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Lawyer to Ohio justice: Skip death penalty cases
CINCINNATI (WTW) — A prosecutor in Cincinnati is calling on an Ohio Supreme Court justice who recently criticized the state's death penalty law to sit out decisions in cases involving capital punishment. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports
Updated: 02/04/2012 11:22A
Prosecutor says Ohio Supreme Court justice critical of law should sit out
He said he'll continue to follow current state law, but that judges are permitted to suggest changes. "I know the difference between advocating for a change in the law and applying the law as it exists," he said. Urging the House Criminal Justice
Updated: 02/04/2012 10:58A
New attorneys join Corso & Rhude law office
While attending the Ohio State University, Boyd served as the chief managing editor of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law and the president of the Criminal Law Society. She graduated magna cum laude with honors and holds bachelor of arts degrees in
Updated: 02/04/2012 10:57A
Today's letters: Do our gun laws conflict with our right to self-defence?
Meanwhile, thousands of personal violence-type crimes are committed across Canada each year. Yet, these three cases are the best evidence to demonstrate a need to change the law? The Criminal Code is pretty clear: You are allowed to defend yourself to
Updated: 02/04/2012 09:31A
New legal director of ACLU of Montana on front lines of public policy
"It's fair to say the criminal justice system throughout the United States is not serving the function any of us hope it to serve," he said. "The US has more people in prison -- over 2 million -- than any country in the world. The next largest is China
Updated: 02/04/2012 09:30A
Utah law would block profits from notorious crimes
Curt Webb of Logan is proposing that victims would get any profits a convicted criminal earns from books, movies or other media based off their story. The new law would apply to all crimes and supersede the current law that only applies to the most
Updated: 02/04/2012 09:23A
Proposed Utah law would bar notorious criminals from profiting from their own
Additionally, any profit made off so-called "victimless" crimes would be taken and deposited into a state fund for victims. Webb said it's unlikely that people charged with a misdemeanor would ever be pursued under the law because their crimes wouldn't
Updated: 02/04/2012 09:07A
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One of them was this: We'll also establish a Financial Crimes Unit of highly trained investigators to crack down on large-scale fraud... financial firms violate major anti-fraud laws because there's no real penalty for being a repeat offender.
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:32A
Let Them Eat Task Forces
One of them was this: We'll also establish a Financial Crimes Unit of highly trained investigators to crack down on large-scale fraud... financial firms violate major anti-fraud laws because there's no real penalty for being a repeat offender.
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:32A
Black Americans Given Longer Sentences than White Americans for Same Crimes
According to M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr, who teaches criminal law at the University of Michigan Law School, the racial disparities can be explained “in a single prosecutorial decision: whether to file a
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:17A
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