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Tougher bail laws proposed to stop repeat abusers
William Bly, a criminal defense attorney in Biddeford, said he is concerned about the proposal for a number of reasons. "Defendants have rights, too," he said. "Potentially you're holding people who are presumed to be innocent without bail.
Updated: 12/03/2011 08:20A
Law and Order: Le Roy teen accused of stealing family diamonds
Daniel Cody Rosicka, 17, of 9292 Robbins Road, Le Roy, is charged with grand larceny 3rd and criminal mischief. Rosicka is accused of stealing several diamond rings from a family member and damaging the property of another. Rosicka was jailed on $5000
Updated: 12/03/2011 08:14A
law reform is just what the system needs
according to one recent study – that Australian Supreme Court judge Marcia Neave recently admitted that "the vast majority of true allegations [of sexual assault] do not result in any redress through the criminal justice system".
Updated: 12/03/2011 08:06A
Evaluating passive harms requires more thought, finds study
That difference is even codified in criminal law. A new study based on brain scans, however, shows that people make that moral distinction automatically. Researchers found that it requires conscious reasoning to decide that active and passive behaviors
Updated: 12/03/2011 07:19A
The biology of evil: Is bad wiring behind psychopaths?
Impulsive, manipulative and lacking remorse, criminal psychopaths typically face longer and harsher sentences in the justice system. But a growing body of research shows that their aberrant behaviour may
Updated: 12/03/2011 06:30A
Psychopaths' brains wired that way
In an article last year in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Simon Fraser University doctoral student Lauren Freedman and Prof. Simon Verdun-Jones suggested severe punishment of psychopathic offenders may not be justified on
Updated: 12/03/2011 06:20A
Could psychopaths suffer from abnormal biology?
In an article last year in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Simon Fraser University doctoral student Lauren Freedman and Prof. Simon Verdun-Jones suggested severe punishment of psychopathic offenders may not be justified on
Updated: 12/03/2011 06:19A
Community rehabilitation gains momentum in China
"Community rehabilitation programs strengthen the education and reform of convicts rather than loosen them," said Hong Daode, a criminal law professor at China University of Political Science and Law, in response to public security concerns voiced by
Updated: 12/03/2011 05:46A
Comment: Speak now, or forever hold your tongues
Although Shari'a had continued to be the predominant legal system in matters pertaining to family law, from the 19th century onwards, Islamic criminal justice had gradually retreated from public law. The introduction of Islamic criminal law through
Updated: 12/03/2011 05:21A
Leslie Green, 91, was giant' in law of warfare
William Fenrick recently retired as a professor of international law at Dalhousie University. Before that, he spent 20 years as a military lawyer, and another 10 as senior legal adviser to the International Criminal Tribunal prosecuting war crimes
Updated: 12/03/2011 05:16A
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