Latest Criminal Law News
Creve Coeur to have Citizen Police Academy
The academy is meant to educate residents about the criminal justice system and provide insight into everyday police work. Academy instructors are police officers from Creve Coeur, Des Peres, Frontenac, Olivette and Town and Country.
Updated: 02/21/2012 06:43A
Campaigners call on tougher enforcement against 'criminal landlords'
A group of activists brought together by bad experiences of private landlords have rallied to call on tighter laws to protect tenants. Edinburgh Private Tenants Action Group (EPTAG) is launching a campaign for tougher enforcement against 'criminal
Updated: 02/21/2012 06:37A
Lakeland Criminal Defense Attorney Launches New Website
Lakeland, FL (Law Firm Newswire) February 21, 2012 – Lakeland criminal defense attorney Thomas C. Grajek launched a new website to better serve those accused of crimes in central Florida. The website at http://www.flcrimedefense.com/ is an easy-to-use
Updated: 02/21/2012 06:28A
Law School pioneers new curriculum
Ledeen added that a second key benefit of his clinical experience was exposure to substantive areas of the law, which helps law students develop a “much deeper understanding of our criminal justice system than [one] could possibly get by just sitting
Updated: 02/21/2012 06:15A
Bad idea in a free society
Greg Brophy has proposed repeal of his state's 19th century criminal-libel statute, telling the Associated Press that the law “tramples on the First Amendment rights of people to write and or post online things that they want to post.
Updated: 02/21/2012 06:05A
Seven problems with the POSIB - LRC
Section 19 of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A of 16 December 1966 with entry into force 23 March 1976) (ICCPR), to which South
Updated: 02/21/2012 06:03A
Whitney Price Joins Butler Rubin as an Associate
Prior to entering law school, Price she spent four years working for The Justice Project, a criminal justice reform organization in Washington, DC A 2001 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Price served as Submissions Review Editor of
Updated: 02/21/2012 06:01A
Malloy, Lawlor wary of 'hold' on immigrant suspects
Mike Lawlor, Under Secretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning, said Monday that federal immigration officials could begin its Secure Communities program in Connecticut on Wednesday. The program uses fingerprints collected in local jails to
Updated: 02/21/2012 05:37A
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin and White Expands to a Full Service Law Firm
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin and White is pleased to announce its expansion to a full-service law firm. STSW began as one of the leading criminal, white-collar criminal, catastrophic injury and family law firms in Maryland. From those strong beginnings
Updated: 02/21/2012 05:17A
California Southern University Announces Availability of Bachelor of Science
California Southern University has announced the availability of a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. The new degree program is both comprehensive and innovative, combining core, foundational criminal justice courses such as criminology,
Updated: 02/21/2012 05:07A