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FOX Carolina 21US could bring hate charge in Fla. teen shooting
Entertainment News from AP By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) - Legal experts say the US Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of a black Florida teenager. But that will require a finding
Updated: 03/25/2012 10:35A

MyFoxAL.com - FOX 6 NewsUS could bring hate charge in Fla. teen shooting
"It sounds pretty obvious to me," said Donald Tibbs, a Drexel University law professor who has closely studied race, civil rights and criminal procedure. "If that was a racial epithet that preceded the attack on Trayvon Martin, we definitely have a
Updated: 03/25/2012 10:35A

13abc.com: Breaking News, Weather and SportsUS could bring hate charge in Fla
"It sounds pretty obvious to me," said Donald Tibbs, a Drexel University law professor who has closely studied race, civil rights and criminal procedure. "If that was a racial epithet that preceded the attack on Trayvon Martin, we definitely have a
Updated: 03/25/2012 10:32A

Candidate profiles: Dane County Circuit Judge
Education: Bachelor's degree in criminal justice and psychology, UW-Platteville; law degree, UW-Madison (honors, Order of the Coif). Public service: Coached Madison East High School mock trial teams; mentored students in the Legal Education
Updated: 03/25/2012 10:12A

Workshop for Airport Law Enforcement
The workshop will focus on explaining law articles, defining them in the light of Oman civil aviation law and executive bylaw, in addition to Omani Criminal law, to achieve enforcement of civil aviation - related national law and the international
Updated: 03/25/2012 09:55A

St. Tammany courts give parish nickname of 'St. Slammany'
The habitual offender law, number 15:529.1 in the Louisiana criminal code, was designed by the Legislature to set high minimum sentences for repeat felony offenders. Knight called the law "every defendant's nightmare; it would be mine if I were a
Updated: 03/25/2012 08:38A

Alex Salmond welcomes report that casts doubt on Megrahi conviction
“The Lockerbie case of course remains an open criminal investigation, and while the only place to determine guilt or innocence is in a court of law, the SCCRC is a valuable body which is itself part of the Scottish criminal justice system.
Updated: 03/25/2012 08:06A

Are child porn laws unfair? Viewers' sentences can be worse than molesters'
Michael Clevenger/The CJ By the Numbers: Child pornography vs. other federal crimes Born with spina bifida and dependent on a wheelchair, 26-year-old Jon Michael Fox cannot hurt a soul, his mother and lawyer say. But after being caught with more than
Updated: 03/25/2012 07:56A

12 News KBMT and K-JAC. News, Weather and Sports for SE TexasLawyer: Federal
"It's time for us, as black men, to take justice in our own hands. If you won't give us justice, we will have to take justice," said Florida organizer Mikhail Muhammad. "An eye for an eye. A life for a life." The New Black Panther Party,
Updated: 03/25/2012 07:32A

Criminal's donated liver could have killed Derryn Hinch
Image Video Hinch's first words The Human Headline leaves his apartment and describes the toughest times of his court-imposed gag order LAW and order crusader Derryn Hinch has revealed he was told in the hours before his liver transplant that the donor
Updated: 03/25/2012 06:21A