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Judge Adams (“Judge Dread”) Faces NO Criminal Charges!
Judge Adams is said to have dealt “with at least 349 family law cases in the past year alone, nearly 50 of which involved state caseworkers seeking to determine whether parents were fit to raise their children.” reports the Huffington Post's
Updated: 11/04/2011 01:48P
UN Prosecutor: 'The Law Ties Me To Do This'
I think the combination of national and international actors in that and the involvement of the Cambodian people in the court, that's a major success of the court. The thing that is the shadow of course over that is cases 003 and 004,
Updated: 11/04/2011 01:38P
Hill Dispatches: The spirit of Diefenbaker watches over crime bill debate
New Brunswick's Justice Minister, Marie-Claude Blais was especially interested in the provisions of the Bill dealing with child sexual exploitation (which the NDP's Jack Harris has already said his party supports). She emphasized that sex crimes
Updated: 11/04/2011 01:33P
Gas pilferers in Pakistan to face fine, jail term
Meanwhile, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr. Asim Hussain moved The Criminal Law (amendment) bill, 2011 as reported by the Standing Committee in the House.The bill proposes strict punishment to curb the practices of oil and gas theft and
Updated: 11/04/2011 01:18P
'Beating' video viral; judge responds
Since that time, the Aransas County courthouse where Adams' office is located, was flooded with emails and faxes expressing outrage, demanding his arrest and/or his ouster as judge, as well as some death threats. County Judge CH “Burt” Mills said he
Updated: 11/04/2011 12:57P
Zuckerman Spaeder Partner Amit P. Mehta Featured in National Law Journal's
He is former co-chair of the DC Bar's Criminal and Individual Rights Steering Committee. Read The National Law Journal's description of Mr. Mehta in its "Minority 40 Under 40" special report. Founded in 1975, Zuckerman Spaeder is a national litigation
Updated: 11/04/2011 12:56P
Castle Doctrine (UPDATE): Expanded self-defense bill on its way to Gov
The State Bar of Wisconsin's Criminal Law Section – composed of nearly 600 judges, prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers, and academics – opposed the bill as a dramatic and unnecessary change to existing law. They argue it will create unintended
Updated: 11/04/2011 12:49P
On the Set: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law talk 'Sherlock Holmes'
The doctor "realizes that his friend is lost on this path," Law added, as he goes "to the nth degree" in trying to solve the latest elaborate criminal riddle. If anyone can rein in Holmes, Law and Downey suggested, it may be Watson.
Updated: 11/04/2011 12:46P
Justice Minister talks crime
Justice Minister Robert Nicholson says Mississauga has a reputation for being the safest of Canada's major cities, but it can't rest on its laurels. "Like in all communities, more needs to be done," Nicholson, also the Attorney General of Canada,
Updated: 11/04/2011 12:38P
Texas judge William Adams says daughter posted "beating video" out of spite
His young daughter was stealing music online; he mixed up home and court room to act as a law enforcer, a judge, and an executioner to treat his daughter like a criminal. So any bad people, thieves, robbers, cheaters out there, be very afraid of facing
Updated: 11/04/2011 12:35P
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