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South Carolina bill would clean slate for law-abiding ex-cons
Sheheen heard from representatives of law enforcement, crime victims and prosecutors to help his subcommittee tweak a bill the House approved unanimously last April. They want the bill to better define which nonviolent crimes can be expunged and to
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:56P
The law is racist: Brodbeck
718(2) of the Criminal Code. This is the one that forces courts to give aboriginal offenders special consideration during sentencing. As you know, this is the second major ruling on this section by Canada's top court. It is designed to give lower
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:51P
Copyright in the digital age: Australia, ACTA and the Trans-Pacific
There are also specific exceptions such as allowing making a copy of a computer program resulting from the process of normal use of the program or for back-up purposes. However, in a fast changing, technologically driven world it is vital for us to see
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:45P
George Zimmerman prosecutor, Angela Corey, has a reputation of being tough
TAMPA - Michael Seigel, a Harvard Educated former prosecutor currently a criminal law professor at the University of Florida has high regard for State Attorney Angela Corey. "People have told me she is one of the best homicide prosecutors around," said
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:32P
Nine plead not guilty to alleged murder, robbery
The offence contravenes Sections 28 and 30 (1) of the Road Traffic Law, Cap R.10, Vol. 7, Laws of Lagos State 2003. Mohammed Umoru (22) and Oji Musa Muhammed (20) were charged with armed robbery and murder. The police said they, on Christmas Day last
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:31P
Trayvon Martin Case: Will Zimmerman Face a Jury?
She also practiced as a criminal defender. And Scott Sundby, he teaches criminal law at the University of Miami School of Law. He served as a special assistant US -- United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:25P
Can't get a job? Check your background
The National Consumer Law Center says in a report being released today that use of criminal-background data is exploding as America recovers from the worst jobs crisis in decades. Countless dubious companies have sprouted up to meet demand.
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:20P
Vietnam joins war on crime
Australia has signed a series of agreements with Vietnam to boost joint anti-crime efforts. Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon welcomed the Extradition Treaty and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on legal cooperation in criminal matters with Vietnam
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:14P
Bill would strengthen human trafficking law
"People who buy sex from children should face the same penalty as people who commit statutory rape of children," said Dorchen Leidholdt, director of the Center for Battered Women's Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families in New York City.
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:10P
The legal players in the Trayvon Martin case
The case that has sparked protests and rallies in Florida and across the country quickly moved into the courts Thursday following the announcement a day earlier by Duval County State Attorney Angela Corey that her office was charging Zimmerman, 28,
Updated: 04/12/2012 09:06P
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