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Negligent mom argues for sentencing circle
McDonald is aboriginal, has no prior criminal record, and could be eligible to receive a community-based sentence given the state of Canadian criminal law at the time Shatoya was found dead in her crib on Dec. 11, 2006, defence lawyer Kevin Hill noted.
Updated: 03/10/2012 02:54A
Pan Africanists And The International Criminal Court
These Kenyans who want peace and social justice must be supported by progressive Pan Africanists everywhere. That the judicial system in Africa and the African Union has been unable to prosecute those who carry out crimes against humanity is one of the
Updated: 03/10/2012 02:47A
Walker sets up legal-defense fund
"If you create a legal-defense fund, you are either being investigated, being charged with or have been convicted of a criminal violation of Chapter 11 or Chapter 12," said retired state election lawyer George Dunst, referring to the statutes dealing
Updated: 03/10/2012 02:16A
Teacher had previous convictions
than $22000 in theft in five separate incidents, has been convicted on other theft charges multiple times in Wichita Falls since 1994 and served six months in the Department of Criminal Justice system in Huntsville, according to PublicData.com.
Updated: 03/10/2012 02:05A
Twenty Law Enforcement Executives Graduate
FRANKFORT, KY (3/10/12) – Law enforcement executives from 17 agencies across Kentucky graduated today from the Criminal Justice Executive Development program, an advanced leadership course designed for supervisors at the state's small- and medium-size
Updated: 03/10/2012 02:01A
Twenty Law Enforcement Executives Graduate
FRANKFORT, KY (3/10/12) – Law enforcement executives from 17 agencies across Kentucky graduated today from the Criminal Justice Executive Development program, an advanced leadership course designed for supervisors at the state's small- and medium-size
Updated: 03/10/2012 02:01A
Money meant for crime victims sits in Illinois state fund
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. • When Illinois abolished its death penalty last year, the new law specified that state money that had been set aside for death penalty trials would instead go to helping crime victims and their families. Today, the money in that fund
Updated: 03/10/2012 02:00A
China tightens bill on enforced disappearances
AP BEIJING — BEIJING (AP) - China's government is restricting police powers to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law after a wave of public complaints over so-called forced disappearances.
Updated: 03/10/2012 01:54A
The Woyome Saga - Let's Pause For Reflection ( A Lawyer's View)
Should any government put an Attorney-General (whether belonging to his party or not) through a criminal trial for taking a view of the law, which, with hindsight, turns out to be incorrect? In posing this question, I assume that the Attorney- General
Updated: 03/10/2012 01:35A
Tennessee gangs bill has improved chances of passing into law
The law would place criminal gang offenses within the state's existing Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, where convictions would be class B felonies with sentences ranging from at least 12 to 20 years.
Updated: 03/10/2012 01:31A
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