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No problem with proofs when someone becomes target of criminal assets
The new law, adopted in three successive late-night sessions in parliament, makes it possible to launch asset seizure proceedings against alleged top criminals without waiting for verdicts in their criminal trials. The property of suspected organised
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:30A
How CORI Law Changes Will Impact Criminals
It isn't often that a law takes effect on a Friday and a person's whole life changes on a Monday. Take, for example, the recent amendments to the Massachusetts statutes for sealing criminal records effective Friday May 4, 2012.
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:28A
NICOLE FRITZ: The real value in pursuing justice is closure
LAST month, the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of crimes against humanity, war crimes and other violations of humanitarian law. It is the most high-profile conviction by the court and the ruling for
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:09A
Bill on cops' free access to CCTV filed
MANILA, Philippines - Law enforcement agencies should have free access to closed-circuit television recordings when investigating a crime, a lawmaker proposes in a bill filed at the House of Representatives. Quezon City 2nd District Rep.
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:53A
Bill on cops' free access to CCTV filed
MANILA, Philippines - Law enforcement agencies should have free access to closed-circuit television recordings when investigating a crime, a lawmaker proposes in a bill filed at the House of Representatives. Quezon City 2nd District Rep.
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:53A
Home > Criminal Law > Revisiting Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate Reporting
In casual, off-the-record conversations with those who are knowledgeable about criminal law, I found no clear consensus opinion on the legality or illegality of Woodward and Bernstein's reporting of grand-juror comments—not only because the law is
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:09A
'Roberta's Law' would notify crime victims, families of convict's parole
Senate Bill 337 and the House bill, which are scheduled for first hearings this week, would declare juvenile-court records exempt from disclosure under the state's public-records laws. The legislation also would forbid the Ohio Bureau of Criminal
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:01A
'Roberta's Law' would notify crime victims, families of convict's parole
Senate Bill 337 and the House bill, which are scheduled for first hearings this week, would declare juvenile-court records exempt from disclosure under the state's public-records laws. The legislation also would forbid the Ohio Bureau of Criminal
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:01A
Opening the other eye: Charles Taylor and selective accountability
I share the view that it is desirable to lean over backwards to establish a reputation of fairness in dealing with accusations under international criminal law. It is better not to convict defendants involving crimes of state when strong evidence is
Updated: 05/03/2012 11:51P
Some legal experts expected verdicts; others surprised
said St. Paul lawyer Earl Gray, who said he didn't sit through the trial. "What's really a shame is that she could very well be telling the truth, and sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction." Ryan Pacyga, a 10-year criminal defense attorney,
Updated: 05/03/2012 11:26P
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