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Criminalizing the victims
Is it any surprise that Mexicans have so little faith in their criminal justice system? In cases like Moreno's and Martinez's, efforts by law enforcement to immediately put the victims in an unsympathetic light look too much like preemptive
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:35A
Flood of released prison inmates coming in January
3, the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) will parole more than 1100 inmates and as many as 300 more each month, after sweeping penal code reform earlier this year. That's a statewide figure, and Rowan and surrounding counties probably won't see
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:23A
Shanghai Court to Rule on Intentional Transmission of HIV
There are competing criminal justice and public health policies involved, and many countries have struggled to maintain the proper balance. . . . is a white-collar worker in Shanghai and had once been married for a year. After that relationship ended,
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:20A
ICC President wants improved links with the EU
I argue that justice – and international criminal justice, in particular – is an essential building block for the stability, security and prosperity of future generations. For, the World Bank has recently highlighted the close connection between
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:18A
ICC wants EU to play greater role in justice and development
I argue that justice – and international criminal justice, in particular – is an essential building block for the stability, security and prosperity of future generations. For, the World Bank has recently highlighted the close connection between
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:18A
Ceding Liberty to Terror: Senate Votes Against Due-Process Rights
Is it lawful for the president to order any American held indefinitely as a terrorist, without formal charges, evidence presented in open court, a trial by jury, or a standard of "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt"? The US Senate had a chance Wednesday
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:17A
Legal action against charity in Penn State sex scandal settled
His preliminary hearing on 40 criminal counts is scheduled for Dec. 13 at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte. Andreozzi and Fritz said that under terms of the settlement, The Second Mile has agreed to obtain court approval before transferring
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:07A
Justice Select Committee hears from UK Missing Persons Bureau on the
PNC started, as you know, as a collection of criminal records and has widened out into a selection of other information as well. In comparison, PND is an intelligence database that links up all the intelligence in police forces under five categories at
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:57A
Justice Select Committee hears from Jonathan Djanogly MP and Ministry of
The Justice Select Committee met today as part of its inquiry into the presumption of death, hearing from Jonathan Djanogly MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Keir Hopley, Deputy Director, Criminal Law and Legal Policy, Ministry of Justice
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:57A
Defending dignity in death
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) recently recommended that the Criminal Code of Canada be amended so that people in poor health (usually a terminal illness) would have the right to physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. And just like that,
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:55A
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