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B.C. Civil Liberties want review of police file into the shooting of Langley's
By Staff Reporter, The Province November 3, 2011 12:38 PM The BC Civil Liberties Association has called on the provincial government to direct the criminal justice branch of the Attorney General's ministry to review the file on the 2010 shooting of
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:39P
Breaking: Judge caught beating daughter goes into hiding
Under Texas law, there is a five year statute of limitations to bring criminal charges for causing bodily injury to a child. A move, however, is underway to have Judge Adams removed from the bench. Since the video was published on YouTube,
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:36P
Nashua break-in fuels Supreme Court debate over eyewitness testimony
The Supreme Court, in a 1967 decision, had worried that eyewitness testimony could be particularly problematic and result in a “high incidence of miscarriage of justice.” The court has also ruled in previous cases that a defendant's right to due
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:33P
Justice urges review of criminal code
By AP An Arkansas Supreme Court justice is calling for a review of the state's criminal code after the court overturned a man's 25-year sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon because of two conflicting laws. The Supreme Court on Thursday
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:32P
ORAL STATEMENT OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL LAURIE ROBINSON BEFORE THE HOUSE
I'm pleased to have the opportunity to discuss the priorities and work of the Office of Justice Programs. Before I begin, Mr. Chairman, I really want to commend your leadership over the years in your efforts to protect our nation's young people
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:30P
Conservatives win victim support
The Sensible Sentencing Trust says that while maintaining its strictly neutral political stance they are very heartened to see yet another serious political contender taking a victims first - hard line approach - to crime and justice.
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:12P
Gillard's grotesque people smuggler sledge
Not even common law fetishists could deny that a retrospective law on criminal matters is an appalling thing at the best of times and should be stopped, if not rendered beyond the power of Parliament. A most blatant exercise of that power was made over
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:05P
State court rejects death row inmate's request for DNA testing
A Pampa state district court Thursday denied convicted killer Henry Skinner's request that knives, clothing and biological evidence collected at the scene of a 1993 triple murder be subjected to DNA testing.
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:03P
Gallery: Inside Michael Jackson's autopsy file
even under the 'good samaritan law' anyone would be guilty of not responding, but for a medical doctor, five years is not enough punishment. I have practiced criminal law for 23 years both as a prosecutor and a defense lawyer.
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:01P
Judge denies DNA tests to Texas death row inmate
(AP Photo) HOUSTON - A judge has denied a Texas death row inmate's request for testing of DNA evidence his attorneys say could prove his innocence, less than a week before the man is set to be executed. Hank Skinner, 49, is scheduled to be executed
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:59P
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