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Time the law moved to stop parents smacking their kids
We have abolished hanging and whipping in the criminal justice system. We have abolished corporal punishment in schools. Yet today in Australia it is still legal for parents to physically assault their children - provided it fits the woolly criteria of
Updated: 02/17/2012 07:24A
Media advocates cite UN stand in urging to decriminalize libel
The charges were based on Article 353 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), which defines libel as a "public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to
Updated: 02/17/2012 07:18A
Company News: Brandon W. Sawyer hired by Olinsky Law Group
In addition, he is a graduate from Michigan State University and has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. The Central New York Society for Human Resource Management announced its 2012 officers and board of directors. PAMELA GAVENDA, human resources
Updated: 02/17/2012 07:13A
Court Overturns Conviction of Ex-Goldman Programmer
The reversal deals a major blow to the Justice Department, which has made the prosecution of high-tech crime and intellectual property theft a top priority. This case tested the boundaries of the Economic Espionage Act, a 15-year-old law that makes it
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:51A
Court Overturns Conviction of Ex-Goldman Programmer
The reversal deals a major blow to the Justice Department, which has made the prosecution of high-tech crime and intellectual property theft a top priority. This case tested the boundaries of the Economic Espionage Act, a 15-year-old law that makes it
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:51A
IN RE SHAMBLIN
Appellant Ralph Wallace Shamblin, an indigent inmate, filed suit against Margaret Curran and Jean Mayo, two employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("TDCJ"), alleging that they had improperly converted his property.
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:47A
JONES v. STATE
Appellant, Morris Joseph Jones, was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, see TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 21.021(a)(1)(B), (2)(B) (Vernon Supp. 2011), and continuous sexual abuse of a young child, see TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 21.02 (Vernon Supp.
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:47A
ALLEN v. STIEFER
Code §§ 14.001-.014. We affirm. Allen, an inmate confined at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), filed suit pro se and in forma pauperis, complaining his due process rights were violated when his disciplinary case received for fighting was
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:47A
ALLEN v. THOMAS
The trial court dismissed Allen's suit without prejudice and Allen brought this appeal. Chapter 14 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code governs inmate litigation. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 14.001-.014. We review a trial court's
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:47A
DeLEON v. STATE
The jury convicted Jesse David DeLeon of evading arrest and assessed his punishment at confinement in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of two years. Additionally, the jury assessed a fine of $10000.
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:47A
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