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Misconceived Cuts to Legal Aid Will Be Thoroughly Scrutinised by the House of
Set up in 1949 as one of the core planks of the welfare state in a spirit of bipartisan consensus, our legal aid system is split into three broad areas: criminal legal aid, family law legal aid and social welfare law legal aid.
Updated: 01/10/2012 04:49A
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Selena Teji is the Communications Specialist for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco, CA. She has a Juris Doctorate specializing in international law from UC Hastings, and has expertise in data-driven juvenile and criminal
Updated: 01/10/2012 04:37A
3 more top-rated lawyers join Corona defense team
He is a professorial lecturer in Criminal Law and Remedial Law at the University of the Philippines College of Law, Salvador is a partner of the Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles. He is a former dean of the Pasay City College of Law
Updated: 01/10/2012 04:21A
Correction: Scout's Honor: Gene Sera files for Collin County Court at Law No. 2
Sera, who has worked for the Denton County District Attorney's Office for "just short of two years" he said, also opened his own solo practice in criminal law and worked in both Denton and Collin County. When Sera heard that Lewis would be stepping
Updated: 01/10/2012 03:45A
Zimbabwe: Judiciary Must Accommodate a Changing Society - Justice Malaba
Of the 473 opposed court applications, 153 were set down for hearing of which 79 were disposed of representing a disposition rate of 53 percent. Of the 57 civil cases set down for trial, 18 were disposed of whilst 12 had reserved judgments.
Updated: 01/10/2012 03:36A
Idaho top court upholds gang law
Manzanares' attorney, Deputy Appellate Public Defender Erik Lehtinen, told the high court that because Idaho's new law doesn't specify that gang recruitment be done with the specific intent to further crime, it violates the right to association.
Updated: 01/10/2012 03:07A
Libya faces ICC deadline for the trial Saif Gaddafi
The international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, have serious concerns about Libya's ability to deliver justice for Saif Gaddafi. BRENDAN TREMBATH: The new regime in Libya is about to announce how it plans to deal with the prized
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:56A
Viet Nam: Viet Nam - EU: Release of rights and pro-democracy activists litmus
Writer Mr. Nguyen Xuan Nghia, sentenced on October 9, 2009 by Haiphong People's Court to six years in prison and three years' “probationary detention” (ie house arrest) under Article 88 of the Criminal Code on “conducting propaganda against the
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:48A
Resolve to reform juvenile law
By JAMES ALAN FOX An editorial in the Times ("Juvenile Justice," Jan. 4) highlighted the dramatic downward trend of juvenile crime. With crime rates at a 50-year low, this is a good time to re-examine our criminal justice policies, especially those
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:26A
US crime rate at lowest point in decades. Why America is safer now. (The
Beyond technology, law enforcement personnel are much better educated and trained today than ever before, adds John Paitakes, professor of criminal justice at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. They've also benefited from leaders like William Bratton
Updated: 01/10/2012 01:36A
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