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Sison: Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance a Distinct Crime
There are cases pending before the courts filed by families of victims but in the absence of a law penalizing enforce disappearance as a distinct crime, the cases are lodged as kidnapping, serious illegal detention and/or murder.
Updated: 03/24/2012 12:12A
Local legislator honored by law enforcement group
He is on the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action program, the House Courts of Justice Committee and the Criminal Law Sub-committee, and is the House's deputy majority leader, according to the release.
Updated: 03/24/2012 12:09A
Supreme Court rulings on plea bargains to have large impact, local lawyers say
If it's on the record, the defendant cannot go back and say that his attorney didn't tell him or her about a plea offer, he said. David Freedman, a criminal defense lawyer, said the ruling means that lawyers will be under extra scrutiny to make sure
Updated: 03/24/2012 12:08A
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Updated: 03/24/2012 12:04A
Legal vigilantism a disaster in the 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. From all current accounts,
Updated: 03/24/2012 12:03A
Legal vigilantism a disaster in the 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. From all current accounts,
Updated: 03/24/2012 12:03A
As Charter of Rights turns 30, Canadians argue over its value
Certainly, the greatest impact of the Charter has been in the area of criminal law and most beneficiaries of the Charter have been those charged with criminal offences. But there have been many other beneficiaries, chief among them minorities,
Updated: 03/24/2012 12:02A
Florida law shouldn't encourage shoot-first mentality
It also grants "true immunity" from civil and criminal charges. This means a judge can use this law to dismiss a case before it goes to trial, and also that Florida prosecutors are less likely to pursue homicide cases against people who claim they
Updated: 03/24/2012 12:01A
Does George Zimmerman's 911 call prove racial profiling, hate crime (videos)
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defines racial profiling as follows, “Racial Profiling refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race,
Updated: 03/23/2012 11:56P
Justice is supposed to be impartial, but court system is limited
The scales are there to represent the balancing of the facts and the law, the sword for the punishment and the blindfold for impartiality. The law divides itself into two basic divisions, the civil and the criminal. Criminal law is the subject of TV
Updated: 03/23/2012 11:45P
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