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New Yorker expunges prostitution record under trafficking law
On Wednesday, her criminal record for prostitution was expunged by a judge who agreed with both prosecutors and defense attorneys that she was protected under a recent New York State law that equates pimps with sex traffickers.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:04P
US sees challenges in some financial cases
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, head of the department's criminal division, rejected criticism that the Justice Department has dragged its heels in prosecuting possible fraud by Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and other investment banks,
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:04P
Review: 'Harry's Law' - 09/21/2011
The general consensus seems to be that this is a very lesser work by show creator David E. Kelley, and while Kathy Bates is a fine actress, she's ill-used in this series about an ex-patent lawyer who sets up shop as a criminal lawyer in a space she
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:01P
Cairo's emergency law extended
“We reject the decision by the military council as we see no reason for it if the criminal law is implemented,” he said. Other activists and politicians have also said Egypt's legal system can deal with violent crimes without the need to resort to
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:40P
Christopher Kaczor replies to Dennis O'Brien
Further, I find it hard to believe that the bishops would support severe criminal laws commensurate with the moral rhetoric of abortion as an “abominable crime.” When there is a serious disconnect between the gravity of moral condemnation and legal
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:21P
•Ex-gov challenges CCT's jurisdiction, criminal charges
His counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun [SAN], who kickstarted the proceeding when he informed the tribunal that there was no personal service on his client as required by law in a criminal trial. He said his client was only told of the charges against him
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:54P
US sees challenges in some financial crime cases
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, head of the department's criminal division, rejected criticism that the Justice Department has dragged its heels in prosecuting possible fraud by Goldman Sachs and other investment banks, calling its response
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:40P
Mai Chen: Urewera case five reasons to worry
criminal offenders get off scot free, but if the Government passed prospective, rather than retrospective, legislation concerning the Supreme Court decision, this would preserve the fundamental constitutional principle that we are all ruled by law
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:35P
State Rules Against Ex-Deputy In Groping Case
Pagan is now facing the possibility of being stripped of his state-issued detention and law enforcement certifications, which allow him to work in those fields in Florida. FDLE's Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission will now determine what,
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:29P
Emergency law to stay until June: Egypt army
“We reject the decision by the military council as we see no reason for it if the criminal law is implemented,” he said. Other activists and politicians have also said Egypt's legal system can deal with violent crimes without the need to resort to
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:20P
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