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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
Carlos DeLuna And Cameron Todd Willingham: The Sad Similarities
Marsh, Antonin Scalia had this to say about what would happen if an innocent person was put to death by the criminal justice system: "If such an event had occurred in recent years, we would not have to hunt for it; the innocent's name would be shouted
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:48P
Raleigh DWI Law Firm Matheson Law Office, Pllc Hires New Office Manager
The Matheson Law Office, Pllc has welcomed Julie Stella to their law firm as their new Office Manager. This firm's ever expanding client base of those needing quality Raleigh DWI Defense and North Carolina Criminal Defense has required additional staff
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:44P
Raleigh DWI Law Firm Matheson Law Office, Pllc Hires New Office Manager
The Matheson Law Office, Pllc has welcomed Julie Stella to their law firm as their new Office Manager. This firm's ever expanding client base of those needing quality Raleigh DWI Defense and North Carolina Criminal Defense has required additional staff
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:44P
Death as bargaining chip? Ohio prosecutor slammed
AP Sports News Video A San Diego jury has convicted two men of murdering two men whose bodies were dissolved in acid for a Mexican drug gang. A San Diego jury has convicted two men of murdering two men whose bodies were dissolved in acid for a Mexican
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:38P
Oklahoma governor signs open-carry gun bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law on Tuesday a bill that will allow Oklahomans to openly carry guns if they pass a criminal background check and take firearms training. Fallin, a Republican, said the new law "sends
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:34P
Rousseff Swears in Commission to Probe Dictatorship Crime
A 1979 Amnesty Law exempts from prosecution both those who engaged in armed resistance and military officials who may have committed crimes prior to that date. The country's Supreme Court approved the law's wide scope in 2010. Amnesty Law While she
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:11P
Law enforcement agencies join forces to create Anti-Gang Tactical Operations
TAG's physical and personnel structure, as well as its technological capabilities, will make it a unique law enforcement initiative, devoted to fighting violent, transnational criminal organizations and the street gangs with which they are increasingly
Updated: 05/16/2012 02:10P
Edwards is a bad person, but not a criminal
It is possible to shoehorn this conduct into a violation of the campaign finance laws. First, the money was not disclosed as a campaign contribution – although, Catch-22, if it had been reported as such, it would have been illegal because it was used
Updated: 05/16/2012 01:32P
Charles Taylor claims that he was 'seeking peace in Sierra Leone'
His lawyer meanwhile says there are double standards at play, that allow Charles Taylor to be sentenced to 80 years imprisonment within criminal law and those countries and governments which are above it. His Defence lawyer Courtenay Griffiths said
Updated: 05/16/2012 01:26P
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