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Lawyers for state, cities clash over open meetings penalties
Criminal penalties stemming from violations of the state open meetings law have had a "chilling effect" on free speech, an attorney representing public officials from several Texas cities told appeals court judges Thursday. But attorneys for the state
Updated: 04/07/2012 12:21A

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Updated: 04/07/2012 12:14A

Britain's lax steroids laws leave WADA to enforce drug use by athletes at the
"It is not a criminal offense for personal consumption for athletes in this country," said a spokesman for Olympics minister Hugh Robertson. "But they will be dealt with under anti-doping law if they are caught with drugs in their system.
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:47P

Legal titans clash in San Jose murder case
Serra asked the panel of eight men and four women. The theatrical closing argument by the San Francisco civil rights attorney and tax resister came during Cai's second trial on the same murder charge. Cai, 53, is accused of stalking, threatening and
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:00P

Caylee's bill becomes law
Known as “Caylee's Law,” the measure (HB 37) was among a handful of criminal justice bills signed into law Friday by the governor that included measures on human trafficking, cop killers and paying funeral expenses for children who die while in state
Updated: 04/06/2012 10:40P

Police and the media
IT is a fundamental principle of criminal law that a person is presumed to be innocent until his guilt is proved in a court of law beyond reasonable doubt. The benefit of any doubt goes to the accused. This principle is flagrantly violated when the
Updated: 04/06/2012 10:39P

Boyle compares Syria action, dismisses UNHRC resolution as a "fraud"
Dismissing the US sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution as "a fraud," Professor Francis Boyle, an expert in international law, said, "if the US were serious about Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) genocide, crimes against humanity and
Updated: 04/06/2012 08:56P

Casey Anthony case: Florida governor signs 'Caylee's Law'
Known as "Caylee's Law," the measure (HB 37) was among a handful of criminal justice bills signed into law Friday by the governor that included measures on human trafficking, cop killers and paying funeral expenses for children who die while in state
Updated: 04/06/2012 08:55P

Casey Anthony case: Florida governor signs 'Caylee's Law'
Known as "Caylee's Law," the measure (HB 37) was among a handful of criminal justice bills signed into law Friday by the governor that included measures on human trafficking, cop killers and paying funeral expenses for children who die while in state
Updated: 04/06/2012 08:55P

FOID law is shooting blanks
Some are surrendered to judges when a holder is convicted of a crime, and beginning this year state law requires they be returned to state police, Bond said. People holding revoked FOIDs can't buy guns from licensed dealers — a separate, instant state
Updated: 04/06/2012 08:24P