Latest Criminal Law News
Government releases information on aliens in the US
The information highlights priority areas for enforcement which include the identification and removal of those that have broken criminal laws, threats to national security, recent border crossers, repeat violators of immigration law and immigration
Updated: 10/22/2011 08:52P
A bill is born: House Bill 180 demonstrates democracy in action
Kay Hatcher (right) and Gayle Deja-Schultz sit and wait to present HB 180 to the Criminal Law committee in Springfield on Feb. 24. The committee is the first stop for bills on the long road to becoming a law. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media Between
Updated: 10/22/2011 08:42P
Law Enforcement Saturday
Daniel Alan Rash, 32, 1431 Avalon St., 32, two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment, held in lieu of $15000 bail. Allen Eugene Worley, 38, two probation violations (original charges: unlawful manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance
Updated: 10/22/2011 08:38P
Hariri's ex-tribunal president dies
THE HAGUE: The former president of the court set up to try former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's killers, Antonio Cassese, has died of cancer days after stepping down, the tribunal said Saturday. “He passed away peacefully at home in Florence
Updated: 10/22/2011 08:31P
War crimes judge Antonio Cassese dies of cancer
FLORENCE (BNO NEWS) -- Judge Antonio Cassese, who served as president of the United Nations-backed Lebanon and Yugoslavia tribunals, died at his home in Italy on Friday after a long battle with cancer, officials said on Saturday. He was 74.
Updated: 10/22/2011 08:29P
Secretary-General pays tribute to late renowned jurist Antonio Cassese
He was the first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the first President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He stepped down from the latter post recently due to illness. Also, as independent expert he
Updated: 10/22/2011 07:57P
Arguments to be heard in $1 million Isom v. Barham judgment appeal
appellate court justices will preside over arguments in criminal cases originating in Jackson County and civil cases originating in Jackson and Madison counties. Oral arguments begin at 10 am, Wednesday in the Hiram H. Lesar Law Building courtroom.
Updated: 10/22/2011 07:01P
Pottstown attorney Bauer receives peer review rating
Bauer co-founded the Law Office of Garner & Bauer with his partner, Charles D. Garner Jr., in November 1998. Bauer focuses his practice on criminal law. He is currently involved in a number of high-profile criminal trials in Montgomery County and is
Updated: 10/22/2011 06:33P
Immigration Changes Get Mention at Citizenship Workshop
A new immigration law passed in Alabama would give law enforcement officers the authority to check people's immigration status during routine traffic stops if “reasonable suspicion” exists. It's being called one of the toughest immigration laws in the
Updated: 10/22/2011 06:24P
United Nations expert calls for integration of gender perspective in criminal
United States - The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Ms. Gabriela Knaul has called for the integration of a gender perspective into countries' criminal justice systems to ensure women are not 'ruled out of the law.
Updated: 10/22/2011 04:55P
Primary Categories