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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
The bill abolishes the Legal Services Commission and transfers responsibilities for legal aid in England and Wales to the Ministry of Justice. The government plans to cut £290m from the more than £2bn annual legal aid bill. Ministers say legal aid will
Updated: 11/01/2011 12:31A
Following a criminal trail to Syria
The investigation that led to these stories ultimately uncovered breakdowns throughout the criminal justice system, which allowed suspects to escape, and then crippled efforts to bring them to justice. To identify those breakdowns, we used new Justice
Updated: 11/01/2011 12:15A
Flaws in the criminal justice system help fugitives cross borders Across the
Example: Among those not on the county's active list is career criminal Juan Jacquez (Tribune summary), wanted on charges of killing a South Side man in 2002. Months later, a family informant provided Chicago detectives with Jacquez's exact address in
Updated: 11/01/2011 12:15A
Supreme Court hesitates to extend rights on plea deals
"It was the defendant's choice, not the lawyer's choice" to plead guilty, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told one advocate. And the defendant has to live with his or her decision, he suggested. One case from Missouri involved a lawyer who failed to
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:53P
Justice Department sues over S. Carolina's law on immigration
The Justice Department sued Monday to block South Carolina's new immigration crackdown law, making it the third state to face such a challenge from the Obama administration, which argues only the federal government can decide
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:52P
Nonprofit fights West Dallas blight with legal tools
Of the group's four lawsuits, one led to the court-ordered demolition of an abandoned house at 4019 Canada that had been a haven for snakes, rodents, partying and crime — a place that had been cited by the city more than 15 times for code violations.
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:39P
The Real History of Marriage
Homosexual acts between men are presently illegal in the tiny Central American nation of Belize, with punishments as harsh as ten years in prison. But according to the quite nasty alert I've just been forwarded, Belize's sodomy law will be reviewed by
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:34P
Belize: Court May Decriminalize Being Gay
Homosexual acts between men are presently illegal in the tiny Central American nation of Belize, with punishments as harsh as ten years in prison. But according to the quite nasty alert I've just been forwarded, Belize's sodomy law will be reviewed by
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:28P
A SEPARATE STANDARD: UND changes stance after punishing student for crime
Indeed, under Title IX, the federal government requires education institutions that receive federal funding to act even if the police won't for lack of evidence. In an April letter, the Department of Education said the “preponderance of the evidence”
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:27P
The pink notebook
Michael Halverson, a DNA specialist and former crime scene investigator for the DCI, testified that he had found no male DNA on pantyhose Richter said she had been choked with, but found samples of female DNA on the crotch and outside leg.
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:26P
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