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Girls Gone Wild founder wins gambling debt case
Unpaid casino markers are treated in Nevada like bad checks under a state law that allows prosecutors to file criminal charges and collect a percentage of any settlement. “The presumption of fraud does not apply,” Clark County District Court Judge
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:58A
NBC Acquires Hawke, D'Onofrio Detective Drama
According to Deadline.com, former “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” showrunner Chris Brancato conceived the idea for “Blue Tilt,” while Hawke and “Criminal Intent” star D'Onofrio helped him shape it. The show will reportedly followed the detectives — one
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:57A
Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio Team Up for NBC Drama
Chris Brancato will write and all three will executive-produce the show called Blue Tilt. D'Onofrio and Brancato previously worked together the final season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Hawke and D'Onofrio co-starred in the 2009 film Staten
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:54A
UK amends law that allows arrest of Israeli officials
British ambassador to Israel: UK's justice system can no longer be abused for political reasons British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould announced on Thursday that the Queen of England has signed an amendment to a bill that will prevent the issuing
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:28A
Judge Robinson takes the bench
Because she has not practiced criminal law lately, Robinson said she was refreshing her knowledge. Meanwhile, she said, the district attorney, clerks and bailiffs had all been very helpful in welcoming her to the bench. "Over a long career,
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:24A
Bishops make Alabama immigration law matter of religious freedom
The law makes harboring, transporting or shielding undocumented people a criminal offense. Yet faith communities are often transporting immigrants to church, hospitals, and events, while assisting them with food, shelter and school supplies—the very
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:22A
Judge Throws Out Gambling Indictment Against 'Girls Gone Wild' Creator Joe Francis
| AP AP "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis beat the house Wednesday in a criminal case over a $2.5 million Las Vegas casino debt. A state judge threw out a criminal theft and bad check indictment against the soft-porn mogul that involved the Wynn
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:11A
Atlantic City School Board Member Removed
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - State officials have removed a member of the Atlantic City school board because he was convicted of a drug-related crime in 1992. George Crouch said voters knew his past when they voted for him. Officials launched background checks
Updated: 09/15/2011 10:08A
Court rules on imposition of domestic violence injunction
To cope with a serious problem of domestic violence, Spain imposes criminal penalties for such offences and in all cases orders the perpetrator of the acts to stay away from his victim. Under Spanish law, failure to comply with such an order
Updated: 09/15/2011 09:59A
Heller Responds to Margulies on the CMCR Decision in Al-Bahlul
That issue involves two interrelated – and strictly legal – questions: (1) whether the crime of criminal membership continues to exist under customary international law, such that criminal membership remains criminal under the “law of nations”;
Updated: 09/15/2011 09:59A
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