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Legal system ignoring louts who caused riots
Part of the reason for the indefensible delay in dealing with our Vancouver area rioters, I believe, is because our justice system essentially shuts down for the summer. Most of the "important people" are on vacation. But the main cause of the rot is
Updated: 09/02/2011 06:12A
Offit Kurman sees green in adding white-collar criminal defense arm
To capture a piece of this legal market, Offit Kurman has launched a new white-collar criminal defense practice and hired a veteran defense attorney to run it. Rachel Marblestone Kamins joined Offit Kurman on Aug. 1 from Bennett & Bair LLC, a criminal
Updated: 09/02/2011 06:05A
Expert's findings: Premier Yulia Tymoshenko did not commit a crime
Head of the criminal law department at Taras Shevchenko National University Professor Petro Andrushko has issued findings confirming the absence of a crime in Yulia Tymoshenko's actions during the gas crisis in 2009, according to the Official web site
Updated: 09/02/2011 04:30A
Detention-less
Notwithstanding the dozens of Islamist plots uncovered in the United States since 9/11, the criminal-law paradigm is again limiting the US response. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, was supposed to be tried
Updated: 09/02/2011 04:09A
George Mason University School of Law Announces Open Registration for the
The John C. Costello Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition is an annual intramural simulated trial competition between teams of law students from Universities around the country. (EMAILWIRE.COM, September 02, 2011 ) Fairfax, Virginia -- The Trial
Updated: 09/02/2011 03:09A
21 traffic cops suspended over bribes
National traffic police spokesperson Inspector Tigere Chigome on Thursday said the move would help weed out corruption from the police force. Chigome said those suspended will be charged under the Police Act and the Criminal Law Codification Act. The
Updated: 09/02/2011 01:39A
21 'Corrupt' Cops Suspended
He said those suspended will be charged under the Police Act and the Criminal Law Codification Act. The offences range from fraud and soliciting for bribes to demanding material things from motorists and members of public. “It is a fact that corruption
Updated: 09/02/2011 01:11A
Zimbabwe: 21 Traffic Policemen Suspended
He said those suspended will be charged under the Police Act and the Criminal Law Codification Act. The offences range from fraud and soliciting for bribes to demanding material things from motorists and members of public. "It is a fact that corruption
Updated: 09/02/2011 12:42A
300 ex-pats given criminal law briefing
Chief Justice Visit Sriphibun said the Aug. 24 “Insight into Criminal Proceedings for Adults” workshop was aimed at giving foreigners a better understanding of the workings of the Thai criminal justice system. Chief Justice Visit Sriphibun addresses a
Updated: 09/01/2011 11:59P
Miller & Chevalier | Patently Unusual: How a Recent Supreme Court Patent
Indeed, the court began with the observation that “the doctrine of willful blindness is well established in criminal law.” The court then relied exclusively on criminal cases in tracing the history of the doctrine, before concluding there was no reason
Updated: 09/01/2011 09:18P
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