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Wrongly jailed disabled man still not free
Psychiatrists assessed him in 2003 as being mentally unfit to stand 0trial and he was detained under the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act. Mr Noble was released from Greenough Regional Prison on Sunday and told reporters he wanted to get
Updated: 01/08/2012 10:12P
77% honour killing cases end in criminal's acquittal
Islamabad—Around 77 percent of honour killing cases end in acquittal of the criminals, a pilot study on “Honour Killing in Pakistan and Compliance of Law” revealed. The study report was launched by Legislative Watch Programme for Women Empowerment of
Updated: 01/08/2012 09:19P
Bill would keep kids out of criminal justice system
Yewell has said the State Interagency Council — composed of court representatives, social workers, early childhood specialists and mental health professionals — is advocating that social services agencies rather than the criminal justice system handle
Updated: 01/08/2012 08:13P
Good Programming is Good Corrections
A graduate of Northeastern University and Suffolk University Law School, Horgan has trained staff in inmate rights and civil liability and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts where he teaches Corrections and Criminal Justice.
Updated: 01/08/2012 07:00P
Martin Rowson on David Cameron and City bonuses - cartoon
Police have begun to evict members of Occupy Lancaster protest without due cause and therefore in contravention of the 1977 Criminal Law Act protecting squatters rights. The right wing totalitarian state is upon us. I like this, the runt is going
Updated: 01/08/2012 06:36P
SEC to change policy on companies' admission of guilt
The SEC will continue to use the "neither admit nor deny" settlement process when it alone reaches a deal with a company in a case of civil securities law violations, the people briefed on the policy said. Those types of cases make up the majority of
Updated: 01/08/2012 06:22P
A bouquet of justice for Bhutto Shaheed
During and before the trial, General Zia had publicly declared that ZA Bhutto was a murderer and would not escape punishment. No notice was taken by the trial court of this prejudiced statement. Both the chief justices had also spoken to foreign
Updated: 01/08/2012 06:09P
One-Third of Child Sex Abuse Caused by Minors
For many of the therapists and attorneys who deal with them, these juvenile offenders pose a profoundly complicated challenge for the child-protection and criminal justice systems. It's a diverse group that defies stereotypes, encompassing a minority
Updated: 01/08/2012 05:15P
Corrections and clarifications
For instance, one said: "Under the current law, which is encompassed in the Criminal Justice Act 2003, if the crime had been committed today, both men could have expected to receive a minimum term of 25 years as juveniles committing a racist knife
Updated: 01/08/2012 04:01P
SEC to change policy on comapanies' admission of guilt
The SEC will continue to use the "neither admit nor deny" settlement process when it alone reaches a deal with a company in a case of civil securities law violations, the people briefed on the policy said. Those types of cases make up the majority of
Updated: 01/08/2012 03:01P
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