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Norway displays its formal legal system as confessed mass killer testifies at
The anti-Muslim fanatic who admitted to killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre is set to take the stand in his terror trial. Anders Behring Breivik will have five days to explain why he set off a bomb in Oslo's government district,
Updated: 04/17/2012 02:51P
Incredible legal rights on display at Norway's massacre trial
The justice system here isn't about "revenge, but sober, dignified treatment" for everyone accused of a crime, said Thomas Mathiesen, a professor of sociology of law at the University of Oslo. "It is deeply ingrained in Norwegian tradition and
Updated: 04/17/2012 02:46P
Incredible legal rights on display at Norway's massacre trial
The justice system here isn't about "revenge, but sober, dignified treatment" for everyone accused of a crime, said Thomas Mathiesen, a professor of sociology of law at the University of Oslo. "It is deeply ingrained in Norwegian tradition and
Updated: 04/17/2012 02:46P
Ryan O'Neal, A Crime Retrospective: Fighting The Law And Cancer
He's kicking cancer in its face. Again. O'Neal was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer yesterday. It took the man less than 24 hours to beat that shit down to a “stage 2? with a “sunny” prognosis. We shall see. Ryan O'Neal is, despite his boyish
Updated: 04/17/2012 02:42P
What is a Wobbler and May a Felony Be Changed to a Misdemeanor?
For example, spousal battery (Penal Code § 273.5), criminal threats (Penal Code § 422), burglary (Penal Code § 459), elder abuse, forgery, embezzlement, sexual battery (Penal Code § 243.4), lewd acts with a minor (Penal Code § 288) and assault with a
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:55P
Burnaby applies to seize property through civil forfeiture
Civil forfeiture is separate from criminal law as it targets the property, not the offender, and does not depend on a criminal conviction or charges being laid. It is only considered after the criminal process is exhausted.
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:52P
IRS Criminal Investigators Tackle Tax Preparer Fraud
By Michael Cohn, Accounting Today Agents at the IRS's Criminal Investigation division have been cracking down on tax preparer fraud in Southern California in the waning days of tax season. The enforcement of offenses involving return preparer fraud,
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:43P
Fox Defends ALEC As Companies Flee
The business downside of associating with an organization pushing a law that seemingly turns a criminal perpetrator into a lawful executioner has apparently become too much for these companies, thanks to pressure from the civil rights and consumer
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:40P
Even a Creep Like John Edwards Gets the Benefit of the Law
The explosion of federal criminal law since 1940 has increased that danger radically. In Robert Bolt's play, "A Man for All Seasons," when young William Roper tells Sir Thomas More that he'd "cut down every law in England" to pursue the Devil,
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:30P
Law and Order: Recently arrested Pavilion man also accused of burglary
Polcyn was stopped at 3:57 pm on Byron-Elba Road, Byron, for an alleged traffic violation by Deputy Timothy Wescott. Polcyn was allegedly found in possession of 4400 untaxed cigarettes. Trisha Rose Santora, 29, of Seneca Avenue, Batavia,
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:13P
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