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Obama's DoJ sues South Carolina over new immigration law
The Obama administration, through Attorney General, Eric Holder, yesterday filed a lawsuit against a new immigration law, this time in South Carolina. The White House is accusing that state of interfering with the federal government's authority on
Updated: 11/01/2011 06:24A
Chicago's pot dilemma: Should marijuana users just be ticketed?
“We've treated drug use as a criminal justice issue rather than a public health issue, which it is,” Preckwinkle said. But until there's a change in the law, police Supt. Garry McCarthy said his officers will not stop making misdemeanor marijuana
Updated: 11/01/2011 06:13A
SEPARATE STANDARD: UND changes stance after punishing student for crime police
Asked how it's possible that UND could punish a student for breaking a criminal law when the criminal justice system didn't think he did, university officials say that the disciplinary processes of the two groups are separate.
Updated: 11/01/2011 06:10A
UND changes stance after punishing student for crime police won't charge
Its procedures somewhat resemble that of court trial, except the accused, not his attorney, defends himself, making arguments and interviewing witnesses. The “prosecutor” is a judicial officer from the Office of Student Affairs.
Updated: 11/01/2011 06:10A
Law Talk: Why is the prison population so high?
The 1980s brought a wave of political conservatism that included an emphasis on so-called victim's rights and a “tough on crime” approach to justice. “Getting tough on crime really started with the election of (President Ronald) Reagan and was part of
Updated: 11/01/2011 06:08A
Jeff Hammerschmidt's 'Forensic Evidence And Child Abuse Cases' Published in
Jeffrey T. Hammerschmidt, a Fresno criminal defense attorney with the Hammerschmidt Broughton Law Corporation, has authored a chapter in the popular "Inside the Minds" series by Aspatore Books titled "Forensic Evidence and Child Abuse Cases.
Updated: 11/01/2011 06:03A
Squatting in residential buildings to become a criminal offence
However, where criminal sanctions do exist, the police are often reluctant to get involved. As a result, owners and occupiers of property usually end up pursuing civil procedures to have squatters evicted. Property law expert Stuart Wortley of Pinsent
Updated: 11/01/2011 05:45A
The Arab Spring offers new space to politics and sharia
No such concern was expressed by the West in regard to post-Saddam Hussein Iraq and Karzai's Afghanistan, whose constitutions declare Islam as the official religion, sharia as the basis of law, and also permit polygamy. But Jalil's similar declaration
Updated: 11/01/2011 05:23A
Allan Caplan Top Rated Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer Receives Well Deserved AV
Allan Caplan is a principal of Caplan & Tamburino Law Firm, PA, and a noted criminal defense lawyer in Minneapolis. This rating is a well deserved award for the criminal defense attorney. (EMAILWIRE.COM, November 01, 2011 ) Minneapolis,
Updated: 11/01/2011 05:23A
It is planned to consider draft law on decriminalization on Friday – Lytvyn
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is about to consider the draft law on decriminalization of a range of articles of the Criminal Code on Friday, on November 4. According to an UNIAN correspondent, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn
Updated: 11/01/2011 05:22A
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