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Bus butcher allowed off hospital grounds after 'miraculous' recovery
After a hearing Monday, the Criminal Code Review Board decided to grant Li 30-minute escorted passes to Selkirk, at the recommendation of his doctors. If the trips go well, they would increase in duration by 15 minutes each week.
Updated: 05/17/2012 05:27P
Will Wiser Heads Prevail in Greyhound Beheading Case?
As can be said for most horrific criminal acts, we can only begin to imagine the devastating sense of loss that occurs when told of a child's untimely death. The subsequent heart-wrenching anguish must be even more frustrating when this same parent is
Updated: 05/17/2012 05:17P
Will Wiser Heads Prevail in Greyhound Beheading Case?
As can be said for most horrific criminal acts, we can only begin to imagine the devastating sense of loss that occurs when told of a child's untimely death. The subsequent heart-wrenching anguish must be even more frustrating when this same parent is
Updated: 05/17/2012 05:17P
Prosecutor: John Edwards violated campaign laws to cover up sex scandal
said prosecutors presented no evidence in more than two weeks of testimony that Edwards knowingly violated the law. “This is a case that should define the difference between a wrong and a crime ... between a sin and a felony,” Lowell told the jury.
Updated: 05/17/2012 05:11P
Prosecutor: John Edwards violated campaign laws to cover up sex scandal
said prosecutors presented no evidence in more than two weeks of testimony that Edwards knowingly violated the law. “This is a case that should define the difference between a wrong and a crime ... between a sin and a felony,” Lowell told the jury.
Updated: 05/17/2012 05:11P
Law experts challenge Virginia lawmaker Bob Marshall on 'sodomy is not a civil
Texas decision, which struck down the criminal sodomy law in Texas – and by extension, other states – as unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence that anal or oral sex, commonly known as sodomy, when performed in private by consenting
Updated: 05/17/2012 04:47P
Blomberg/Holley Case: Was Justice Served?
"The community outrage is a reflection of a undeniable truth about the criminal justice system — and that is that legal justice is not always perfectky synchronized with factual justice." Corn says despite the outcries over the not guilty verdict,
Updated: 05/17/2012 04:47P
Tax Research LLP | US campaigners say “Tell us who you are”
This enables criminals to disguise their identities behind the anonymity provided to US corporations and launder dirty money through the US financial system. Corporate secrecy fundamentally undermines US laws to combat money laundering and tax evasion,
Updated: 05/17/2012 04:43P
Ex-Senator Edwards tried to bypass campaign law: prosecutor
"There is not the remotest chance that John violated federal campaign laws, let alone felonies." "This is a case that should define the difference between someone committing a wrong and someone committing a crime," Lowell said.
Updated: 05/17/2012 04:13P
Husch Blackwell LLP | Special Assistant United States Attorney Joins Husch
She handled all phases of criminal prosecution, including complaint procedures, grand jury practice, post-indictment hearings, legal research, drafting motions and responses, as well as handling all pre-trial court appearances, negotiating and
Updated: 05/17/2012 04:06P
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