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Enforcing alien law: How will it work?
A: The law only allows us to make the arrest if ICE makes the determination that they are here illegally. Q: Does that mean someone who is stopped in a traffic stop has to wait while officers contact ICE? A: It's our policy that we're not going to
Updated: 10/05/2011 12:23A
Criminal Bar association sceptical about new law
The Law Society says the way criminal lawyers work will change dramatically under the new law. Law Society criminal law committee convenor Jonathan Krebs says it may be the biggest change seen in a century. Among other things, he says, it introduces
Updated: 10/05/2011 12:20A
Supreme Court justice to retire
He was a patient scholar of the law who was a fresh and open mind on all the cases that he heard. And he was a particular asset to the court in the area of criminal law, criminal procedure, but he had a very wide-ranging interest in the law generally
Updated: 10/05/2011 12:19A
South Africa: Parliament Seeks to Change the Law on Bail But Will It Help?
A notable piece of legislation is section 66 (2a) (vii) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Act of 2007, which requires that court consider pre-sentence reports in a trial. However, a key challenge is that presentence reports are
Updated: 10/05/2011 12:13A
Chris Cost retires after 29-year-long career in Lakes Region law enforcement
Accepted into the Criminal Justice program at Northeastern University in the mid 1970s, Cost said his father, a physician, always hoped his middle child — Cost is the fourth child of seven — would be a lawyer. "I think he was a little disappointed when
Updated: 10/05/2011 12:05A
Courts Brace for Realignment's New Sentencing System
SACRAMENTO — California on Monday will launch some of the most sweeping changes in sentencing laws over the past four decades as the state shifts significant criminal justice responsibilities to the counties and courts. But some judges and lawyers say
Updated: 10/04/2011 11:20P
Politics & violent crime
When politicians enact criminal laws or leave criminal laws on the books that in effect say, “Punishment for violent crime may be limited to a metaphorical slap on the wrist”, that is what will happen from time to time. When politicians permit rules
Updated: 10/04/2011 11:18P
Video Test - Do Not Delete
AP Exclusive: New Calif law broadly defines crimes (AP Photo/Mario Anzuoni, Pool, File) In this Oct. 3, 2011 file photo, Dr. Conrad Murray listens to testimony seated near his attorney Nareg Gourjian, right, during Murray's trial in the death of pop
Updated: 10/04/2011 11:15P
Decriminalizing pot the focus of town hall
Ford's bill would make the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana a petty offense, akin to a traffic ticket. The only punishment would be a fine. The goals of the bill, Ford said, are to stop making criminals out of pot smokers,
Updated: 10/04/2011 11:09P
Police procedure casts doubt on convictions
GREG LYON: Well this is a breach of one of the most fundamental tenets of the criminal law. ALISION CALDWELL: Greg Lyon SC is the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association. He spoke to ABC Local Radio in Melbourne this morning.
Updated: 10/04/2011 11:04P
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