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Guest columnist Death penalty has a place in King County, regardless of budget
The application of criminal law in Washington state can range from minor offenses to the most heinous, and it is up to our legal system to use discretion in seeking punishment for those who harm fellow citizens. A determination to pursue the death
Updated: 09/02/2011 06:36P
From the archives: “The bugger's bugle”
Since the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885 homosexual actions between consenting males have been criminal, even when they are performed in private. This measure – the Labouchre amendment – was passed late at night without discussion and, possibly,
Updated: 09/02/2011 05:45P
People's Law School offered to help people understand the system
MARQUETTE -- Criminal law, medical marijuana issues and the fundamentals of district court sound like the making of a television drama, but those are just some of the components of this year's People's Law School.
Updated: 09/02/2011 05:26P
Steiker in New Republic: Don't Blame Perry for Texas's Execution Addiction
The Steikers, both well-known for their criminal law scholarship, published a study in 2009 which led the American Law Institute (ALI) to vote to withdraw the capital punishment section of its Model Penal Code. The study, which was requested by the ALI
Updated: 09/02/2011 05:01P
DA: Willingham did not have criminal violations
29, Senior Deputy Attorney General James J. Coman and Special Deputy Attorney General Susan Kelly Nichols determined that there were no violations of North Carolina criminal law by Nathaniel Jerome Willingham. Willingham, a Jacksonville City Councilman
Updated: 09/02/2011 04:30P
DUI Checkpoints Across the Valley This Weekend
There will be several DUI/driver's license checkpoints throughout the valley on this holiday weekend. Nearly 10000 law enforcement agencies nationwide are cracking down on impaired drivers, in a campaign that started August 19 and runs through
Updated: 09/02/2011 03:47P
A right to counsel in civil cases? Supreme Court case opens the door, experts say
But a recent US Supreme Court case could lead more trial courts to find a right to counsel in civil cases where litigants face the potential loss of liberty or other rights, and procedural protections are lacking. The case, Turner v. Rogers, ...
Updated: 09/02/2011 12:28P
Righting wrongs
Paul Robinson (University of Pennsylvania Law School) and his Criminal Law Research Group. Their recent study on New Jersey's criminal code revealed that there was a disjunct between what the citizens thought to be the appropriate punishments for
Updated: 09/02/2011 11:55A
Danvers Citizens Police Academy to start on Tuesday
The instruction will cover different areas of police work such as patrol, firearms, criminal law, crime analysis, domestic violence and the legal process. Participants are actually versed on use of force and actually get to fire a handgun under the
Updated: 09/02/2011 09:56A
Veteran Magistrates' Court clerk earns Bar Association award
“I thank Carmelite Chambers for offering such an extraordinary opportunity to Bermudian law students. Carmelite Chambers are involved with high-profile cases in vast areas of criminal law. A pupillage in these prestigious chambers will immeasurably
Updated: 09/02/2011 09:10A
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