Latest Criminal Law News

Supreme Court expands rights of accused in plea bargains
In 2006, the last year for which data were available, the corresponding figure in state courts was 94 percent. "Criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
Updated: 03/21/2012 10:08P

'Peg MP decries James sentence
“We need tougher laws to protect victims and ensure sentences reflect the severity of the crime.” Glover pointed to several legislative measures the Tories have taken to improve protection of youths from sex criminals, including stiffening penalties
Updated: 03/21/2012 10:05P

Supreme Court expands defendant's rights in plea deals
"These are big and important decisions," said Orin Kerr, a criminal law expert at George Washington University. "Plea negotiations have been mostly unregulated, and as a result, they have been informal. That will have to change, at least at the margins
Updated: 03/21/2012 10:04P

India: Brutal Custodial Torture
The victim alleges that the police have fabricated both cases against him under non-bailable offences of the Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and for other offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 like, lurking house trespass and
Updated: 03/21/2012 10:01P

Justice system should listen to Fleury's words: OUR OPINION
By Bob Bruton - Barrie Examiner If Graham James isn'ta dangerous offender, as defined by Canadian law, then this nation needs a new definition. 'The Dangerous Offender provisions of the Criminal Code are intended to protect all Canadians from the most
Updated: 03/21/2012 10:01P

Better treatment of mental health in criminal justice system
The Queensland Law Society is calling for all sides of politics to ensure better treatment of people in the criminal justice system who suffer from mental health issues. Steve Austin spoke to Glen Cranny, the chairman of the Queensland Law Society's
Updated: 03/21/2012 09:32P

Better treatment of mental health in criminal justice system
The Queensland Law Society is calling for all sides of politics to ensure better treatment of people in the criminal justice system who suffer from mental health issues. Steve Austin spoke to Glen Cranny, the chairman of the Queensland Law Society's
Updated: 03/21/2012 09:32P

Conviction in MLM scam an uphill task
Indian penal code for committing offence of fraud, cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy which may prove tricky to be established in the criminal court. Since the burden of proving guilty under Indian law is on prosecution and
Updated: 03/21/2012 09:03P

Conviction in MLM scam an uphill task
Indian penal code for committing offence of fraud, cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy which may prove tricky to be established in the criminal court. Since the burden of proving guilty under Indian law is on prosecution and
Updated: 03/21/2012 09:03P

Bill C-10 makes crossing US border tougher if you have a criminal record
But the new crime law has extended the waiting period for that to five years from three years for less serious offences and to 10 years from five years for indictable offences. Anyone with three indictable offences leading to prison sentences of more
Updated: 03/21/2012 08:44P