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Nicolas Sarkozy and Criminal Visitations
This is the latest desperate law and order thrust of the struggling French President Nicolas Sarkozy. With a month to go to the French elections, a good bit of demagoguery is being resorted to. The lethal handiwork of 23-year-old Mohamed Merah,
Updated: 03/23/2012 11:40P
Law & Disorder: Car hits child at Huguenot
Devin Anthony Fennell, 03/17/1994 was arrested and booked into the Putnam County Jail on the following charges: Burglary (4 Counts), Grand Theft (4 Counts), Dealing in Stolen Property (5 Counts), Felony Criminal Mischief.
Updated: 03/23/2012 10:45P
Vermont Supreme Court upholds sex case dismissal
The matter had sparked a debate over the jurisdictions of Vermont's criminal and family courts and led to a new state law being passed. The law closes what prosecutors said was a loophole that allowed people to avoid being charged with crimes committed
Updated: 03/23/2012 10:43P
DNA Databank to Help Solve Crimes
A new law that expands the use of the New York State DNA Databank to help with the criminal justice system was passed Friday. Earlier in the week Governor Andrew Cuomo and other legislative members signed the bill, making New York the first state in
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:35P
Securing a Safe Place for All Liberians
Currently, under Liberian penal law, "voluntary sodomy" is a first-degree misdemeanor. While African nations such as the Republic of South Africa, Mauritius, and Mozambique have either repealed or read down similar, outdated, colonial sodomy laws,
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:40P
Zimmerman's legal advisor speaks
Orlando criminal defense attorney Craig Sonner said he advised 28-year-old George Zimmerman to cooperate in the investigation into the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman told Sanford police that he shot Martin after a fight Feb.
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:36P
Experts say legal system will collapse if Aitzaz's plea accepted
ISLAMABAD: Three top legal experts, including the official spokesman of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry when he was fighting to defeat a dictator alongside Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, are now simply laughing at the argument Aitzaz is making in the
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:15P
Personhood USA Comments on House Passage of Colorado Unborn Victims Bill
Preborn children may soon enjoy protection from violent crime in the state of Colorado. On Monday, the Colorado House gave final approval to HB 1130, the state's proposed fetal homicide law. The bill now heads to the state Senate where Democrats
Updated: 03/23/2012 07:59P
Clinton attorney Albert Rylak joins Flemington firm of William Deni, which
By Hunterdon County Democrat FLEMINGTON — Albert D. Rylak, a Clinton attorney for more than 40 years, has joined the law firm of William P. Deni in Flemington, in the “of counsel” status. That term describes a lawyer who is affiliated with a law firm,
Updated: 03/23/2012 07:45P
Respecting human rights
The revised Criminal Procedure Law will reduce the special circumstances previously under which the authorities need not inform the suspect's family of his arrest and detention. CHINA'S parliament has passed the biggest overhaul of its Criminal
Updated: 03/23/2012 07:36P
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