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A meeting of the minds on brain and law
The meeting will also feature a panel discussion focusing on new knowledge about brain function, and how that knowledge will affect the way we understand moral responsibility, criminal behaviour and justice. This session will represent a golden
Updated: 02/14/2012 09:30P
Traumatised rape victims should be supported through legal process
By Colette Browne GROTESQUE, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented seems like an apt description of the callous treatment meted out by the Irish criminal justice system to an alleged gang rape victim. Giving evidence in the Central Criminal Court
Updated: 02/14/2012 09:24P
Traumatised rape victims should be supported through legal process
By Colette Browne GROTESQUE, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented seems like an apt description of the callous treatment meted out by the Irish criminal justice system to an alleged gang rape victim. Giving evidence in the Central Criminal Court
Updated: 02/14/2012 09:24P
Justice Dept. gets 'award' for worst secrecy work
The Justice Department has opened six criminal leak cases under the Obama administration, two of them involving an ex-CIA officer and the New York Times. "Anyone who knows anything about the Freedom of Information Act will tell you that the Department
Updated: 02/14/2012 08:44P
Justice Dept. gets 'award' for worst secrecy work
The Justice Department has opened six criminal leak cases under the Obama administration, two of them involving an ex-CIA officer and the New York Times. "Anyone who knows anything about the Freedom of Information Act will tell you that the Department
Updated: 02/14/2012 08:39P
Tories defend mandatory minimum sentences
The decision will most certainly be appealed, particularly since it contradicts a similar lower court ruling, but Justice Anne Molloy's argument that sending Leroy Smickle to prison for three years was akin to cruel and unusual punishment is raising
Updated: 02/14/2012 08:37P
Court grants Oni leave on Justice Salami
In the Motion Ex-parte, Oni sought an order of the court granting leave to him to apply for an Order of Mandamus directing the AGF to institute Criminal Proceedings against Justice Salami “for giving false evidence contrary to Sections 156,
Updated: 02/14/2012 07:42P
Government alludes to lawful access oversight role for privacy commissioner
Toews said the legislation would give Canada's law enforcement agencies, including CSIS, “the investigative tools they need to do their jobs and keep our communities safe.” He said Bill C-30 would also update offences in the Criminal Code to cover ways
Updated: 02/14/2012 07:14P
Scrap-metal thefts are target of crackdown in Cincinnati
Consultant Brandon Kooi, an associate professor of criminal justice at Aurora University in Aurora, Ill., said he "likes that this proposal is focusing on prevention." But he said it could lead to "gray markets" in which people without licenses would
Updated: 02/14/2012 07:07P
GOLDEN: SENATE PASSES BILL PREVENTING CRIMINAL NAME CHANGE
The legislation is a result of a 2000 civil rights law amendment that established a process for violent felons so to petition for a legal name change that includes crime victim and community notification. The process gives victims a chance to voice
Updated: 02/14/2012 07:03P
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