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Consensus candidate for next ICC Prosecutor
Prior to her election, Mrs. Bensouda worked as a Legal Adviser and Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania, rising to the position of Senior Legal Advisor and Head of The Legal Advisory Unit.
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:16P
Groundbreaking legal research shows potentially serious failures in the Model
The Model Penal Code strongly influences the criminal laws in the majority of states in the United States. One of the reasons the Model Penal Code has been considered so valuable is its use of standardized terms to describe the four specific mental
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:12P
Cheating an obstacle to students
Criminal justice freshman Brittney Grice said she felt that she was taken advantage of during a test. She said that she had studied hard, and the person who cheated off her didn't care about the class and took advantage of her.
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:07P
Spoiling for a Fight
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights Professor Richard Falk observed that if a country like Britain, with its proud constitutional tradition, applies international criminal law only to those its leaders don't like at the time – for example,
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:05P
The AfPak Channel: Progress or pretend?
That right was granted under the Women's Protection Act 2006 and signed into law by then-President Pervez Musharraf. But come 2011 and bail can only be granted by the court, putting women again at the mercy of the criminal justice system.
Updated: 12/01/2011 03:58P
University of Iowa Ph.D Student Faces HIV Challenges
The shadow of Iowa's criminal law hangs over the psyche of graduate student David Harvey, who is HIV positive. Sitting in an examination room at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, David Oscar Harvey gives the magazine rack on the wall an
Updated: 12/01/2011 03:57P
After BC drunk driving law tripped up on court Alberta says it will press on
But bar and restaurant owners complained the law was having a significant impact on their business as people worried that even one glass of wine or mug of beer could put them in jeopardy of a harsh roadside suspension without appeal.
Updated: 12/01/2011 03:36P
Michigan Medical Marijuana Law Destroyed by Dow-Baby Attorney General
CANNABIS CULTURE - Michigan's Attorney General Bill Schuette and his allies in the state legislature have gutted the state's medical marijuana program, forcing closure of most dispensaries and
Updated: 12/01/2011 03:36P
Police chief running for Superior Court 1 judge
Worton also serves as an adjunct professor of criminal justice at Ivy Tech Community College in Columbus. He has been married for 18 years to his wife, Amberly, and they have four children, ages 16, 14, 12 and 10. He is the son of Jack Worton Sr. and
Updated: 12/01/2011 03:21P
Five new provincial court judges for Ontario
In 2006, he moved to private practice and in 2008, he became a sole practitioner focused in the area of criminal and quasi-criminal law, as well as regulatory and professional discipline matters. Downes will preside in Toronto.
Updated: 12/01/2011 02:49P
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