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Charges Filed Against Chevron, Transocean Execs in Brazil Over Oil Leak
AP Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against 17 oil company executives on Wednesday for an oil leak in the Atlantic, legal action that has prompted debate about whether it could slow Brazil's effort to develop its massive offshore finds.
Updated: 03/22/2012 03:18P
Environmental crime: Cyprus taken to ECJ
The European Commission is referring the Republic of Cyprus to the EU Court of Justice for its failure to transpose into national law Directive 2008/99/EC on protection of the environment through criminal law. The transposition deadline for this
Updated: 03/22/2012 03:15P
40th Anniversary of War on Marijuana
“[T]he criminal law is too harsh a tool to apply to personal possession even in the effort to discourage use,” concluded the 13-member Commission, which included nine hand-picked appointees of then-President Richard Nixon. “It implies an overwhelming
Updated: 03/22/2012 03:03P
ALEC Ratified NRA-Conceived Law That May Protect Trayvon Martin's Killer
The law, also pushed by its supporters under the name the “Castle Doctrine,” changes state criminal justice and civil law codes by giving legal immunity to a person who uses "deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to
Updated: 03/22/2012 03:02P
Shooting Renews Debate On Vigilance Vs. Action
Zimmerman so far has not been charged with a crime. Florida is also among some two dozen states that have so-called Stand Your Ground laws that allow the use of deadly force if a person feels their life is in danger. S. David Bernstein, who holds a
Updated: 03/22/2012 02:40P
Free Criminal Elder Abuse Seminar
Learn how to recognize Elder Abuse, to distinguish between Elder Abuse and normal signs of aging, and the criminal penalties for Elder Abuse. Speakers include Julio Carmargo from Imperial County Behavorial Health and Lois Kelly from Elder Law
Updated: 03/22/2012 02:39P
Shooting Renews Debate On Vigilance Vs. Action
Zimmerman so far has not been charged with a crime. Florida is also among some two dozen states that have so-called Stand Your Ground laws that allow the use of deadly force if a person feels their life is in danger. S. David Bernstein, who holds a
Updated: 03/22/2012 02:27P
Simsbury Resident Appointed as Plainville Town Attorney
Mastrianni spent his entire career practicing law in Plainville. In 1998, he and Attorney Richard M. Seguljic established their General Practice firm with the primary practice areas of divorce, custody and child support, real estate closings,
Updated: 03/22/2012 02:26P
Defending "Stand Your Ground" Self-Defense Laws
An excerpt from my contribution: Under any criminal law, injustice can result if cops get the facts wrong. The Sanford, Fla., police, accused of buying a dubious self-defense tale after the Trayvon Martin shooting, will now come under searching
Updated: 03/22/2012 02:10P
Thomasson: 'Stand your ground' laws are disaster in making
Unfortunately, Florida and other states following the legislative prescription of the National Rifle Association are finding that the expanded law of self-defense is producing a nightmare of justification for crime. Authorities have found themselves
Updated: 03/22/2012 02:01P
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