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Policing prosecutors sorely lacking
The new data came as no surprise to University of Houston Law Center professor Robert Schuwerk, who also researched discipline cases against Texas prosecutors for not playing fair with criminal defendants. Like the Innocence Project, he came up with
Updated: 03/31/2012 12:21A
Charter impacted criminal law
By Alan Shanoff, QMI Agency This is the second of two columns on the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — this week focusing on criminal law. It's not surprising the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has had its
Updated: 03/31/2012 12:01A
Charter impacted criminal law
By Alan Shanoff, QMI Agency This is the second of two columns on the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — this week focusing on criminal law. It's not surprising the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has had its
Updated: 03/31/2012 12:01A
PHOTO: New Criminal Justice/ CSI Lab
Local, state and federal law enforcement officers, as well as Maine Attorney General William Schneider and US Attorney for Maine Thomas Delahanty, tour the new Criminal Justice/CSI Lab at Central Maine Community College in Auburn on Friday.
Updated: 03/30/2012 11:37P
PHOTO: New Criminal Justice/ CSI Lab
Local, state and federal law enforcement officers, as well as Maine Attorney General William Schneider and US Attorney for Maine Thomas Delahanty, tour the new Criminal Justice/CSI Lab at Central Maine Community College in Auburn on Friday.
Updated: 03/30/2012 11:37P
Sex, money and the law: How and why the sex trade is suddenly in flux
Globe and Mail justice reporter Kirk Makin breaks down the points in the decision that will be central to the continuing debate In Canada, prostitution itself is legal. There is no law that prohibits a person from selling sex, and no law that prohibits
Updated: 03/30/2012 11:25P
The Bedford decision: For liberty not license
He overhauled the criminal code decriminalizing homosexuality among other major reforms. We could not imagine any personal sexual behavior as being criminal today. But there was a time. Trudeau enshrined individual sovereignty over collective fiat in
Updated: 03/30/2012 11:04P
Texas self-defense laws questioned after Trayvon Martin death
But the author of the so-called "castle doctrine" law, which is taking center stage in the Texas debate over the shooting and eases the rules on when deadly force can be used in the home, said it wouldn't even apply under the circumstances of the
Updated: 03/30/2012 11:03P
Ryan Leaf in trouble with the law, again
I do not give junkies a free pass here and when they break the laws (other than taking the drugs themselves) they need to pay for their crimes and especially the types that includes direct impact to individuals…ie breaking-entering, any robbery,
Updated: 03/30/2012 10:58P
Why is Julius Maada Bio not Behind Bars for Crimes against Sierra Leone and
Julius Maada Bio, many say is above the laws of the land; he enjoys blanket immunity for all his crimes against Sierra Leone and Sierra Leoneans. Is it justice to let Bio crisscross Sierra Leone trying to con his way back to State House?
Updated: 03/30/2012 10:39P
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