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Legislators look at adjusting laws for sex offenders (AUDIO)
A House committee looks at sex offender facts to determine if registry and compliance laws need to be changed. The state is working to cut down on its corrections costs … and the House Interim Committee on Criminal Justice is looking at whether the
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:50A
Public protests: The legal rights of small businesses
If they find their use of footpaths or roads obstructed, a business has the right to notify the highway authority, which then has a number of powers to clear such obstructions. Certain protests end up contravening laws on criminal damage and trespass.
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:45A
Political parties to expel criminals
KARACHI: Sindh government, in compliance to the decision of Supreme Court of Pakistan, will issue letters to all political parties to expel criminal elements that may be within their party cadres or in associated bodies. Provincial Minister for Law,
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:42A
Man In Court Over Fraud
He (suspect) was further alleged of stealing the stated cash from the victim, an offence contrary to section 383 and punishable under section 390(9) of the state criminal law. However, the accused person pleaded not guilty to the three-count charges
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:24A
Mexican President meets with Directors of Human Rights Watch
He explained that through the Constitutional Human Rights Reform, the Reform of the Habeas Corpus Law, and the Constitutional Reform of the Penal Justice System, Mexico not only adheres to international standards but also builds solid bases to enable
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:15A
Paterno hires criminal lawyer after all
Philadephia Business Journal law firm reporter Jeff Blumenthal wrote last week that people sometimes hire criminal defense attorneys when they are merely witnesses in cases, not defendants. Paterno, who was fired by Penn State's board of trustees last
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:13A
Summary Judgments for Nov. 14
Against this backdrop, a congressional staffer tells the paper that senators are "strongly considering" a hearing on legal education. The picture shows a bed with a blanket across from a kitchen-like counter that's also a desk with a cabinet.
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:10A
Money can't buy happiness
As a pre-law student, I interned with the New York City Supreme Court. I started not really knowing what type of law I was interested in, but I had a faint, initial interest in criminal law. As it turned out, I began to favor criminal law more as time
Updated: 11/14/2011 06:01A
Leveson Inquiry: live
So a good starting point for Lord Justice Leveson would be to make it a condition of belonging to a voluntary regulation regime that newspapers should employ, on a properly independent basis, a readers' editor to correct and clarify material promptly
Updated: 11/14/2011 05:04A
Wrong ideas: Curfews and Incarceration
Nationwide, juvenile crime rates have been dropping. In California, according to Mike Males, Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, ever since reliable statistics have been kept youth been less prone to commit serious or
Updated: 11/14/2011 05:02A
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