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Victory in Missouri
While today is an important step towards criminal justice reform in Missouri, it is not the end of the road. Even if Governor Nixon signs the bill into law, an unnecessary discrepancy still stands. And it's not just in Missouri: 12 other states and the
Updated: 05/18/2012 06:21P
Convicted of hate crime, Dharun Ravi student gets gay support
Much scrutiny has been focused on the prosecutor's unusual use of New Jersey's bias intimidation statute, a so-called "hate crime" law that has the effect of increasing penalties and that, experts say, is typically used in cases involving violence or
Updated: 05/18/2012 06:17P
Convicted of hate crime, Dharun Ravi student gets gay support
Much scrutiny has been focused on the prosecutor's unusual use of New Jersey's bias intimidation statute, a so-called "hate crime" law that has the effect of increasing penalties and that, experts say, is typically used in cases involving violence or
Updated: 05/18/2012 06:17P
“Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds” by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen
As a legal scholar and practitioner, I have long examined ethnicity through the prism of international criminal law and how ethnic hatreds feed the major war crimes tribunals prosecuting atrocity crimes in Africa, the Balkans and other hot spots during
Updated: 05/18/2012 06:10P
“Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds” by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen
As a legal scholar and practitioner, I have long examined ethnicity through the prism of international criminal law and how ethnic hatreds feed the major war crimes tribunals prosecuting atrocity crimes in Africa, the Balkans and other hot spots during
Updated: 05/18/2012 06:10P
Law School Speaker criticizes mandatory federal sentencing
Weinstein and Maureen McKenna Goldberg, an associate justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court, received honorary degrees. Weinstein, who has influenced the courts' handling of mass litigation over health issues such as Agent Orange, asbestos and
Updated: 05/18/2012 06:02P
Convicted of hate crime, former Rutgers student gets gay support
Much scrutiny has been focused on the prosecutor's unusual use of New Jersey's bias intimidation statute, a so-called "hate crime" law that has the effect of increasing penalties and that, experts say, is typically used in cases involving violence or
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:48P
Convicted of hate crime, former Rutgers student gets gay support | The Republic
Much scrutiny has been focused on the prosecutor's unusual use of New Jersey's bias intimidation statute, a so-called "hate crime" law that has the effect of increasing penalties and that, experts say, is typically used in cases involving violence or
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:46P
Canadian cannibal free to leave grounds of mental hospital
The Criminal Code review board said Vince Li's treatment team may grant him short escorted trips into the central Canadian city of Selkirk, Manitoba. The review board said the passes will start at 30 minutes and increase incrementally to a maximum of
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:35P
Cache of evidence in shooting, still huge gaps
By The Associated Press In 1976, three kidnappers hijacked a school bus full of children in the farm town of Chowchilla, Calif. The kidnappers forced the 26 students and the bus driver, Frank Edward "Ed"...>> It's Facebook's big day.
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:15P
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