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Sentencing day in Mirkarimi domestic violence case
Mirkarimi said his remark was meant to characterize his feeling about the criminal investigation of him -- not domestic violence. "I do not believe that domestic violence is a private matter," he said. "I have worked very hard for the anti-domestic
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:33A

Lawyers skeptical of LAO's 'phenomenal' changes
Younger lawyers are reluctant to work on legal aid cases because they don't feel they can make a living in criminal law that way, he notes. Criminal lawyer Matthew Friedberg also thinks the block fees are too low. “I don't think it's adequate,” he says
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:28A

If you have someone who won't stop calling, a new law could help
However, the scope of the law allows for possible misuse given that it states the intent to annoy is criminal and not a specific threat, said John Karass, a defense attorney and a former magistrate judge for Stafford and Henrico counties.
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:27A

NLAF for all crimes except involving death sentence
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19, 2012): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said the National Legal Aid Foundation (NLAF) will provide legal aid for all types of crimes except those which warrant the death penalty. He said this is because the court
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:22A

UP Police Chief: Will make state crime free
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh's new police chief Ambreesh Chandra Sharma Monday pledged to help make the country's most populous state crime free. Talking to reporters after taking charge, Sharma said law and order was his biggest priority.
Updated: 03/19/2012 09:26A

Will make UP crime free, says police chief
By IANS, Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh's new police chief Ambreesh Chandra Sharma Monday pledged to help make the country's most populous state crime free. Talking to reporters after taking charge, Sharma said law and order was his biggest priority.
Updated: 03/19/2012 09:16A

Guest column: Family Life 1952 v 2012
Turing had met Arnold Murray outside a cinema in Manchester in late January and the two formed a sexual relationship, at that time a criminal offence under the 1885 Criminal Law Amendment Act (the same Act that led to the downfall of Oscar Wilde).
Updated: 03/19/2012 09:09A

Maine law would require domestic-violence assessment after arrest
It may also contribute to the need for greater public expenditures for education, health care, law enforcement and court services. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The bail process exists to protect that important
Updated: 03/19/2012 08:55A

Nobel peace prize winner defends law criminalising homosexuality in Liberia
One would amend the penal code to make a person guilty of a second-degree felony if he or she "seduces, encourages or promotes another person of the same gender to engage in sexual activities" or "purposefully engages in acts that arouse or tend to
Updated: 03/19/2012 08:36A

PEOPLE v. GOLSON
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of, inter alia, two counts of conspiracy in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 105.10 [1]) and five counts of burglary in the first degree (§ 140.30 [2-4]).
Updated: 03/19/2012 08:31A