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Gallup Finds Perception of Business Corruption Widespread as White Collar
The FBI also issued estimates that white collar crime costs America over 300 billion dollars each year. According to Eric Creizman, principal attorney at Creizman LLC, a law firm specializing in white collar criminal investigations and indicted cases
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:25P
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld war criminals verdict Enforcement Phase begins
What validity does this verdict have on the international community and how will the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal exercise a sentence, or is there a sentence? “The Tribunal has recommended that the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission forward the
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:21P
G.E. Mortimer: Nailing the pet-bashers
A $2000 fine and/or six months in jail is the heaviest punishment he could get for harming a creature that is defined by federal criminal law as “property.” Property is a distant thought when I'm out of bed, sitting at the computer desk and scanning
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:17P
The Middle East Channel: Libya's human rights problem
But it has proceeded to pass laws that have no appreciation for what these ideas actually mean. In a crude cut-and-paste of Qaddafi's penal code, this month the NTC passed Law 37, criminalizing "insults against the people of Libya or its institutions"
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:04P
Death penalty measure challenged by victims' rights group
The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed the petition, saying the initiative violates a state law limiting propositions to a single subject. California voters will get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life.
Updated: 05/15/2012 12:58P
Justice Portfolio Committee Moves Swiftly to Address Sexual Offences Act
There are, however, two divergent views on whether a penalty has to be specified in order for the act to constitute a crime. One view, held by respected criminal law author CR Snyman, is that if no penalty is specified, it is within the court's
Updated: 05/15/2012 12:54P
Justice Dept. launches criminal probe into JPMorgan's $2B trading loss
The Justice Department has initiated a criminal probe into the $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the situation. The inquiry is at a very early stage, said the person who spoke on condition of
Updated: 05/15/2012 12:46P
New Law Targets Cigarette Smuggling
You soon will face state fines and criminal charges if you buy large quantities of cigarettes in Virginia intending to resell them in state with a higher tobacco tax. Beginning July 1, a new state law targets people “who possesses, with intent to
Updated: 05/15/2012 12:33P
New website documents wrongful Texas execution
The website comprises the largest single public collection of information about a criminal case, according to the Columbia Law School professor and his students who posted the results of their 18-month study, published in the University's Human Rights
Updated: 05/15/2012 12:28P
Amnesty International Urges Ukraine Authorities to Implement Police
Ukrainian prosecutors currently work alongside police officers to solve ordinary crimes, and frequently refuse to initiate criminal proceedings against their colleagues. The new Criminal Procedure Code allows for a new investigative body to look into
Updated: 05/15/2012 12:22P
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