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'Stand Your Ground' law doesn't apply to FIU student accused in fatal stabbing
The Stand Your Ground law, passed in 2005, removes a citizen's duty to retreat before using lethal force if faced with life-threatening danger. When triggered, the law protects a citizen from both criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits for acting in
Updated: 02/17/2012 09:29A
Videos: UFC Champ Jon Jones Takes Police Academy Training
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 17, 2012 9:01 AM EST in UFC Video Jon Jones took up Criminal Justice in school, and said that he has always wanted to be in law enforcement. A few hours before he won the UFC light heavyweight championship against Shogun Rua,
Updated: 02/17/2012 09:10A
Gilligan sentenced to further six months in jail
He showed no emotion during the 30-minute hearing at the Criminal Courts of Justice. Gilligan (aged 59), whose address was given as "care of Portlaoise Prison", pleaded guilty to possession of a "mobile telecommunications device" whilst in lawful
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:37A
Is Your Station Getting Enough Legal Ads?
The top spenders would be in personal injury, DUI/traffic, bankruptcy/debt consolidation, divorce/child support, and criminal. From 2009 to 2011, the legal services allocated between 62.4% and 66.8% of all spending to local TV.
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:33A
Bio attack on food supply increasingly attractive to terrorists, says expert
In an article in the February issue of the FBI's Law Enforcement Bulletin, Dean Olsen, a former commander of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department in Omaha, NE, said “agroterrorism” is becoming more attractive to
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:31A
Convicted drugs dealer John Gilligan has been jailed for a further six months
Gilligan is due for release from jail in April next year but the Special Criminal Court today jailed him for a consecutive six months sentence. He showed no emotion during the 30 minute hearing at the Criminal Courts of Justice.
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:28A
Arjun Sethi: Homeless treated as criminals in America
Now it's becoming a crime.- 11:36 pm Braving America without a home has always been hard. Now it's becoming a crime. A recent survey of 234 cities by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty found that on nearly every front,
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:09A
A question of legal standards
Yet for anyone who respects the role of judges in our democracy and is concerned with maintaining public confidence in our justice system, it is a most important task. Allow me then to put the latest controversy about NSW magistrate Pat O'Shane in some
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:07A
Interview with Professor (Dr) Alan Khee-Jin Tan, Director of the NYU@NUS Dual
Alan Tan is Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Law School, specialising in Aviation Law, Maritime Law, Criminal Law and Environmental Law. Professor Alan is Director of the NYU@NUS Dual Degree Program that allows students to obtain
Updated: 02/17/2012 07:44A
Time and punishment - court in a dilemma
In SA, judges determine penalties in the confines of the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act (1998). Parliament decides the range of penalties for each type of crime. "It sounds trite, but the judge must sentence according to the law - that's the drill,"
Updated: 02/17/2012 07:39A
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