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Is Jamaica plea-bargaining law working?
Pointing, for example, to the 2010 Amendment to the Firearms Act as part of the package of anti-crime bills, Wilkinson said it militates against plea-bargaining. Under the amended law, persons found guilty of illegal possession of firearm convicted
Updated: 04/30/2012 10:14A
Is Jamaica plea-bargaining law working?
Pointing, for example, to the 2010 Amendment to the Firearms Act as part of the package of anti-crime bills, Wilkinson said it militates against plea-bargaining. Under the amended law, persons found guilty of illegal possession of firearm convicted
Updated: 04/30/2012 10:14A
Santa Clarita DUI Attorney, Amir Soleimanian, is Now Offering Legal
Even a single DUI or DWI charge is going to be devastating for many. Some of the initial fines and fees are going to run as high as $1000 or more. Lingering costs, such as huge increases to one's insurance premiums, can cost even more. Recent laws that
Updated: 04/30/2012 10:12A
LAO SEEKING FEEDBACK ON DISCRETION REQUESTS
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson plans to change the Criminal Code in order to make victim surcharges mandatory for all offenders. “Our government is delivering on our promise to double the victim surcharge and make it mandatory in every case,
Updated: 04/30/2012 10:08A
States tackle bikie gangs
Queensland and Western Australia are introducing tougher laws against bikie gangs in an attempt to crack down on gang crime. EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: Outlaw motorcycle gangs were centrestage in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia today
Updated: 04/30/2012 10:06A
'Triumph For Justice'-Verdier Comments on Taylor's Conviction, Imperative for
As the debate on the merit and demerits of the tribunal's opinion heats up, the man who presided over the placid version of transitional justice in Liberia known as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has hailed the Sierra Leonean court's
Updated: 04/30/2012 10:00A
Lawyer queries witnesses' safety
THE lives of witnesses in some of Victoria's biggest organised crime trials could have been put at risk after they were forced to give evidence to a secretive body set up to break the underworld code of silence, according to a former insider.
Updated: 04/30/2012 09:57A
Creation of a Mercosul criminal court proposed
Three years later, the UN Vienna Convention against drug trafficking and money laundering was formally accepted as Brazilian law. However, when money laundering and other special crimes become transnational, law enforcement becomes almost impossible,
Updated: 04/30/2012 09:57A
Constitutional Court blocks plans for crime of illegitimate wealth
On February 27 2012 Parliament set forth an amendment to the Penal Code to criminalise illegitimate wealth. The amendment would make it unlawful to acquire or hold, either directly or through another individual or company, assets that are incompatible
Updated: 04/30/2012 09:57A
Editorial: Victim surcharges needed change
According to the announcement on Tuesday, the government will amend the Criminal Code in order to double the surcharge to 30 per cent of any fine imposed. In cases where there's no fine, the surcharge would be $100 on a summary conviction offence and
Updated: 04/30/2012 09:44A
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