Latest Criminal Law News

Procedural errors no ground for quashing convictio
New Delhi: Procedural errors cannot be the sole ground for quashing conviction or ordering retrial in a criminal case unless there was manifest miscarriage of justice to the accused, the Supreme Court has ruled. "Decidedly, there has to be a fair trial
Updated: 02/19/2012 12:51A

... and justice for all
And I understand Mr. Serafin's frustration, but I'm subject to the penal law and I need to look at the law and I need to look at how it's defined and there's nothing in this case that would indicate that anyone that participated in it formed the intent
Updated: 02/19/2012 12:30A

We need to be tough in enforcing rule of law
The jury of the Central Criminal Court were told that the accused may have got the wrong man but the prosecution hadn't. The jury agreed and delivered a verdict of guilty, as Doyle stood and smiled from the dock. Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan imposed the
Updated: 02/19/2012 12:06A

We need to be tough in enforcing rule of law
The jury of the Central Criminal Court were told that the accused may have got the wrong man but the prosecution hadn't. The jury agreed and delivered a verdict of guilty, as Doyle stood and smiled from the dock. Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan imposed the
Updated: 02/19/2012 12:06A

Why wasn't this a crime? Tioga County taxpayers will pay the price to settle a
Correction officers in New York are required to hold state-accredited peace officer certification, which requires a 35-hour basic training course and 79 hours of deadly force training, according to a state Department of Criminal Justice Services
Updated: 02/18/2012 11:58P

SPLC Threatens Legal Action Over Juvenile Center
Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station. by Concerned Citizen on Feb 18, 2012 at 10:27 PM The SPLC needs to spend more time rehabilitating the teenagers who commit crimes than threatening law suits
Updated: 02/18/2012 10:54P

Proceeds of crime can profit police
prospect of going after this country's crime bosses with enhanced firepower, in the process reaping the potential rewards of causing irreparable damage to their activities and providing law enforcers with the resources to up the ante further still.
Updated: 02/18/2012 10:06P

Campus crime on the rise
County law enforcement officials say students are bringing prescription pills — often available from their parents' medicine cabinet — to school more frequently. County students committed 4.2 percent more criminal or violent acts from the 2009-10
Updated: 02/18/2012 08:51P

Ravi trial to begin on Tuesday with jury selection
The former Rutgers University student will be subject to two very different judgments, in and out of the courtroom, say two attorneys with criminal law backgrounds, Edward Weinstein and Kaitlin Kennedy of the Law Offices of Edward R. Weinstein in East
Updated: 02/18/2012 08:48P

Case against Ravi may be difficult for prosecutors to prove
The former Rutgers University student will be subject to two very different judgments, in and out of the courtroom, say two attorneys with criminal law backgrounds, Edward Weinstein and Kaitlin Kennedy of the Law Offices of Edward R. Weinstein in East
Updated: 02/18/2012 08:43P