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Budget cuts clog criminal justice system for states
Deep budget cuts to courts, public defenders, district attorney's and attorney general offices are testing the criminal justice system across the country. In the most extreme cases, public defenders are questioning whether their clients are getting a
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:04A
Will Gupta's Gamble To Fight A Legal Battle Pay Off?
Daring the authorities to file criminal charges against him for insider trading rather than going for a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission looked like a risky legal strategy for Rajat Gupta,
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:02A
Jenner & Block Partner Andrew Weismann Joins FBI as General Counsel
Before that assignment, he was with the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, where he served as chief of the criminal division from 2000 to 2003. He was also Special Counsel to FBI Director Robert Mueller III in 2005.
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:02A
Cohasset resident elected president of the MBA
In addition, Campbell organizes and leads his firm's pro bono project, educating parents, students, and school administrators about civil and criminal laws applicable to underage drinking in private homes. Campbell takes office at a time of great
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:40A
Estonia is Active Supporter of International Criminal Court
“In order for the court to function effectively, it is essential that judges with both legal expertise and practical experience in the criminal justice field are chosen,” he added. While talking about the work of the ICC, Bambus also emphasised that
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:32A
China issues white paper on law
According to the white paper, the system is an organic integration of the related laws of the Constitution, civil and commercial laws, administrative laws, economic laws, social laws, criminal laws, litigation and non-litigation procedural laws and
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:26A
Court should keep the record whole
When the public uses the Internet to check a court case, the record found online should be the same, or clearly reflect, the documents found in the file in the courthouse. To allow judges to block Internet access to specific court records, as suggested
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:20A
Think about the children
“I'm not just seeing print advertising, I'm actually hearing radio and seeing TV advertising—it's gone mainstream,” Duffy said in an Oct. 12 radio interview with a California Watch reporter on Northern California-based station KQED.
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:13A
Gang violence fuelled by pot prohibition, report says
and other leaders in BC, is talking about, and that is the link between cannabis prohibition and organized crime,” said Dr. Evan Wood, a coalition member and director of urban health research initiative at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:12A
Edwards' lawyers tell judge no laws were broken | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011
But even if Edwards did know, Lowell told US District Judge Catherine C. Eagles, no laws were broken. "Criminal laws are supposed to be written in Congress," Lowell said. "They should not be written on the desks of prosecutors who decide after the fact
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:06A
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