Latest Criminal Law News

Factual innocence amendments advance to Senate
Jensie Anderson, also a University of Utah College of Law professor, told members of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee Tuesday that further amendments to the statute, could render it “unusable.
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:56P

Corporate Crime and Punishment
The Alien Tort Statute of 1789 under which the Nigerians are bringing their case was designed to ensure that foreigners could seek justice on US soil for crimes against "the law of nations." The First Congress had in mind crimes such as piracy,
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:28P

Govt being hypocritical over lese majeste law
In a move to demonstrate its loyalty to the monarchy, the previous government under the Democrat Party's Abhisit Vejjajiva also used the lese majeste law and other decrees such as the so-called law on computer crime to suppress its opponents,
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:26P

Broderick case ends with no criminal charges filed
“The decision by the Grand Jury was that there is not a basis for criminal charges,” Marquis said. “That means that no Oregon criminal law was violated and that no charges will be brought against Mr. Broderick.” On Jan. 19, Seaside Police arrested
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:20P

Reflection on the criminal law scholarship of William Stuntz
In his commentary which reflected on Harvard Law School's Professor William J. Stuntz's criminal law scholarship, Professor Smith conveyed the growing concerns surrounding our ever-expanding criminal justice system. The ever-growing body of criminal
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:08P

Reflection on the criminal law scholarship of William Stuntz
In his commentary which reflected on Harvard Law School's Professor William J. Stuntz's criminal law scholarship, Professor Smith conveyed the growing concerns surrounding our ever-expanding criminal justice system. The ever-growing body of criminal
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:08P

Increased penalties for non-notification of personal data processing and
Companies that process personal data (for example on employees or customers) risk a higher monetary fine under criminal law as from 9 February 2012, if they (deliberately) fail to comply with requirements including the notification obligation.
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:08P

Law Enforcement Agencies Nationwide Join Nixle's Community Information Service
Nixle is strategically partnered with Nlets to offer the only public messaging service on the International Justice and Public Safety network, a system owned by the fifty states and serving every criminal justice agency in the US and Canada.
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:05P

Separate investigation from prosecution: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram today strongly advocated separation of investigation and prosecution by amending the criminal justice system for speedy delivery of justice. Addressing a meeting of the Consultative Committee of the home ministry,
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:02P

Will spy tech corporations be held responsible for human rights violations?
Royal Dutch Petroleum—that will determine if corporate “persons” are also immune from civil and criminal prosecution. As detailed in a New York Times op-ed, the case will consider a 1784 law called the Alien Torts Statute. The author of the op-ed,
Updated: 02/28/2012 11:57A