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Report: Texas Executed The Wrong Man Because He Looked Like The Real Murderer
Yet a new book written by Columbia Law Professor James Liebman shows that Carlos DeLuna, executed by Texas in 1989, was innocent. According to Liebman, DeLuna was wrongfully convicted and executed for the murder of Wanda Lopez following a botched
Updated: 05/16/2012 03:29P
International justice is needed – even if it takes 100 more years to perfect it
The more serious concern is the danger of lopsided international justice, a world of laws that are "spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught", as Balzac put it. Look on the website of the ICC and see who is in the
Updated: 05/16/2012 03:26P
Tuberculsis patient jailed for not taking medicine
Authorities have taken the unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious. Health officials said Armando Rodriguez, 34, of Stockton has active
Updated: 05/16/2012 03:10P
Direct Indictments Filed in Terrorism Case
83.18 of the Criminal Code against Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh, 32, and Misbahuddin Ahmed, 28. They are also charged with one count each of conspiring to facilitate terrorist activity and one count of making or having explosives in their possession.
Updated: 05/16/2012 03:10P
Direct Indictments Filed in Terrorism Case
83.18 of the Criminal Code against Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh, 32, and Misbahuddin Ahmed, 28. They are also charged with one count each of conspiring to facilitate terrorist activity and one count of making or having explosives in their possession.
Updated: 05/16/2012 03:04P
Bill broadened to carry changes to criminal codes
By Rudi Keller JEFFERSON CITY — A bill that began as an effort to help Centralia buy law enforcement equipment will face final floor votes carrying changes to the state sex offender registry and the way state law deals with crack compared to powder
Updated: 05/16/2012 03:02P
Bird & Bird | Spain: Information service providers face new legal framework
On 1 March 2012, the Royal Decree 1889/2011 came into force. It replaces the competences that were granted to the Spanish Copyright Commission by the Legislative Act (Ley 2/2011 de Economa Sostenible), which was introduced by the Spanish Parliament on
Updated: 05/16/2012 03:01P
Special Counsel to US Attorney in DC Honored on Eve of Retirement
Since 2000, Riley has also served as the US attorney's office's representative to the District of Columbia Sentencing and Criminal Code Revision Commission and as the representative to the Criminal Jury Instructions for the District of Columbia
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:52P
Did These Columbia Law Students and Their Professor Prove That Texas Executed
By Christopher Danzig According to new research from Columbia Law School, this man was executed for a murder he did not commit. Earlier this week, a group of students at Columbia Law School, along with law professor James Liebman, released a 400-page
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:48P
Did These Columbia Law Students and Their Professor Prove That Texas Executed
By Christopher Danzig According to new research from Columbia Law School, this man was executed for a murder he did not commit. Earlier this week, a group of students at Columbia Law School, along with law professor James Liebman, released a 400-page
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:48P
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