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Drop Criminal Charges Against Journalists
In pursuing the case, the public prosecutor bypassed a new Press Law which took effect in November 2011, resorting instead to using Article 121 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes the distribution of printed material that disrupts public order or
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:06A
Man suspected of shooting state trooper had long criminal record
Before dawn Thursday, trooper Anthony Radulescu bore the brunt of Blake's disdain for law enforcement and penchant for violence. Investigators from the WSP Crime lab examine the area around a patrol car at the scene where a Washington State Patrolmen
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:03A
Man suspected of shooting state trooper had long criminal record
Before dawn Thursday, trooper Anthony Radulescu bore the brunt of Blake's disdain for law enforcement and penchant for violence. Investigators from the WSP Crime lab examine the area around a patrol car at the scene where a Washington State Patrolmen
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:03A
IU Maurer School of Law professor donates African sculpture to school
Gene Shreve, Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law, has donated a sculptural ensemble depicting a criminal trial under customary law of the Baule people. The piece dates from 1900-1920 and is from the Ivory Coast. A knowledgeable and passionate collector,
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:49A
IU Maurer School of Law professor donates African sculpture to school
Gene Shreve, Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law, has donated a sculptural ensemble depicting a criminal trial under customary law of the Baule people. The piece dates from 1900-1920 and is from the Ivory Coast. A knowledgeable and passionate collector,
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:49A
MPs: Abolition of Death Penalty - Internal Affair of Belarus
Deputies note that the norms of the international law (Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) let executions be carried out for "the most serious crimes on the basis of the courts judgments, applying all but minors and
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:45A
Philosophy Professor to Lecture on “Who Are Refugees?”
Lister also lectures at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on international business transactions. He writes in a number of areas including immigration, criminal and international law, often from a philosophical perspective.
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:30A
The $1m man? Wood may seek big bucks for justice
Six months on from an appeal hearing, during which Wood's legal team argued the 2008 jury verdict was flawed and unsafe, the Court of Criminal Appeal agreed. A bench of three appeal judges said that because suicide could not be excluded,
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:27A
Judge acquits man in bride's honeymoon death (video)
By AP View full sizeAP Photo/The Birmingham News, Tamika MooreGabe Watson, second left, hugs members of his defense team after the charges in his capital murder trial were dismissed at the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center in Birmingham, Ala.,
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:37A
Holder: Wall Street Actions 'Reprehensible,' Not Criminal
While conduct that contributed to the 2008 market collapse was “morally reprehensible,” it wasn't necessarily criminal, said US Attorney General Eric Holder. In remarks made yesterday at Columbia Law School in New York, Holder said he understands “the
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:32A
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