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Steep criminal pardon rate dip 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 05:16P
Steep criminal pardon rate dip 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 05:16P
Cambodia: lawyer charged with aiding the escape of client
On 29 December 2011, Mr Choung Chou-Ngy was charged under Article 565 of the 2009 Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the "Penal Code") -- "Provision of Means for Escape". This charge has been brought in response to the release of Mr Choung
Updated: 01/03/2012 04:57P
Cambodia: lawyer charged with aiding the escape of client
On 29 December 2011, Mr Choung Chou-Ngy was charged under Article 565 of the 2009 Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the "Penal Code") -- "Provision of Means for Escape". This charge has been brought in response to the release of Mr Choung
Updated: 01/03/2012 04:57P
DA drops self-abortion charges against NYC woman
According to the state Criminal Justice Services Division, since 1980 only four people had been charged with self-abortion, a misdemeanor charge. New York law makes it a crime for a woman to induce her own miscarriage when she's more than 24 weeks
Updated: 01/03/2012 04:47P
DA drops self-abortion charges against NYC woman
According to the state Criminal Justice Services Division, since 1980 only four people had been charged with self-abortion, a misdemeanor charge. New York law makes it a crime for a woman to induce her own miscarriage when she's more than 24 weeks
Updated: 01/03/2012 04:47P
U.S. Chief Justice Offers Confidence in Recusals
There were 78440 criminal cases filed in federal courts in 2011, about the same as 2010, and the number of criminal defendants increased 3 percent to 102931, a record high. Criminal immigration cases decreased 3 percent, the first drop since 2006.
Updated: 01/01/2012 06:32A
CHRIS POWELL: Will victims get right to hide criminal justice?
That would be a disaster for accountability in Connecticut's criminal justice system. Since most criminal cases are resolved by plea bargaining short of trial, arrest warrant affidavits are often the only accounting given to the public for crimes.
Updated: 01/01/2012 06:05A
Advocates push for protections against dating violence in Kentucky
But for many victims, the criminal justice system takes too long and doesn't provide the same kinds of protections offered by civil domestic violence laws, advocates contend. For example, protective orders generally are served immediately,
Updated: 01/01/2012 05:06A
Proposed Changes to Child Sex Crimes Laws After Penn State Scandal
Based on the latest developments in the criminal code, Pennsylvania sex crimes lawyers can advise clients about a prudent legal response to volatile allegations. Reach our readers and post your press release. Business strategies for the digital age.
Updated: 01/01/2012 04:14A
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