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Plea Bargain Is Dubious -CJN
Nov 16, 2011 (Daily Trust/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, yesterday in Abuja described the subtle incursion of plea bargaining into Nigeria's criminal justice system during the trial
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:57A
Proposed law would make protests at funerals illegal
Breaking the new law would be a first-degree misdemeanor. It was inspired by the protests of Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, which celebrates soldiers' deaths as punishment for homosexuality in society. All members of the House Criminal Justice
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:50A
Wilmer hires Kingsley Napley heavyweight to launch UK white collar crime practice
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is set to launch a City investigations and criminal litigation practice with the hire of Kingsley Napley heavyweight Stephen Pollard. Pollard is to join the top 20 US law firm's London arm in the New Year to found
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:44A
9/11 and the Successful War
To demonstrate that both approaches fall short, this reviewer wishes to clarify some key points: Criminal law uses precepts designed to restore domestic peace following a violation of a state's domestic law, and International law operates between
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:42A
Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer Speaks at the American Lawyer
As Assistant Attorney General, I am often asked to speak about specific issues of criminal law, to focused audiences. Last week, for example, I addressed a national conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, where I spoke about the Criminal
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:40A
Scotland: football hate law confused and unneccessary
In Scotland breach of the peace only requires a “disturbance to the community” Mark Harris v HMA [2009] HCJAC 8 and being a common law offence is not subject to a maximum sentence. More notable however is section 38 of the Criminal Justice and
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:35A
Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli Speaks at the Federal Bar
The Training Initiative is not limited, however, to Federal prosecutors, as we also train state and tribal criminal-justice personnel. Similarly, when we established a Violence Against Women prosecution task-force, its members were drawn equally from
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:34A
Criminal case opens into trash bin explosion in Dnipropetrovsk
DNIPROPETROVSK – A criminal case under part 3 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code (terrorist act) has been opened following an explosion in the center of Dnipropetrovsk on early on Wednesday morning, Interfax-Ukraine learned at the press service of the
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:29A
Lying on the Internet could soon be a federal crime
According to the Justice Department's interpretation of the statute, he or she is a criminal,” writes Kerr. The same goes for someone who uses a fake name in their Facebook profile, or sheds a few pounds in their Match.com description — both of which
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:25A
New EU programmes to strengthen justice and rights
People in Europe need to feel at ease when they live, travel, or shop in a Member State other than their own. They should be able to rely on access to justice no matter where they are in the EU. On November 15 2011, the European Commission put forward
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:24A
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