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Updated | Prime Minister announces review of hate crimes
Lawrence Gonzi asks justice minister to seek consultation on hate crimes to include sexual orientation. Including sexual orientation in hate crimes was a 2008 electoral promise. Updated at 3:01pm, adds reaction by MGRM coordinator Gabi Calleja.
Updated: 02/07/2012 03:26P
Judge Daley retires after helping transform juvenile court
With his background as a criminal defense attorney, Daley said, he had come to see that the juvenile level of justice is where the investment of resources should be made. He said he has reviewed credible economic analyses which estimated that the
Updated: 02/07/2012 03:19P
New citizen's arrest law doesn't condone vigilantes: Justice minister
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is stressing that proposed changes to the federal citizen's arrest law do not signal an endorsement of vigilante justice. There appears to be all-party agreement that the Criminal Code needs to be updated to
Updated: 02/07/2012 03:13P
National accreditation group reinstates certification for Connecticut crime lab
A board of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors voted Tuesday afternoon to restore the state lab's accreditation, according to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Work at the lab never stopped, but the loss of the certification played a role in
Updated: 02/07/2012 03:03P
Resignation now could help O'Shane preserve a proud legacy
Photo: Wade Laube The Supreme Court found magistrate Pat O'Shane got the law wrong in 14 of 16 criminal cases it reviewed since 1999, write Michael Eburn and Ruth Townsend. Magistrate Patricia O'Shane has often been the subject of controversy over her
Updated: 02/07/2012 03:02P
Trial of Suspected wife killer resumes in Lagos
Mr Akolade who was arraigned last year is facing a one-count charge of murder, an offence contrary to section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Law Cap. 17 Volume 2, Laws of Lagos State, 2003. He however pleaded not guilty to the crime which attracts a
Updated: 02/07/2012 02:48P
Connecticut crime lab wins accreditation bid
Dannel P. Malloy says a board of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors voted Tuesday afternoon to restore the state lab's accreditation. Work at the lab never stopped, but the loss of the certification played a role in cutting off the
Updated: 02/07/2012 02:31P
Fish & Richardson Adds Five New Associates
He received his JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2011 where he was on the executive board of the American Criminal Law Review, and his BA, magna cum laude, in computer science from Duke University in 2004
Updated: 02/07/2012 02:04P
Does Stolen Valor Act Violate Free Speech Laws?
In a free society replete with barstool braggarts and tall-tale tellers, there is no place for a federal law that makes it a crime to lie about receiving military honors, according to a raft of briefs to the US Supreme Court.
Updated: 02/07/2012 02:03P
What Does It Take to Get Disbarred?
The commentary on Rule 8.4 proposes that, "Although a lawyer is personally answerable to the entire criminal law, a lawyer should be professionally answerable only for offenses that indicate lack of those characteristics relevant to law practice.
Updated: 02/07/2012 01:35P
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