Latest Criminal Law News
A new board game in the making
the appropriate use of laws, arguments and innuendos? What's more fun than making your opponent look like a criminal or the prosecution like a bunch of opportunistic incompetents who need to “call a friend” because they are not practicing lawyers.
Updated: 01/17/2012 10:57A
Baltimore Police hire ex-DEA, Homeland Security official to oversee internal
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven and a Master of Science degree in Management from The Johns Hopkins University. Grayling Williams , the new head of internal investigations for Baltimore Police.
Updated: 01/17/2012 10:53A
Cameron backing bail law changes
Proposed amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill would mean that prosecutors will be able to lodge appeals against crown court decisions to grant bail to people accused of serious crimes. A campaign to change the law
Updated: 01/17/2012 10:47A
Maldives courts boycott sessions to protest chief justice's arrest
Opposition activists say the government is trying to use an old criminal defamation law to persecute them while it is not part of the current democratic law. Religious debates have gained prominence in this Sunni Muslim nation of 300000 people where
Updated: 01/17/2012 10:09A
Notorious British killers can die in jail – European Court
They can be freed only by the Justice Secretary, who can give discretion on compassionate grounds when the prisoner is terminally ill or seriously incapacitated. The Criminal Cases Review Commission reached a provisional decision not to refer his case
Updated: 01/17/2012 10:08A
Lester Vann Waters, Suspect In Sherry Arnold Abduction Case, Has Long Criminal
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which listed his occupation as that of a construction worker, also documented that he served time in various county jails and the state penitentiary. Arnold's disappearance and presumed death have shaken the
Updated: 01/17/2012 10:00A
Tequesta Police to host annual Citizen's Police Academy
There will be a field trip to youth court, a chance to practice with RADAR and Laser guns, a police K-9 demonstration and classes by local law enforcement professionals on topics such as police stress, criminal law, fiscal management and etc.
Updated: 01/17/2012 09:59A
Tequesta Police to host annual Citizen's Police Academy
There will be a field trip to youth court, a chance to practice with RADAR and Laser guns, a police K-9 demonstration and classes by local law enforcement professionals on topics such as police stress, criminal law, fiscal management and etc.
Updated: 01/17/2012 09:59A
Halting Canadian Bush Prosecution Violated International Obligations
Faced with the federal government's refusal to act, we initiated a private prosecution under § 504 of the Criminal Code of Canada. On the morning of Bush's arrival in Surrey, a Justice of the Peace in the Provincial Court of British Columbia received a
Updated: 01/17/2012 09:57A
Mayor's Office "must take lead" on victim-centred policing
By Brian Sims Victim Support is keen to ensure the new office, which replaces the Metropolitan Police Authority, makes the most of the opportunity to improve the capital's criminal justice system. As a result of a law passed last year, and as reported
Updated: 01/17/2012 09:33A
Primary Categories