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Proceeds Of Crime: The Benefit Of Paying For Criminal Property
A defendant's 'benefit' from criminal conduct is the proceeds of his crime, not his net profit. This, we thought, was settled law, so that it is irrelevant to the calculation of benefit that the thief or handler paid for the stolen property he acquires
Updated: 11/29/2011 10:01A
North Carolina's Historic Fix to Death Penalty Racism Faces GOP Ax
The law has barely been on the books for two years, but in that short amount of time it's caused a mountain of controversy. The landmark piece of legislation allows death row inmates to appeal their sentence on the basis that racial bias played a role
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:56A
Feds Cracks Down On Imitation Goods, Copyright Infringement
"Not only is this is a direct threat to American innovation ... but it's also a public safety issue," Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Monday as he announced that the government had shut down 150 websites accused of selling
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:42A
J & K Bar Assn calls strike
PTI | 07:11 PM,Nov 29,2011 Srinagar, Nov 29 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHBA) has called a strike in all courts on Thursday against the state government's reported willingness to amend the Criminal Procedure Code to provide
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:12A
Thailand: Facebook Insults Of Monarchy Considered A Crime
Even repeating the details of an alleged offense – such as on social media sites like Facebook – is illegal under the lese majeste law and the related Computer Crimes Act, "which says that spreading illegal content – either directly or indirectly – is
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:06A
Macedonia - Justice Minister Bexheti addresses Belgrade regional conference
Reforms undertaken in Macedonia aim towards increasing the efficiency of law enforcement and judiciary bodies, as well as enhancement of regional and international cooperation among states, said Justice Minister Blerim Bexheti at the conference of
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:05A
Conference IDs transnational criminal organizations as concern
28, 2011) -- Transnational criminal organizations are on the rise in the Western Hemisphere, and their power, range, influence and weaponry have become more than law enforcement can handle in many parts of the region. Acknowledging this phenomenon
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:05A
Thailand says Facebook comments and shares could be prosecuted as insults to
Even repeating the details of an alleged offense — such as on social media sites like Facebook — is illegal under the lese majeste law and the related Computer Crimes Act, “which says that spreading illegal content — either directly or indirectly — is
Updated: 11/29/2011 08:56A
Feds Crack Down On Counterfeit Merchandise
"Not only is this is a direct threat to American innovation ... but it's also a public safety issue," Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Monday as he announced that the government had shut down 150 websites accused of selling
Updated: 11/29/2011 08:21A
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Meets Growing Demand for Network
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 29, 2011) - BridgeWave Communications, the leading supplier of 4G millimeter wave backhaul solutions, today announced that John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York, NY has been running
Updated: 11/29/2011 08:11A
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