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Judge strikes down gun sentence law
A reasonable person aware of its facts, the principles underlying the Charter and sentencing provisions of the Criminal Code “would consider a three-year sentence to be fundamentally unfair, outrageous, abhorrent and intolerant,” Molloy wrote.
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:58P
NSW judges brought in for court blitz
Acting Justice John Nield returns to the territory's higher court following his stint as an acting judge in 2010-2011. He will be joined by acting Justice Margaret Sidis, who will retire from her post on the NSW District Court bench to take up the role
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:45P
Toronto judge shoots down 'abhorrent' mandatory gun sentence
"A reasonable person knowing the circumstances of this case, and the principles underlying both the Charter and the general sentencing provisions of the Criminal Code, would consider a three-year sentence to be fundamentally unfair, outrageous,
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:27P
Toronto judge shoots down `abhorrent' mandatory gun sentence
``A reasonable person knowing the circumstances of this case, and the principles underlying both the Charter and the general sentencing provisions of the Criminal Code, would consider a three-year sentence to be fundamentally unfair, outrageous,
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:26P
Lawyers to meet on defence of 27 pending people-smuggling trials
Legal experts say the mass trials will be unique in the history of Australian criminal law because almost all the defendants are Indonesians facing five-year mandatory sentences if convicted. The first people-smuggling prosecution is listed for May 14
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:03P
Latest bikie laws self-defeating, lawyer
The Hells Angels lawyer who defeated NSW's tough anti-gang law says the latest crackdown on bikies is unnecessary and probably self-defeating. The former Labor state government introduced the Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act in 2009 after
Updated: 02/13/2012 07:39P
NSW bikie laws are self-defeating: lawyer
The Hells Angels lawyer who defeated NSW's tough anti-gang law says the latest crackdown on bikies is unnecessary and probably self-defeating. The former Labor state government introduced the Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act in 2009 after
Updated: 02/13/2012 07:11P
Former Monroe County DA Mike Green is tapped for state post
By Linda Quinlan, staff writer Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced this afternoon that he has selected former Monroe County District Attorney Mike Green to serve as Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS).
Updated: 02/13/2012 07:00P
Tories stand firm on 'online spying' legislation
But senior departmental officials also criticized Toews, who previously served as attorney general of Canada and Manitoba, for failing to state in his public response to Cavoukian that there are provisions of the Criminal Code that allow police to read
Updated: 02/13/2012 06:25P
Tories stand firm on `lawful access' legislation
But senior departmental officials also criticized Toews, who previously served as attorney general of Canada and Manitoba, for failing to state in his public response to Cavoukian that there are provisions of the Criminal Code that allow police to read
Updated: 02/13/2012 06:21P
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