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Monday, November 14, 2011 | Written by Sam Goldstein | |
Certainly, the first few years saw an expansion of rights within the criminal law context that circumscribed the powers of prosecutors and police. This was a good thing given that the fundamental objective of a criminal justice system is to avoid
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:43A
Two 'Rule-of-Law' Republicans Dissent on Torture and Assassinations
It is the rule of law. If you engage in war against the United States, you are an enemy combatant. You have none of the civil liberties of the United States. You cannot go to court.... Waging war on the United States is outside criminal law.
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:36A
Cannabis crackdown threatens legal trade in 'medical marijuana'
Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters Steve DeAngelo doesn't have the luxury of worrying about a threatened US government crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries like the one he runs in Oakland, California. For him, the crackdown is already in full swing.
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:36A
FBI Releases 2010 Hate Crime Statistics
These data indicate that 6628 criminal incidents involving 7699 offenses were reported in 2010 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability.
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:28A
Russian Legal Information Agency: Tymoshenko appeals 'state guarantees' case
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appealed in a Kyiv district court the Ukrainian Security Service's resolution to initiate a criminal case against Tymoshenko regarding United Energy Systems of Ukraine's debt to the Russian Defense
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:24A
Why do we allow criminals to hide behind publication bans?
It's a travesty we don't have any of this information, as both the criminal and Law Society proceedings are covered by a publication ban. There's too much secrecy in our criminal justice system. Almost all bail hearings and preliminary hearings are
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:17A
Md. Sen. Pushes Bill Amid Penn State Case
State law already requires suspected cases of child sex abuse be reported to police and social services. But Jacobs' bill would attach criminal penalties to anyone who doesn't. The Harford County Republican senator pointed to what happened at Penn
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:07A
New laws on bikie wealth 'flawed'
Even information gathered under the Road Traffic Act - such as the number of cars registered to related entities - cannot be used because the unexplained wealth laws are civil proceedings and not "law enforcement", Mr Moss says.
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:33A
BC woman to challenge assisted-suicide laws
when Victoria resident Sue Rodriguez lost her court battle. But Dr. Will Johnston, the BC spokesman for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Canada, says the Taylor case proposes a lethal dose could be administered by someone other than a doctor.
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:20A
Crime on Campus: Penn State Raises Question, Do Colleges Have Too Much Power?
To date, seven colleges and universities have paid Clery Act fines for failure to comply with the law; sometimes the violation stemmed from not having the appropriate institutional structures in place, sometimes from failing to disclose information.
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:15A
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