Latest Criminal Law News
NGO calls time on tyrants in Switzerland
Benedict De Moerloose: There have been a number of recent developments: the entry into force of new clauses in Swiss criminal law, global changes since the creation of the International Criminal Court and several national universal jurisdiction
Updated: 10/20/2011 03:01A
Wilkerson opens law practice here
In her new practice, Wilkerson will handle such disciplines as personal injury, family, criminal and traffic law, along with unemployment benefit hearings. For her, the decision to return to Warren County was easy. "I am coming back to Warren County
Updated: 10/20/2011 02:42A
MPs debate Dangerous Dogs
Friend that part of the solution is to change that, but the application of criminal law—the greatest sanction the country can impose on any individual—would be a good step forward. Making the law apply to individual premises would begin the change of
Updated: 10/20/2011 02:04A
Basha questions bail to ex-CMs sons, son-in-law
This time he has filed a criminal petition seeking direction to cancel the bail of Yeddyrappa's sons, BJP Lok Sabha member BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra, son-in-law RN Sohan Kumar and member of Legislative Assembly D Hemachandra Sagar, who are named
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:40A
Judge Theodor Meron of the US elected to head the ICTY
A leading scholar of international humanitarian law, human rights, and international criminal law, Judge Meron spearheaded a series of reforms during his first presidential term to increase the efficiency of court proceedings and helped to establish a
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:29A
Immigration law impacts community
by KENNY FARMER STEELE — Chandler Mountain tomato farmer Brian Cash says Alabama's new immigration law not only hurts his business and his community, but it also hurts him personally. Since the immigration law went into effect in September,
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:09A
Law and Order
J&J Industrial Supply Inc., which does business as Industrial Wiping Cloths & Supplies, admitted using illegal immigrants to supplement its workforce since 2008, prosecutors said. Prosecutors say that on Sept. 27, J&J owner Jerry McArthur drove five
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:07A
GCC to offer Citizen's Law Series to the public
BATAVIA — Divorce, a parent's death, accumulated parking tickets and a roofing job gone wrong. Those are all issues that will be addressed in the new Citizen's Law Series at Genesee Community College. A collaboration between the college's BEST Center
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:25A
Bringing the Law to Those Who Can't Afford It
I became fascinated by books about law, specifically, a book by Jacob Lefkowitz, a criminal lawyer who worked with indigents. I decided to study law when I got out. I came here in and helped formed the Roxbury Defenders Project, one of the first such
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:16A
Criminal justice education offered in new Middlsex County community program
Everyone can enjoy being pampered at Hair House International as we cater to Men, Women, and Childre... Since 2002, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office has devoted significant resources and personnel to community outreach and education.
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:01A