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Woman gets life in cold-case murder of friend
If a crime is committed, justice is going to be served. And we are thrilled with this verdict obviously." James' lawyer Aseem Dosanjh had argued that James' confession was just a performance because she was enticed by the prospect of earning hundreds
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:53P
PNP welcomes US justice exec
Cole spoke during the end of a training program on trafficking in persons sponsored by the US Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program or ICITAP which ushers in another series of fruitful cooperation
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:05P
Richmond senior guilty of killing husband's mistress in 1992
"We just think that the justice system works even after this amount of time, that something like this can come to fruition and that the long arm of the law is a true statement," said Doran Aisenstat, Gladys' son-in-law. "It doesn't stop. If a crime is
Updated: 11/04/2011 05:36P
RTU to introduce course on cyber crime
Mukesh Choudhary, a cyber-crime expert who had conducted sessions on ethical hacking in various institutes in the city, said in most cases the criminal remains out of the reach of law enforcement agencies. "So far, the only method to check such
Updated: 11/04/2011 05:34P
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | ABA Criminal Litigation Committee Month in Review
Zych: The Sixth Circuit held that neither unlawful receipt and possession of a firearm nor unlawful transfer of a firearm is a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 USC § 4042(b), which requires the Bureau of Prisons to notify state and local law
Updated: 11/04/2011 04:59P
SC seeks response on special courts to try MPs & MLAs
NEW DELHI: In what could supplement the government's proposal to bring in stringent legislative measures to decriminalize politics, the Supreme Court on Friday entertained a PIL filed by former chief election commissioner JM Lyngdoh for creating
Updated: 11/04/2011 04:54P
Heavier penalty for rape with EU reforms
The case involves the rape of 13-year-old N.. in the southeastern province of Mardin in 2002 by 26 adult men, including civil servants, soldiers and school teachers. The First Mardin Criminal court found that the young girl had not resisted the acts
Updated: 11/04/2011 04:54P
UN Committee Says Iran Fails to Uphold the Majority of Civil and Political Rights
The State party should immediately end the execution of minors, and further amend the draft juvenile crimes investigation act and the Bill of Islamic Criminal Code with the aim of abolishing the death penalty for persons having committed a crime while
Updated: 11/04/2011 04:45P
For Criminal Court Judge, Handling Protesters Nothing New
Ross, a former Brooklyn federal prosecutor who earned his law degree from Syracuse University, was appointed to the criminal court bench in 1999 by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In New York, criminal court is where most defendants are initially arraigned
Updated: 11/04/2011 04:24P
Jean Ann James found guilty of 1992 Vancouver boxcutter murder
Doran Aisenstat and Susanna Miu (Yang) react to verdict in the Jean Ann James murder trial. on Friday, November 4, 2011 in Vancouver. VANCOUVER - Family members of murder victim Gladys Wakabayashi
Updated: 11/04/2011 04:20P
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