Latest Criminal Law News

Legal aid cuts: if lawyers don't defend justice for all, who will?
Criminal legal aid has already been severely hit by the threshold of contribution expected from a defendant. Amounts of £6000-£8000 are not uncommon, and there are instances of individuals considering pleading guilty simply because it's cheaper.
Updated: 05/22/2012 02:32P

Our parents were criminals
The Jersey mom has been charged with child endangerment under NJ law, which provides that a person having a legal duty for the care of a child who causes the child harm that meets the definition of “abuse” or “neglect” (as defined by NJ law) commits a
Updated: 05/22/2012 02:22P

Ex-Rutgers Dharun Ravi student gets 30 days in webcam case
Ravi's lawyer, Steven Altman, said that his client was "demonized by the gay community" and that the case was "treated as if it's a murder case." Ravi himself did not speak in court on Monday. His silence got him chastised by the judge, who wanted to
Updated: 05/22/2012 02:21P

Legal Aid battling banks to save repossessed homes
Director of civil law Justin Stevenson said the organisation was negotiating with lenders to be more flexible by waiving, reducing or delaying the debt. That allowed families to remain in their home longer, providing time to fix-up the property and
Updated: 05/22/2012 02:09P

Asbo facelift won't protect the vulnerable
From begging, barking dogs and noisy neighbours to drug dealing, vandalism and violence, this euphemism posing as law covered everything from the irritating to the fatal. Section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 encompasses behaviour "likely to
Updated: 05/22/2012 02:00P

AP asks: What is hate? Rutgers webcam case rekindles debate
Ravi's lawyer, Steven Altman, said that his client was "demonized by the gay community" and that the case was "treated as if it's a murder case." Ravi himself did not speak in court on Monday. His silence got him chastised by the judge, who wanted to
Updated: 05/22/2012 01:59P

Steeles Law | Employee Convicted of Criminal Offence
Employment solicitor Sam Greenhalgh and trainee solicitor Nick Arvanitis report on a recent case dealing with the dismissal of an employee following a criminal conviction and custodial sentence. The case of Prior v City Plumbing Supplies Ltd,
Updated: 05/22/2012 01:50P

Steeles Law | Employee Convicted of Criminal Offence
Employment solicitor Sam Greenhalgh and trainee solicitor Nick Arvanitis report on a recent case dealing with the dismissal of an employee following a criminal conviction and custodial sentence. The case of Prior v City Plumbing Supplies Ltd,
Updated: 05/22/2012 01:50P

Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole Speaks on Alternatives to Incarceration
I am very pleased to be here among this distinguished panel of criminal justice professionals. I want to thank the Federal Bar Council's Special Committee on Sentencing Reform and Alternatives to Incarceration and the New York University School of
Updated: 05/22/2012 01:13P

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal: Assessments & Perspectives
by grtv The historic verdict recently reached by Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal substantiates long-held accusations that the treatment of detainees held by the US military in Bagram, Guantanamo and Abu Gharib constitutes torture as
Updated: 05/22/2012 12:51P