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Conrad Black: the man who took on a bad law, and won
Against all odds, Lord Black took on the honest-services law in the US Supreme Court. Pundits and law professors scoffed at the idea that the court would strike down such an important part of the federal criminal code. The court took Black's case
Updated: 05/04/2012 04:45P

Kingsley Napley | Squatting becomes a criminal offence (again)
Squatting is already a criminal offence under the Criminal Law Act 1977, and it is certainly a respectable argument that we do not need a new criminal offence, but rather need the existing law (both criminal and civil) to be enforced consistently and
Updated: 05/04/2012 04:43P

Law enforcement honored with barbecue
(contributed photo) Northwest Georgia's law enforcement officers were honored Friday with an appreciation barbecue by the Community Criminal Justice Foundation. The event, held at The Forum in downtown Rome, included music, door prizes and exhibitors.
Updated: 05/04/2012 04:29P

No libel charge for New Brunswick blogger
Luc Labonte, director of public prosecutions, says he has informed the Fredericton police that he believes that Section 301 of the Criminal Code, which deals with defamatory libel, is unconstitutional. Last month, a group of law professors from the
Updated: 05/04/2012 03:49P

Exclusive: Ex-Dewey executive director hires counsel: source
By Andrew Longstreth and Karen Freifeld Dewey & LeBoeuf has dismissed its executive director and he has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer, a source close to the matter said, as the New York law firm suffered even more defections from its
Updated: 05/04/2012 03:28P

Governor signs Florida no-fault fraud legislation
The governor signed the bill at the Northeast Florida Law Enforcement Training Criminal Justice Center on the north campus of Florida State College in Jacksonville . Consumer advocates also say the law simply will pad insurance company profits because
Updated: 05/04/2012 03:13P

Libel charges against Fredericton blogger dropped
(Jacques Poitras/CBC) Criminal libel charges against Fredericton blogger Charles LeBlanc have been dropped. "Following an extensive review of case law, it is clear that other jurisdictions have found this section to be unconstitutional," the provincial
Updated: 05/04/2012 02:47P

Mason County man's gun possession brings long federal sentence under career
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Mason County man was sentenced to 17½ years in prison under a federal “Armed Career Criminal Act.” Tobias John-Maxwell Deatrick, 32, was sentenced by US District Judge Robert Holmes Bell for unlawfully possessing firearms as a
Updated: 05/04/2012 02:41P

The People &c., Respondent v. Hans Alexander, Appellant,No. 80
Defendant called as a witness his attorney at the time he pleaded guilty, a 49-year-old criminal defense lawyer who had been practicing since 1986. The attorney, who began representing defendant in September 2007, testified that he had a "number of
Updated: 05/04/2012 02:18P

Scott signs Florida no-fault fraud legislation
Rick Scott has signed a bill designed to crack down on rampant fraud in Florida's no-fault automobile insurance system. Even before Friday's signing ceremony in Jacksonville, though, some were working on ways to exploit a loophole in the legislation.
Updated: 05/04/2012 02:08P