Latest Criminal Law News
Twitter releases data for criminal inquiry
14 letter, a prosecutor in Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office told Twitter the information was needed to assist law enforcement in an “official criminal investigation.'' According to Twitter spokesman Matt Graves, the company provided
Updated: 03/02/2012 12:14A
Parliament says three years; judge says no
It is useful to contrast the manner in which Parliament intended an offender to be sentenced for a gun crime with the sentence Molloy imposed. Section 95 of the Criminal Code requires that a person in unauthorized possession of an unregistered loaded
Updated: 03/02/2012 12:05A
Our view: Quick action in prison case restores trust
When two prison guards allegedly took the law into their own hands, the law came back with criminal charges against them and five prisoners. Most of us will never be caught up in the criminal justice system, other than perhaps to serve on a jury,
Updated: 03/02/2012 12:05A
"Access Ban to RedHack Site Unlawful"
Access was banned to the kizilhack.org (RedHack) website on the grounds of alleged catalogue crimes as mentioned in Law No. 5651. Internet experts Akdeniz and Alt?parmak criticized the access ban saying that the activities of Redhack were not included
Updated: 03/01/2012 11:46P
"Access Ban to RedHack Site Unlawful"
Access was banned to the kizilhack.org (RedHack) website on the grounds of alleged catalogue crimes as mentioned in Law No. 5651. Internet experts Akdeniz and Alt?parmak criticized the access ban saying that the activities of Redhack were not included
Updated: 03/01/2012 11:46P
Our Gang Of War Criminals - OpEd
In international relations and international law, the same applies. Under the Nuremberg Principles, later incorporated into the United Nations Charter, to which the United States is a signatory, the planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war
Updated: 03/01/2012 11:36P
Campaign moves closer to putting anti-death penalty measure on Calif. ballot
Advocates for abolishing the state's death penalty - a coalition of the American Civil Liberties Union, lawyers, crime victims and law enforcement officials - will argue it's a pocketbook issue: They estimate that the death penalty costs the state $137
Updated: 03/01/2012 11:33P
Delhi Journal: The Supreme Court TV Drama
In recent weeks, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court has been hearing challenges to the 2009 Delhi High Court judgment that found Section 377 of the penal code to be in violation of the Indian Constitution. On New Delhi's Bhagwan Das Road,
Updated: 03/01/2012 11:31P
BRCC might expand program offerings to match job opportunities
Business administration/banking and finance will prepare students for a career in financial institutions and other business. Course work includes principles of banking, money and banking, lending fundamentals, banking and business law, and practices in
Updated: 03/01/2012 11:22P
Arpaio: Obama birth certificate “a computer-generated forgery”
Arpaio's probe comes amid a federal grand jury investigation into the sheriff's office on criminal abuse-of-power allegations since at least December 2009, focusing on the sheriff's anti-public corruption squad. Separately, the US Justice Department
Updated: 03/01/2012 10:55P