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Legal experts question former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky's decision to
Harvey joined a chorus of criminal defense lawyers who found it hard to understand why Sandusky's lawyer, Joseph Amendola, would allow his client to appear on national television by telephone while the attorney sat with the interviewer, Bob Costas.
Updated: 11/15/2011 01:09A
Asylum seeker legislation: Labor, Liberals turn the law backwards
Last week Saul Holt, Payara's legal counsel and the senior public defender of Legal Aid, declared “Retrospective legislation in criminal law is an extraordinary step ... hardly ever taken by parliaments.” High Court judge Dyson Heydon described the
Updated: 11/15/2011 01:03A
Youth rep pleased with, "positive step."
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the law will replace a confusing system of restraining orders with protection orders that are backed up with criminal code penalties, "Now, police must be trained and ready to do the enforcement and they also need to have
Updated: 11/15/2011 01:02A
Carrier's Release Angers Some Families Of Victims
The El Paso County jail, officially known as the Criminal Justice Center, is responsible for notifying crime victims when a suspect, defendant or convict is released. However, the jail's chief said on Monday that the notification process will be
Updated: 11/15/2011 12:53A
Family-law changes will save lives: advocates
Porteous said she believes the changes, if properly acted upon, will make the lives of women and children safer. "I completely believe that this legislation has the potential to save lives," she said. The changes are a direct result of recommendations
Updated: 11/15/2011 12:53A
New PBS Film Exposes the Hunt for Nazi War Criminals
The documentary entitled “Elusive Justice: the Search for Nazi War Criminals,” produced and directed by Jonathan Silvers, will air on PBS tonight at 8 pm The documentary explores the decades-long search for Nazi war criminals, with a focus on the
Updated: 11/15/2011 12:14A
Prosecutors aren't sure proposed law is the answer
Bradley W. Finch also declined to express an opinion but noted the Virginia Tech police department is a nationally accredited law enforcement agency. "They are extremely capable and do a very thorough job investigating criminal cases," he said.
Updated: 11/15/2011 12:05A
Senior police officer apprehended in Armenia
He is charged with Article 308, part 1 of Criminal Code (abuse of authority).For around two years Baghramyan has known the hiding place of wanted TH but undertook no step towards his arrest. Moreover, he counseled the criminal of how to escape law
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:51P
Patton Boggs | Criminal Antitrust Update - November 2011
Automotive Parts: Magna International Inc., a leading Canadian auto parts maker, revealed last month that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a subpoena for documents in connection with its investigation of the automobile tooling industry.
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:32P
One-on-one with chief prosecutor of the Int'l Criminal Court
The son of Libya's former dictator is still in hiding, but it's only a matter of time before Saif al-Islam Gadhafi is arrested and faces justice at the International Criminal Court. That's according to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC's prosecutor.
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:19P
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