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Court's Goldman programmer ruling limits prosecutors
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said on Wednesday the taking of source code by Sergey Aleynikov was not a crime under a 1996 law that makes it illegal to steal trade secrets. The court said the code did not qualify as stolen goods under
Updated: 04/11/2012 04:25P

George Zimmerman To Face Criminal Charges In Trayvon Martin Case
Law enforcement officials have told news networks that criminal charges will be filed against George Zimmerman for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Special prosecutor Angela Corey has not confirmed, but will hold a press conference at
Updated: 04/11/2012 04:10P

Criminal Law Will Go On
And Congress is passing a federal criminal law to protect the sunken ship. The latter fact might be more confounding than the reasons why “Rose” tossed her gigantic diamond necklace into the ocean at the end of the Oscar-winning 1997 film.
Updated: 04/11/2012 04:07P

Duke event examines wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform
Some good folks at Duke Law School are hosting the inaugural “North Carolina Law and Policy Symposium” tomorrow and Friday. The event is entitled: “Realizing Criminal Justice Reform Together.” The symposium focuses on pressing criminal justice topics
Updated: 04/11/2012 03:58P

Obama Prof Flunks Criminal Law at Sharpton Hate Convention
The charges were dropped by the state because of the stand your ground law. That is just one case, from one state among the several that have stand your ground laws. At Breitbart.com, we've sought to avoid the damaging tit-for-tat reporting of crimes
Updated: 04/11/2012 03:52P

Criminal Charges To Be Filed Against George Zimmerman
(AP) - George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, will be charged in the 17-year-old's death, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. Special prosecutor Angela Corey will
Updated: 04/11/2012 03:36P

Iowa Governor Signs Law Mandating Regular Bus-Driver Background Checks
While Iowa's newly passed “Kadyn's Law” has entered the national spotlight, Gov. Terry Branstad signed another bill, SF 2221, April 4 that is also designed to protect schoolchildren. The new law will mandate criminal background checks for all school
Updated: 04/11/2012 03:31P

Criminal charges expected in Florida shooting
was unable to immediately confirm the reports, which both cited an unnamed law-enforcement source. The decision whether to charge shooter George Zimmerman, 28, in the death of Trayvon Martin, 17, rests with Angela Corey, the special prosecutor
Updated: 04/11/2012 03:29P

NY appeals court freed ex-Goldman programmer because law used to convict was
That judge says the law is ambiguous and required that Sergey Aleynikov be freed. But he added that he hopes Congress rewrites the law and clarifies what it meant to say was criminal. The resident of North Caldwell, NJ, was freed in February,
Updated: 04/11/2012 03:18P

Appeals Court: No Crime in Goldman Code Case
By CHAD BRAY NEW YORK—A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer who took the investment bank's confidential source code for its high-speed trading system may have violated his obligations to the company, but the act wasn't a crime under the
Updated: 04/11/2012 03:15P