Latest Criminal Law News
Justice without forgetting
Accountability achieved by setting aside basic human rights and legal process is not justice; it is a lynching. And our society is not any better for it. Such lynching will be for sure repeated again in the future, using the same justification of
Updated: 11/22/2011 01:47A
Law enforcement agencies combine forces for holiday season
Three law enforcement agencies will once again be combining their efforts during the holiday season to target criminals breaking into vehicles. “We're aggressively attacking a problem that we see throughout
Updated: 11/22/2011 01:42A
Drug law case is on fast track
TALLAHASSEE — A case that could result in the release of hundreds, if not thousands, of drug offenders is on a fast track in the Florida Supreme Court. The state's appeal of a Manatee County judge's decision on Sept.
Updated: 11/22/2011 01:15A
Dan K. Thomasson: The perfect Christmas gift: a firearm
Also approaching Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's house unannounced is probably not a good idea. To refresh your memory, Scalia wrote the court's majority opinion establishing the Second Amendment as pertaining to individual and not collective
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:05A
Gaddafi's Son Seif Al-Islam Arrested
"We have arrested Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in the Obari area," Justice Minister Mohammed al-Alagy told Reuters. The senior Libyan official added that the 39-year-old who is wanted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court at The
Updated: 11/21/2011 11:59P
Defending Obama's Drug Policy
The national "War on Drugs," which escalated in the 1980s with the creation of mandatory minimum prison sentences, notoriously drove criminal-justice stats off the charts. According to the Sentencing Project, drug offenders in state prisons have
Updated: 11/21/2011 11:48P
Law Office of John M. Manley | Quoted In Online Wall Street Journal about
Advocacy groups have said the approach has been applied unevenly, and that deporting law-abiding residents hurts families and is counterproductive. Last week, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, or AILA, accused the government of failing to
Updated: 11/21/2011 11:39P
Prosecutorial misconduct in Stevens case 'systematic' in Justice Department
Analysis: The trial judge in the Ted Stevens case has issued an order summarizing a report by special counsel investigating whether prosecutors involved in that case should be prosecuted for criminal contempt of court. US District Judge Emmet G.
Updated: 11/21/2011 11:22P
Egypt: Army Issues Law Against Political Corruption
The announcement was made after three days of clashes between security forces and protesters demanding an end to army rule in which 33 people have been killed and 1250 wounded, reports Reuters. "The amended law would apply to those who work to corrupt
Updated: 11/21/2011 11:07P
Kadhafi spymaster taken; Seif to be tried in Libya
Ghoga confirmed the arrest of Kadhafi's brother-in-law, who is also wanted by the ICC. The court issued warrants on June 27 against Seif, 39, Kadhafi and Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity. In particular, it accused Senussi, 62,
Updated: 11/21/2011 11:01P
Primary Categories