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GEORGE WILL: A nightmare is unfolding in Massachusetts
The government says the rooms were used to "facilitate" a crime. It does not say the Caswells knew or even that they were supposed to know what was going on in all their rooms all the time. Civil forfeiture law treats citizens worse than criminals,
Updated: 05/19/2012 08:05P

WILL: A government nightmare in Tewksbury
The US Department of Justice intends to seize it, sell it for perhaps $1.5 million and give up to 80 percent of that to the Tewksbury Police Department, whose budget is just $5.5 million. The Caswells have not been charged with, let alone convicted of,
Updated: 05/19/2012 08:01P

Strong justice system key to sustainable democracy: CJP
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday said that the realisation of a sustainable democratic regime in the country was connected with making the justice system strong and independent, saying it would be possible when all institution
Updated: 05/19/2012 07:14P

Castration: Panacea for rape?
To curb the high incidence of rape, some people have advocated introduction of castration into the nation's criminal code as obtained in some countries. IDOWU ADELUSI reports. SECTION 358 of the criminal code provides that a convincted rapist should be
Updated: 05/19/2012 07:00P

A government indulgence: Civil forfeiture
The government says the rooms were used to "facilitate" a crime. It does not say the Caswells knew or even that they were supposed to know what was going on in all their rooms all the time. Civil forfeiture law treats citizens worse than criminals,
Updated: 05/19/2012 06:33P

Will: Couple's legal nightmare is real
The US Department of Justice intends to seize it, sell it for perhaps $1.5 million and give up to 80 percent of that to the Tewksbury Police Department, whose budget is just $5.5 million. The Caswells have not been charged with, let alone convicted of,
Updated: 05/19/2012 06:09P

20 years jail for warning shot
The state's "10-20-life" law was implemented in 1999 and credited with helping to lower the violent crime rate. Anyone who shows a gun in the commission of certain felonies gets an automatic 10 years in prison. Fire the gun, and it's an automatic 20
Updated: 05/19/2012 05:23P

20 years jail for warning shot
The state's "10-20-life" law was implemented in 1999 and credited with helping to lower the violent crime rate. Anyone who shows a gun in the commission of certain felonies gets an automatic 10 years in prison. Fire the gun, and it's an automatic 20
Updated: 05/19/2012 05:23P

State responsible for dispensation of justice, says CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday said that the administration of justice was the responsibility of state, which is being exercised through judicial system. Addressing a meeting of the Law and Justice
Updated: 05/19/2012 05:17P

Sodomy Is A Civil Right Say Legal Experts In Response to GOP Delegate Bob Marshall
William Eskridge is a Yale Law School professor and the author of “Dishonorable Passions,” a history of sodomy laws in America. Eskridge points out that the US Supreme Court struck down a criminal sodomy law in Texas in its landmark 2003 case of
Updated: 05/19/2012 04:23P