non-payment of child supprt.) The phrase "and the charges were dropped" indicates that a criminal complaint was filed. Without more information, it is
Updated: 08/29/2011 08:47A
Kazakh lawyer pays heavy price for strike talk
On August 8, Natalya Sokolova, a trade union lawyer in western Kazakhstan, was sentenced to six years in jail and barred from practicing law for three years after being convicted of "inciting social strife". Her prosecution under criminal law was
Updated: 08/29/2011 05:25A
Alabama Voices: Civil rights, wrongs
Enriching this new curriculum is a partnership with Troy University Montgomery and the Rosa Parks Museum, a partnership inspired by the FBI and its work with the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Anti-Defamation League. MPD Chief Kevin Murphy and I
Updated: 08/29/2011 05:15A
Pittsburgh Attorney Frank Walker Opens FrankWalkerLaw: A Pittsburgh Criminal
PITTSBURGH, PA, August 29, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Pittsburgh Attorney Frank Walker, of FrankWalkerLaw, was previously a Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death attorney at a medium size Pittsburgh Law Firm, and Senior Counsel at the
Updated: 08/29/2011 04:18A
The law has limits in protecting society
If I asked whether you thought that, historically, taking out a man's two front teeth was the crime of mayhem (maim), then I asked you the same question about castrating a man, other than as necessary medical treatment, most of you would guess that the
Updated: 08/29/2011 01:23A
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