Latest Criminal Law News

The Right Thing to Do: Extending the Vision & Reaching Every Victim
By Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Helping victims and their families recover from violent crime is the right thing to do. As the State's chief law enforcement official, I am committed to working with state and
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:39P

Debevoise & Plimpton | UK Anti-Bribery Efforts Draw Qualified Praise from OECD
The Working Group recognised that confidentiality agreements “undoubtedly” encourage companies to resolve investigations, but they also minimised the settlements' deterrent impact: “not only must justice be done; it must also be seen to be done.
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:18P

Report: 22% of deportees have US-born children
Another 13% had been previously removed from the country, and 4% were fugitives — immigrants who failed to comply with deportation orders. "We made a big point of putting some real law-enforcement priorities into ICE so that their focus is on those
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:05P

Chile passes anti-bias law after fatal gay bashing
After seven years of delay and only weeks after a gay man was severely tortured and beaten to death, Chile's Congress passed an anti-discrimination law. Four suspects have been arrested, some of whom already have criminal records for attacks on gays,
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:04P

Quebec court to decide fate of long-gun registry data
Bill C-19, the Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, passed at third reading in the Senate just after 5:30 pm ET Wednesday, by a vote of 50-27. The legislation is expected to receive royal assent on Thursday afternoon, the final step in
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:59A

Quebec's long-gun registry data spared by court injunction
Bill C-19, the Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, passed at third reading in the Senate just after 5:30 pm ET Wednesday, by a vote of 50-27. The legislation is expected to receive royal assent on Thursday afternoon, the final step in
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:59A

Quebec court injunction delays gun registry's demise
C-19 passes into law Bill C-19, the Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, received royal assent just before 2 pm ET Thursday afternoon, after passage at third reading in the Senate Wednesday by a vote of 50-27. The new law takes effect
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:59A

* US State Department submits report on Sri Lanka's human right violations to
Apr 05, Washington, DC: The United States Department of State has released a report prepared by the Office of Global Criminal Justice of the Department addressing Sri Lanka's accountability and alleged violations of international humanitarian laws
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:47A

* US State Department submits report on Sri Lanka's human right violations to
Apr 05, Washington, DC: The United States Department of State has released a report prepared by the Office of Global Criminal Justice of the Department addressing Sri Lanka's accountability and alleged violations of international humanitarian laws
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:47A

Hague court won't investigate Israeli war crimes because Palestine is 'not a
"While Israel welcomes the ruling, it still has reservations as to some of the legal statements made by the International Criminal Court's General Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo ." International Criminal Court prosecutor rejects PA bid to file war
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:38A