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Huguely case: Different charges, different legal strategies
“The criminal law is very, very skeptical of allowing that claim to be exculpatory because a lot of the time alcohol and violence go hand in hand. The one exception is that voluntary intoxication may negate premeditation in a first-degree murder case,”
Updated: 02/12/2012 12:10A
MICHELE M. BENDER | The verdict: Crime shows arresting
I still love “Law and Order – SVU,” “Criminal Minds,” “NCIS” and “The Closer.” New shows I enjoy include “Southland” (cops in south LA); “Blue Bloods” (cops in New York City); “Memphis Beat” (cops in Memphis…what a surprise!)
Updated: 02/11/2012 11:20P
Quayle to serve on parole board
By Alex Morton During his 20 years as a state senator, Fred Quayle served on the Senate Courts of Justice Committee. The panel handled legislation to write or revise criminal laws, establish punishment levels and shape the parole system, he noted.
Updated: 02/11/2012 11:11P
Austin commercial classic: Oh, you do know Betty Blackwell?
The lawyer has spent years building a career that has included serving as president of the Criminal Justice Section of the State Bar of Texas, president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and co-author of a criminal law manual.
Updated: 02/11/2012 09:52P
Huguely: Different charges, different legal strategies
“The criminal law is very, very skeptical of allowing that claim to be exculpatory because a lot of the time alcohol and violence go hand in hand. The one exception is that voluntary intoxication may negate premeditation in a first-degree murder case,”
Updated: 02/11/2012 09:33P
Gibbs named Chippewa County DA
He has tried more than 40 jury trials and more than 200 court trials in both civil and criminal matters. Gibbs said he will be happy to move to the prosecution side of criminal legal work. “I started in law enforcement as a reserve officer,
Updated: 02/11/2012 08:46P
Burma's New Media Law Needs To Ensure Press Freedom – OpEd
The BMA urges the government to abolish the 1962 Printers and Publishers Registration Act, and completely overhaul the laws that restrict freedom of expression, such as the 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, Article 505/B of the Criminal Code and the 1923
Updated: 02/11/2012 08:30P
Reason over passion in death penalty debate
By Warren Kinsella ,QMI Agency Chris Levy, our brilliant criminal law professor at the University of Calgary, had just asked who among us favours the death penalty. My hand was one of them. It was our first year of law school, 1984.
Updated: 02/11/2012 08:12P
Reason over passion in death penalty debate
By Warren Kinsella ,QMI Agency Chris Levy, our brilliant criminal law professor at the University of Calgary, had just asked who among us favours the death penalty. My hand was one of them. It was our first year of law school, 1984.
Updated: 02/11/2012 08:12P
New law could open window for police to view Canadians' online habits
Entitled “an Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and others Acts,” the law would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to install equipment that would allow them to
Updated: 02/11/2012 08:10P
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