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Supreme Court To Look At Immigration Laws
In October, the federal appeals court in Atlanta blocked parts of the Alabama law that forced public schools to check the immigration status of students and allowed police to file criminal charges against people who are unable to prove their
Updated: 12/12/2011 10:33A
High court to rule on Ariz. immigration law
In October, the federal appeals court in Atlanta blocked parts of the Alabama law that forced public schools to check the immigration status of students and allowed police to file criminal charges against people who are unable to prove their
Updated: 12/12/2011 10:31A
Justice minister Ergin: Judicial backlog root of lengthy jail terms
Lawyer Vahit B?ak, who is also a professor of criminal law, said: “Both the judicial backlog needs to be addressed and the periods of arrest should be shortened. Unfortunately, the Turkish judicial system is very slow. Keeping suspects under arrest
Updated: 12/12/2011 10:31A
63rd anniversary of UN Resolution 194
12 headlined, "Applying International Criminal Law to Israel's Treatment of the Palestinian People," saying: Since established in 1948, Israel institutionalized land theft and Palestinian dispossessions. Through 2009, "displaced Palestinians amounted
Updated: 12/12/2011 10:09A
Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons --An interview with Victoria Law
Taking this critique of the US criminal "justice" system one step further, Law presented a prison abolitionist critique of the how the mainstream women's movement, then and now, has embraced the same "justice" system as a vehicle for combating violence
Updated: 12/12/2011 10:01A
Crime Nearby: Man Killed in Seaford, Tires and Rims Stolen
2, Charles Hess Jr., 46, of Farmingdale was arrested on Merrick Road near Midwood Avenue and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, reckless driving and seven violations of the vehicle and traffic law. Between Dec. 3 and Dec.
Updated: 12/12/2011 10:00A
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Because I recognize my limitations—I've never served as defense counsel in a criminal matter, at least not since my Criminal Law Clinic days back in law school—I asked Lindsey's defense counsel if they would like to comment on my post below in which I
Updated: 12/12/2011 10:00A
Does Aquino get advice from his Cabinet?
By Ramon Tulfo I have no love lost for Chief Justice Renato Corona, but the way he took President Noy's verbal assault on him in public bespeaks of his gentlemanly nature. Corona could have walked out—and he had all the reason to—but he didn't.
Updated: 12/12/2011 09:41A
AG denies changes threaten civil liberties
He said zero tolerance ought to be embraced as he defended the changes to the law. Bulgin denied that they would allow the police to take trivial behaviour and criminalize people as gang members. Amendments to the penal code and criminal procedure code
Updated: 12/12/2011 09:30A
Arizona takes immigration law to Supreme Court
The Obama administration is waging a furious legal fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants, and on Monday the Supreme Court has its first chance to jump into the fray. By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press No comments have been
Updated: 12/12/2011 09:19A
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