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Crime Without Punishment
This shocking reality, known to those few immersed in what passes for the criminal "justice" system, is covered up by our murderer-protective media. A recent vivid illustration occurred when a lone Oregon elected officeholder joined elected
Updated: 01/04/2012 02:10A
Hate crime charge for man in NYC firebombing
Ray Lazier Lengend, a 40-year-old of Guyanese descent, hurled crude firebombs at the Islamic center in part because he wasn't allowed to use its bathrooms, a law enforcement official said. Lengend was tracked through a stolen car with Virginia license
Updated: 01/04/2012 12:15A
Jones Day | DOJ Health Care Chief and Former FCPA Assistant Chief joins Jones Day
A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law (JD 2001 with honors; Executive Articles Editor, Maryland Law Review) and American University (BA 1998 cum laude), Mr. Walther practiced as a white collar criminal defense attorney before entering
Updated: 01/04/2012 12:07A
Trial followed change to an 800-year-old legal tradition
However, that situation changed with the 2003 Criminal Justice Act, which abolished the double jeopardy rule for serious crimes and which came in to effect two years later. Crucially, it was also retrospective meaning it did not matter whether an
Updated: 01/03/2012 11:59P
Legal aid lawyers begin service withdrawal
It began this week with most lawyers who handle legal aid work refusing to represent new adult clients arrested on criminal charges who cannot afford their own representation. The Jan. 1-7 scheduled withdrawal of duty counsel services expands to two
Updated: 01/03/2012 11:22P
Legal aid lawyers begin service withdrawal
It began this week with most lawyers who handle legal aid work refusing to represent new adult clients arrested on criminal charges who cannot afford their own representation. The Jan. 1-7 scheduled withdrawal of duty counsel services expands to two
Updated: 01/03/2012 11:19P
2 men convicted for notorious London race murder
Lawrence's mother Doreen and father Neville wept as the verdicts were delivered at the Old Bailey, London's central criminal court, having spent years waging a high-profile campaign to get his killers brought to justice after police botched the initial
Updated: 01/03/2012 07:18P
2 men convicted for notorious London race murder
Lawrence's mother Doreen and father Neville wept as the verdicts were delivered at the Old Bailey, London's central criminal court, having spent years waging a high-profile campaign to get his killers brought to justice after police botched the initial
Updated: 01/03/2012 07:18P
Student sent to rehab in Columbia Univ. drug case
In the 12 months after the law took effect in October 2009, the number of felony suspects sent to drug courts for diversion statewide more than doubled to about 2800, compared to the 2008 total, according to the state Department of Criminal Justice
Updated: 01/03/2012 06:09P
Dip in pardon rate expected due to feds' tougher rules
"Board staff require more time to obtain additional information from applicants, research cases, wait for responses to queries from criminal justice participants, build files and make recommendations," says the analysis. "In addition, board members
Updated: 01/03/2012 05:28P
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