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Fast-Track Justice
Crime is down, fear of crime is down, the number of people carrying out crime is down, and those that do break the law are being punished swiftly by Scotland's justice system with criminals now being punished through the longest prison sentences in a
Updated: 01/31/2012 02:21A
Fast-Track Justice
Crime is down, fear of crime is down, the number of people carrying out crime is down, and those that do break the law are being punished swiftly by Scotland's justice system with criminals now being punished through the longest prison sentences in a
Updated: 01/31/2012 02:21A
Convicted sexual offender escapes from Orleans Parish Criminal District Court
"It's never happened in a trial that I've been involved in," said his attorney JC Lawrence, who has been practicing criminal law for at least three decades. Teddy Magee simply walked out the courtroom door after the verdict was announced.
Updated: 01/30/2012 11:12P
Covicted sexual offender escapes from Orleans Parish Criminal District Court
"It's never happened (before) in a trial that I've been involved in," said his attorney JC Lawrence, who has been practicing criminal law for at least three decades. "I told him not to leave," Lawrence said. "He did not listen.
Updated: 01/30/2012 10:41P
New documents show more was spent on Kansas Bioscience Authority legal fees
By Dion Lefler New documents show that the Kansas Bioscience Authority has spent about $122000 in public funds, nearly twice as much as previously reported, on legal fees for two former executives facing a criminal investigation.
Updated: 01/30/2012 10:11P
Inmate sues over prison beard ban
By Jazmine Ulloa An inmate at a Beeville state prison is suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying its grooming policy infringes upon his right to practice his religion. Kenneth Hickman, 49, said he is required to wear a beard as a Muslim,
Updated: 01/30/2012 09:46P
Inmate sues over prison beard ban
By Jazmine Ulloa An inmate at a Beeville state prison is suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying its grooming policy infringes upon his right to practice his religion. Kenneth Hickman, 49, said he is required to wear a beard as a Muslim,
Updated: 01/30/2012 09:46P
The Shafia trial was only the beginning
718 of the Criminal Code) or that it would be used to argue the defence of provocation (as per s. 232 of the Canadian Criminal Code). If we must celebrate this decision, let us do so guardedly lest we be fooled; Sunday was not, as some have argued,
Updated: 01/30/2012 09:42P
Mortgage Fraud Task Force Has Big Names, Unclear Mandate
Now, Schneiderman is one of five co-chairs of the RMBS, alongside Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general, criminal division at the US Department of Justice; Robert Khuzami, the SEC's director of enforcement; John Walsh, US Attorney for the district
Updated: 01/30/2012 08:44P
With Extradition Law, Honduras Outsources Justice to US
Guatemala, then, is an example of how extradition can be a useful tool for breaking up criminal networks in the absence of a sufficiently strong domestic legal system. However, it also shows the failings of this kind of approach, where justice is
Updated: 01/30/2012 08:35P
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