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A step forward for women toward a life without violence
The law sets standards for awareness, prevention and punishment of all forms of violence and discrimination against women, while reforming the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code as well as Law 294 of 1996, which prevents, redresses and penalizes
Updated: 03/09/2012 05:38P

KILA to host legal workshop
Dr NR Madhava Menon, NL Mithra, Justice R Basanth, Justice Thottalthil Radhakrishnan and Justice KT Shankaran will participate. Subjects like legal challenges and needs and civil and criminal law reforms will be discussed at the workshop,
Updated: 03/09/2012 05:24P

Walker sets up legal defense fund for John Doe probe
Walker's campaign released a statement from the first-term Republican saying he would use the defense fund to pay his two criminal defense lawyers "to review documents and assist me in cooperating" with the secret probe. But state election law makes
Updated: 03/09/2012 05:21P

UN panel draws up list of Libyan 'violators'
Investigators probing violations during the Libyan conflict handed the UN's top human rights body a list of people it thinks should face justice. it was announced Friday. The experts also called for further probes into NATO air strikes on Libya.
Updated: 03/09/2012 04:49P

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION : Northrop Grumman's Law Enforcement Information
MCLEAN, Va., March 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that its Law Enforcement Information Exchange System (LInX) crime and incident reporting system received the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Public
Updated: 03/09/2012 04:46P

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
A former federal prosecutor in Manhattan and Washington, DC, Barkow joins from the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law, which he founded nearly four years ago. Jones Day has added three partners recently in
Updated: 03/09/2012 04:21P

Lawyer: Prosecute Rush Limbaugh for defamation
A high-profile attorney is calling for Rush Limbaugh to be prosecuted on a defamation charge, saying an obscure Florida law can be used to punish him for calling a college student a "slut" and a "prostitute" on the air. ASSOCIATED PRESS In this Jan.
Updated: 03/09/2012 04:18P

SC Lt Gov Ard pleads guilty to criminal charges
Ken Ard has pleaded guilty to seven counts of violating state ethics laws. The plea Friday afternoon came hours after he resigned from office. He was to be sentenced later Friday. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Ard gave $75000 of his own money to
Updated: 03/09/2012 04:14P

Profiler: Killers stupid people
Brown spoke to more than 125 students Thursday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney's 23rd-annual Criminal Justice Conference. Brown told students of a case she profiled in which a woman had been strangled. After the woman's death, a family member
Updated: 03/09/2012 04:11P

Law Professor Says Kony 2012 Oversimplifies Problem of Child Soldiers
The process of peace and justice in Northern Uganda is painstakingly complex, and criminal prosecutions – firmly encouraged by the video – are far from a self-evident solution, especially at the International Criminal Court. In fact, Uganda adopted a
Updated: 03/09/2012 03:38P