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Chris Selley: The folly of symbolic laws
Flowers on a bridge Magrath, Alta., where four teenagers died after their vehicle ended up upside down in the creek. In the dying days of Canada's long-gun registry, the same old spin war continues. Opponents still say criminals don't register guns,
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:41P
European Court of Human Rights Rules In Favor of Genocide Scholar Akam
STRASBOURG, France — On Tuesday, October 25, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Turkish government's prosecution, under Article 301 of its penal code, with respect to Dr. Taner Akam's public views on the Armenian Genocide,
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:34P
Justice criticized over proposed FOIA regulation
Avoiding tipping off people that they are under criminal investigation is one of three highly sensitive law enforcement situations in which the government _ for the past 2 1/2 decades _ has been permitted to respond to FOIA requests by falsely denying
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:27P
Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. | Argument preview: Of secrecy and sandwiches
Rehberg also disputes the notion that the criminal justice system in 1871 was so different from today's system as to make the common law irrelevant to the present immunity question. Numerous states had public prosecution offices by the mid-1800s.
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:24P
Kingsley Napley | Solicitors from Hell owner loses slander action over
Rick Kordowski, promoter of the website www.solicitorsfromhell.com, issued a claim against Desmond Hudson, Chief Executive of the Law Society, in respect of an alleged comment he made to Professor John Flood that “Rick Kordowski was a criminal”.
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:24P
Lawyer feared prowler before house fire death
Ms Foreman, a criminal lawyer and family law specialist, had worked for Legal Aid NSW and last year opened her own practice in Wollongong.v Wollongong and District Law Society president Helen Volk described her as a "very private person but really well
Updated: 10/27/2011 04:19P
Patient Advocates Sue Obama Justice Department Over Medical Marijuana Crackdown
Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country's largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court yesterday challenging the Obama Administration's attempt to subvert local and state medical marijuana laws in California.
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:53P
Reforming Capitalism: Unequal Justice--Banker Arrests, 0; Protesters, 2511
It can be argued that it is not absolutely clear that the many civil settlements do in fact reflect violations of criminal law. With limited public records and no prosecution, financial institutions can assert that I lack all of the relevant facts in
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:46P
Current Community Partnerships
Anthony Braga, senior research fellow in the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management and a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers, with the Boston Police Department. Working with Daniel Linskey,
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:46P
Does the FBI Know What a Gang Sign Is?
Through transfers and deployments, military-affiliated gang members expand their culture and operations to new regions nationwide and world-wide, undermining security and law enforcement efforts to combat crime. Gang members with military training pose
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:45P
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