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UK Itching for a Fight with Iran
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: 12/02/2011 01:19P
Gov. Perdue "thinking hard" about capital punishment and the Racial Justice Act?
"We should not allow discrimination based on race, poverty or any other factor to infect the criminal justice system. I'm thinking about it hard." First, Perdue may be a "strong" death penalty proponent, but most of North Carolinians aren't.
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:18P
Harry Thomas home searched by law enforcement
FBI and IRS agents are searching the Northeast Washington home of DC Council member Harry Thomas Jr. When asked about the raid on Thomas's house Friday, FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said: “We are participating in some law enforcement activities.
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:15P
Lead Detective in Ticket-Fixing Scandal Probe Charged by NYPD
By Murray Weiss Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist and editor, and is considered an expert on government, law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime and terrorism. The lead detective in the NYPD's
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:07P
Legal Events Calendar: December 2, 2011
5, CLE: New York City Bar Association - Construction Industry Criminal Law, 6-9 pm Approved for 3 CLE credits (Professional Practice). "Construction Industry Investigations & Prosecutions." Speakers include: Department of Investigation Commissioner
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:00P
Dogged detective turns law student to bring to justice burglar who caused
Detective Constable Stephen Hopkins, from Warrington, refused to accept the Crown Prosecution Service decision that there was no way of bringing to justice the couple who had assaulted 85-year-old cancer sufferer Edwin Stout in his home.
Updated: 12/02/2011 12:27P
From gun law to property protection
"Every case is fact-specific and depends on a whole variety of factors," he said; adding anytime someone exercises lethal force or any force there are civil ramifications separate from what criminal law may hold true. Williams spoke on personal safety,
Updated: 12/02/2011 12:16P
White House Still Threatening Veto Over Terrorists In Military Custody Mandate
The criminal justice system has been used effectively in hundreds of terrorism cases, including many involving al Qaeda operatives apprehended in the United States. Time and time again it has helped us disrupt terrorist plots, put terrorists in prison,
Updated: 12/02/2011 12:12P
Keep Off Judiciary, CJ Tells Ministers
Both the Rome Statue and the International Criminal Court law are part of the Kenyan law which the government should respect," Kegoro said. "There is no exception of the law even if President Al Bashir was a friend of the people of Kenya," he said.
Updated: 12/02/2011 12:08P
Arguing against crime bill
(Statistics Canada, July 2010) So it is unclear why the government feels the urgent need to change course in our approach to criminal justice, particularly when the Canada Bar Association (with its membership of 37000 lawyers across Canada) and many
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:58A
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