Latest Criminal Law News

NY Weighs Expanding DNA Bank to All Criminals
“Every step in the process is associated with scientific controls to assure the accuracy of the results,” said Barry Duceman, a former Yale genetics researcher who was hired two decades ago to launch the state program. The lab repeatedly meets
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:31A

Libya: UN report investigates war crimes, Gaddafi's death
By Tracey Shelton, Global Post | 08:27 am TRIPOLI, Libya — Forces from both sides of the Libyan uprising are guilty of war crimes, breaches of international human rights laws and crimes against humanity, according to a UN report obtained by GlobalPost,
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:27A

Is Korea soft on white-collar crime?
Which again, I don't think that is good for any country, is it, for anyone to have that sense they are above the law?” Foster-Carter said. A sense that the powerful can escape justice is not just confined to the business world.
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:16A

Raleigh Criminal Lawyer Joins National College of DUI Defense
Raleigh criminal lawyer Damon Chetson announced his membership in the National College of DUI Defense, a leading organization of criminal defense lawyers who focus on DWI defense law. DWI is a unique area of criminal defense.
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:14A

Criminal charges up 76 percent for 2011
Top felonies include possession of drugs or "precursors" (ingredients) used to make methamphetamine, stealing, domestic assault and distribution or sale of controlled substances. Also up for Rice's office last year was the number of jury trials,
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:59A

Bill would expand New York's DNA criminal databank
Both prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that having more DNA can help solve more crimes, but not everyone agrees that this bill does enough to ensure justice. WMHT's Marie Cusick reports for the Innovation Trail. The power of DNA evidence in
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:40A

Older, wiser, better behaved
SOUTH Australia's crime rates will fall by almost 20 per cent simply because more of us are getting too old to break the law. An Australian Institute of Criminology study has found there will be an 18 per cent drop in all arrest rates by 2051,
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:37A

Laws of time say crime doesn't grey
SOUTH Australia's crime rates will fall by almost 20 per cent simply because more of us are getting too old to break the law. An Australian Institute of Criminology study has found there will be an 18 per cent drop in all arrest rates by 2051,
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:36A

Laws of time say crime doesn't grey
SOUTH Australia's crime rates will fall by almost 20 per cent simply because more of us are getting too old to break the law. An Australian Institute of Criminology study has found there will be an 18 per cent drop in all arrest rates by 2051,
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:36A

Shock as woman defecates in court?
Rosina Moyo, 32, of Vanguard compound in Mberengwa was dragged before magistrate Christopher Maturure facing charges of assault as defined in Section 89 (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. The woman was found guilty by
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:49A