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Shooting of an unarmed teen reveals flaws in law
"Prosecutors don't like these cases," said Wayne State University professor Lynn Henning, who teaches criminal law. "We're talking about a quick, brutal confrontation with few witnesses." Michigan's law governing self-defense allows people to use fatal
Updated: 04/22/2012 02:00A
Campus crime
June marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the federal gender-equity law that has made headlines mostly on the sports pages. But over the last decade or so, through a series of court rulings and more recently controversial guidance published by Obama
Updated: 04/22/2012 01:25A
Revive sensible gun laws in US
I think, for example, two decades probably is enough good behavior to restore an 80-year-old entrepreneur's right to keep a firearm in his high-crime neighborhood. Unfortunately, anything approaching reasonable, common-sense gun laws has become almost
Updated: 04/22/2012 01:25A
Revive sensible gun laws in US
I think, for example, two decades probably is enough good behavior to restore an 80-year-old entrepreneur's right to keep a firearm in his high-crime neighborhood. Unfortunately, anything approaching reasonable, common-sense gun laws has become almost
Updated: 04/22/2012 01:25A
Law that makes it a crime to lie about military honors could be overturned
Before the Stolen Valor Act became law, Alvarez might well have been just embarrassed publicly by the likes of Burkett. Alvarez was prosecuted for the crime. But his legal team persuaded a federal judge that his falsehoods were protected by the First
Updated: 04/22/2012 12:50A
Legal moves afoot to appeal High Court ruling in Henry Greene matter
The woman, according to Hughes, cannot file a private criminal charge against Greene without different or new pieces of evidence. With the law empowering the DPP to take over a private criminal action and discontinue it, the lawyer explained that in
Updated: 04/22/2012 12:33A
Legal moves afoot to appeal High Court ruling in Henry Greene matter
The woman, according to Hughes, cannot file a private criminal charge against Greene without different or new pieces of evidence. With the law empowering the DPP to take over a private criminal action and discontinue it, the lawyer explained that in
Updated: 04/22/2012 12:33A
Moore: public records law might require release of Asheville evidence room audit
April 1: An assistant district attorney and a defense lawyer go to the evidence room in preparation for a case against drug suspect Terry Lee Landrum and discover that 397 pills of the prescription painkiller oxycodone are missing from containers
Updated: 04/22/2012 12:18A
Forum to put focus on rights of crime victims
But a forum scheduled for Monday will bring together members of various civilian and law enforcement groups to discuss the issue as part of National Crime Victims Rights Week. "In the criminal (court), try as much as you can, you simply can't remediate
Updated: 04/22/2012 12:08A
Police capitalize on asset seizures
Criminal forfeiture laws are vital tools for small-town police forces that struggle with costs. By DAVID F. ROBINSON Morning Sentinel WILTON — Police Chief Heidi Wilcox is ramping up her efforts to secure more drug money and other assets seized from
Updated: 04/22/2012 12:07A
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