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Wiley Rein LLP | Thomas McCarthy Comments on High Profile Juvenile Criminal Cases
The question before the Court in the Miller and Jackson cases is whether juveniles may ever be sentenced to life-without parole for homicide crimes. Mr. McCarthy, who is co-Director of the Supreme Court Clinic at George Mason University School of Law,
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:08P
Law office of accused madam's upstate neighbor raided by cops
By JEANE MacINTOSH and LAURA ITALIANO The probe of accused madam Anna Gristina widened today as cops descended on the downtown offices of a criminal defense lawyer who is her upstate neighbor — and the registered agent for Gristina's pig rescue farm
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:05P
Law office of accused madam's upstate neighbor raided by cops
By JEANE MacINTOSH and LAURA ITALIANO The probe of accused madam Anna Gristina widened today as cops descended on the downtown offices of a criminal defense lawyer who is her upstate neighbor — and the registered agent for Gristina's pig rescue farm
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:05P
Crime and Courts: Bill gives cops and court officials access to juvenile records
The bill had wide support from the criminal justice community. The bill has already passed the Senate and now awaits final approval by Gov. Scott Walker. Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, the lead sponsor of the Assembly version of the bill, said the law
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:02P
Crime and Courts: Bill gives cops and court officials access to juvenile records
The bill had wide support from the criminal justice community. The bill has already passed the Senate and now awaits final approval by Gov. Scott Walker. Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, the lead sponsor of the Assembly version of the bill, said the law
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:02P
Deskovic opens office to fight wrongful convictions
Deskovic, now 38, spent nearly 16 years in prison for a murder in Peekskill he did not commit, freed in 2006 when DNA testing identified the real killer. “I became an advocate determined to prevent other people from experiencing the same thing I did,”
Updated: 03/16/2012 04:53P
Lesson of Rutgers case: Online actions carry consequences
"It demonstrates that there are consequences for somebody's use of technology," said Eric Nemecek, co-chair of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Cybercrime Committee. "This should be a cautionary tale for a lot of people.
Updated: 03/16/2012 04:50P
George Clooney's On-Screen Arrests & Crimes (PHOTOS)
This, after all, isn't Clooney's first brush with the law … at least in his acting career. The 50-year-old actor/activist has played roles where he has committed a crime and paid the time! Where on the big-screen have we seen this handsome star under
Updated: 03/16/2012 04:50P
House debates juvenile justice, fetal homicide measures
DENVER — Unlike many Fridays when lawmakers start their weekends before noon, the state House debated late into the afternoon on two controversial measures — a major juvenile justice reform bill and another on fetal homicide that brought tempers to a
Updated: 03/16/2012 04:48P
How You Can Profit from a Bombing
On Tuesday, Royal Assent was granted to the Conservative omnibus crime bill, C-10, making it law. While I've written elsewhere that this marks a sad day for Canadian criminal justice given, inter alia, the bill's reliance on constitutionally suspect
Updated: 03/16/2012 04:47P
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