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Peter Margulies Reports on AALS II
These cases made membership in a criminal organization such as the Nazi SS a war crime. However, as I've explained in a recent paper, The Fog of War Reform: Change and Structure in the Law of Armed Conflict After September 11, membership offenses had a
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:54P
Idaho Supreme Court upholds gang-recruiting law
Manzanares said that gangs do not solely exist for committing crimes, but rather provide other benefits to members, such as cultural and social benefits. The high court, in its 39-page ruling, said that the Idaho law was OK, and that any association or
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:54P
State Penitentiary Service: Video Surveillance Of Tymoshenko In Kachanivska
"Video surveillance of Yulia Tymoshenko and other prisoners in Kachanivska penal colony is being carried out according to the laws in effect," the statement said. Under Article 103 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:39P
Feds must justify secrecy on Young investigation files
By RICHARD MAUER A federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled today that the Justice Department was wrong in categorically refusing to provide any of its criminal investigative files on US Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, to an anti-corruption public interest
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:14P
Waterbury Avenue Crime Scene Was Deemed 'Nuisance' Property Last Week
The city defines the “chronic nuisance” conditions as criminal activity, building problems or noise violations. The city's law departments began filing paperwork last week that would have notified the property owner that the home was a nuisance
Updated: 01/10/2012 02:06P
Cardozo School of Law Clinics Help Create Large-Scale Reform in Immigration
A New York Times editorial on December 28, 2011, cited the work of the Innocence Project, saying the report on the case "calls into question the disproportionate discretion and power of persecutors in the US criminal justice system.
Updated: 01/10/2012 01:37P
Cardozo School of Law Clinics Help Create Large-Scale Reform in Immigration
A New York Times editorial on December 28, 2011, cited the work of the Innocence Project, saying the report on the case "calls into question the disproportionate discretion and power of persecutors in the US criminal justice system.
Updated: 01/10/2012 01:27P
Battling Corporate Crime
The DOJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission are the agencies jointly charged with enforcing the law. The DOJ oversees the anti-bribery provisions, which are a criminal matter, while the SEC is charged with ensuring corporations listed with the
Updated: 01/10/2012 01:21P
Yemeni president granted immunity
Amnesty International called the law "a smack in the face for justice." Navi Pillay, the United Nations' top human rights official, said last week that an amnesty for those accused of gross human rights violations or war crimes breaks international law
Updated: 01/10/2012 01:11P
Yemeni president granted immunity
Amnesty International called the law "a smack in the face for justice." Navi Pillay, the United Nations' top human rights official, said last week that an amnesty for those accused of gross human rights violations or war crimes breaks international law
Updated: 01/10/2012 01:11P
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