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The Law-Abiding Citizen
Back in 2005, the NRA's lobbyist Marion Hammer submitted the model legislation for the “Stand Your Ground” law to ALEC, which then unanimously adopted the measure in its criminal justice task force, which then proposed it first in the state of Florida,
Updated: 03/27/2012 04:35P

Key accuser in Philadelphia abuse case has criminal record
The man who charged that he was raped by a Philadelphia priest has had repeated brushes with the law, with several incidents including allegations of fraud. In one case he entered a guilty plea to the charge of reporting a crime that had not taken
Updated: 03/27/2012 04:34P

Strauss-Kahn's French lawyers: Lust isn'ta crime
He's being reproached for a kind of crime of lust." And even if he had known they were prostitutes, Leclerc added, it would have been a "classic relationship between a prostitute and client" and therefore legal. In France it is not against the law to
Updated: 03/27/2012 04:11P

Abuse Claims Follow Mafia Crackdown In Chinese City
Now his victims are telling their stories, exposing a darker side to Bo's signature clampdown on organized crime. Charismatic and outspoken, Bo seemed headed for the country's top leadership body, the Politburo Standing Committee, before he was removed
Updated: 03/27/2012 03:52P

Man's car was 'public place' during pot bust: High Court
March 27 (Reuters) - The interior of a private car traveling on a public road is a public place under New York state's criminal law, a divided Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in upholding a marijuana possession conviction. In a 5-2 decision,
Updated: 03/27/2012 03:47P

Thomasson: 'Stand your ground' laws are 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. Authorities have found themselves
Updated: 03/27/2012 03:46P

Man's car was "public place" during pot bust: High Court
In a 5-2 decision, the court rejected Samuel Jackson's argument that his car, where he was found in possession of a small amount of marijuana during a traffic stop, was a private place under Section 221.10(1) of the Penal Law.
Updated: 03/27/2012 03:44P

Perdue appoints new Superior Court judge for Duplin, Jones and Sampson district
Parsons has been in private practice in Clinton and specializes in criminal law. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has written and lectured extensively on legal issues, her office said. He received his law degree from Wake
Updated: 03/27/2012 03:43P

Perdue appoints new Superior Court judge for Duplin, Jones and Sampson district
Parsons has been in private practice in Clinton and specializes in criminal law. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has written and lectured extensively on legal issues, her office said. He received his law degree from Wake
Updated: 03/27/2012 03:43P

In China's Crime Crackdown, Claims Of Abuse
Lawyer Li Zhuang describes the campaign against organized crime in Chongqing as one that "overrode the law ... and violated basic human morality." He spent one-and-a-half years in prison on charges of fabricating evidence and inciting witnesses,
Updated: 03/27/2012 03:43P