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Stand your Ground law changes murder case
Martin's shooting has unleashed a nationwide debate on the validity of these laws, which exist in some form in most of the country and which prosecutors and police have generally opposed as confusing, prone to abuse by criminals, and difficult to apply
Updated: 04/16/2012 02:43P

Legal system protects multinationals
But if there is practically no room for manuvre as far as a civil suit is concerned, the Swiss penal code does now include the possibility, introduced in 2003, of bringing charges against a company - but only if the individual responsible for the
Updated: 04/16/2012 02:29P

Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin to be charged with war crimes
Bangladesh's Law and Justice Minister, Shafique Ahmed, said: "He was an instrument of killing intellectuals. He will be charged, for sure." For 25 years after independence from Britain, the country now known as Bangladesh was part of Pakistan,
Updated: 04/16/2012 02:23P

Follow those footprints
the 2011 Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) a shot in the arm. slapped the provisions of the Information Technology Amendment Act 2008 along with Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code as the latter was non-cognisable and so bailable.
Updated: 04/16/2012 02:05P

John P. Contini's New Book "Confessions of a Criminal Lawyer" to Hit
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Apr 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- "Confessions of a Criminal Lawyer" is the third true crime story by John P. Contini, a prominent Fort Lauderdale criminal defense lawyer. The book, originally scheduled to become available in
Updated: 04/16/2012 02:04P

Source: Attorney in Starbucks attack on wrong side of law
A third man, Eric Marchese, 24, who allegedly used a pipe to try to break a plexiglass window at Starbucks, was charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. Marchese, who lives on Long Island and has a city taxi driver's license, was released
Updated: 04/16/2012 02:04P

Court reserves judgement in Cunningham appeal based on search-warrant ruling
In February this year the Supreme Court declared that section 29 (1) of the Offences Against the State Act (as inserted by section 5 of the Criminal Law Act 1976) was repugnant to the Constitution, as it permitted a search of a person's home on foot of
Updated: 04/16/2012 01:39P

Industry Trends in Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement -- Part III in a
by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/16/2012 This third, and final, installment in the “Year in Review” series examines how criminal health care fraud enforcement has changed in the past year, including the use of non-health-care-related statutes,
Updated: 04/16/2012 01:35P

Did Reagan-Appointed Federal Judge Engage In A Criminal Conspiracy?
If that indeed happened, and it influenced Acker's rulings, it would point to federal crimes, including obstruction of justice under 18 US Code 1503. I recently reported about corrupt rulings I had witnessed in federal court and pointed specifically to
Updated: 04/16/2012 01:34P

New law reduces liability for finance directors - adviser
The change could mean a case such as that taken against the Lombard Finance company directors would not have allowed for criminal convictions. Sir Douglas Graham, Bill Jeffries, Lawrence Bryant and Michael Reeves were sentenced last month but didnot
Updated: 04/16/2012 01:31P