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CCA Presiding Judge Sharon Keller, Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht
State law requires candidates for the Texas Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals to collect signatures of 50 registered voters in each of the 14 state court of appeals districts to qualify for ballot placement. Keller alleges in the letter that
Updated: 03/13/2012 01:31P
Sex crimes involving relatives on the rise: expert
selfconscience or motivation if not education and upbringing by concerned parents, while the law needed to make other sex acts culpable and punishable not just insertion in penis into vagina which defines rape in the Criminal Code's Article 276.
Updated: 03/13/2012 01:30P
Anderson Township resident joins Vory's law firm in Cincinnati
“I'm excited to welcome these talented attorneys to the firm,” said Nathaniel Lampley, managing partner of the Vorys Cincinnati office. “Their broad experiences in bankruptcy law, real estate law and finance law will strengthen the growing commercial
Updated: 03/13/2012 01:30P
Afghanistan shooting: You kill my people, I kill you
"They don't want justice," we shall cry, "only vengeance," and no one will spend half a minute explaining what the difference is. Here in the enlightened West, we know that the purpose of a criminal justice system is two-fold: to rehabilitate the
Updated: 03/13/2012 01:11P
Public Intoxication: 3 Ways to Fight the Charge
However, laws in other states allow for a conviction if a person just appears drunk or intoxicated. Checking your state's statute is a good place to start -- you can look up state criminal laws here. You may also be able to fight a public-intoxication
Updated: 03/13/2012 01:01P
Prison is now for the poor: judge
Justice Martin Makonese says corruption is now out of hand in Zimbabwe's lower courts where remuneration for the judicial officers is poor. “It would appear that some prosecutors, magistrates, clerks and other court officials are routinely accepting
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:44P
Quebec: We'll work to soften the new federal crime bill
Quebec Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier comments on the adoption of the controversial federal crime bill C-10 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson MONTREAL - The debate isn't over yet for the Conservative criminal
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:42P
Jail is now for the poor: judge
The Magistrates' Courts handle more than 85 percent of all criminal cases in Zimbabwe. Justice Makonese said he was concerned that lawyers were acting as conduits for the corrupt payments. He said: “I would like to call upon legal practitioners to shun
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:39P
Quebec refuses to implement Harper's crime bill
The debate isn't over yet for the Harper government's criminal justice legislation – at least not in Quebec. The provincial government announced Tuesday it would do everything in its power to limit the clout of the legislation that passed a day earlier
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:32P
Sister to a 'Worst Landlord'
Few New Yorkers are aware that section 27-2118 of New York City's Administrative Code makes it a crime – yes, a crime – for a landlord to “willfully or recklessly” tolerate hazardous conditions in his or her buildings, or to maliciously refuse to
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:31P
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