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Internet 'biggest threat to jury trials'
Cardiff-based criminal law barrister Andrew Taylor was commenting on the case of Welsh international Ched Evans, who was jailed last week for five years for attacking a 19-year-old. The initial condemnation against the alleged tweeting was lead by the
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:18P

19 organizations condemn the ongoing detention of Mazen Darwich
violation of domestic and international law. The organizations also express their deepest concern for the criminal procedure triggered by the Military Prosecutor of Damascus against seven human rights activists working with the SCM and one visitor.
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:07P

HC absolves Dawood`s aide of MCOCA charges
Upholding the trial court's order absolving Khalil of the charges for allegedly running an organised crime syndicate under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA), Justice Suresh Kait dismissed an appeal filed by the state against the
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:53P

Court acquits don Dawood Ibrahim's 'aide'
Justice Suresh Kait dismissed the police plea and upheld the trial court's order absolving Khalil of the charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) for running an organised crime syndicate. Police slapped the MCOCA against
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:38P

RICK HOLMES: Mass. must address high cost of a lock-'em-up mentality
Criminals and their families were never a key constituency, even for the most liberal Dems. Voters who clamored for “tough on crime” laws rarely saw the impact. Most of them don't live in tough-luck neighborhoods where half the adult men are either in
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:31P

Delhi high court acquits don Dawood Ibrahim's alleged aide Khalil Ahmed
He was booked under a stringent anti-organised crime law. Justice Suresh Kait dismissed the police plea and upheld the trial court's order absolving Khalil of the charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) for running an
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:26P

Rick Holmes: High cost of a lock-'em-up mentality
Most don't have friends or relatives caught in the criminal justice system's revolving door when what they really need is treatment for mental health and substance abuse. America is not a nation of criminals. We are not the most lawless country on
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:25P

Jailers in prisoner abuse case barred from law enforcement
Rod Gallaway and Michael Reef agreed to dismiss the criminal charges with prejudice as long as they agreed never again to be employed in law enforcement in Richland County. The two also agreed to not seek law enforcement anywhere else for five years.
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:22P

Gascon on Mirkarimi: 'Rationalization' is 'Typical of Criminal Defendant
What he's doing now is very typical of many criminal defendants...They rationalize their behavior...or provide a different story -- that's okay for a criminal defendant. The question we have to ask ourselves: Is that okay for the lead law enforcement
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:19P

Gascon on Mirkarimi: 'Rationalization' is 'Typical of Criminal Defendant
What he's doing now is very typical of many criminal defendants...They rationalize their behavior...or provide a different story -- that's okay for a criminal defendant. The question we have to ask ourselves: Is that okay for the lead law enforcement
Updated: 04/23/2012 12:19P

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