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Why Tucson Shooter Is Not a Terrorist
In criminal law, two elements are required to make a person guilty of a serious crime: the mens rea, or guilty mind, and the actus reus, the guilty act.
Updated: 01/13/2011 12:51P

Court Ruling Harms Berlusconi's Immunity
ROME—An Italian high court on Thursday struck down a key pillar of a law that postpones criminal trials facing Italian Prime Minister
Updated: 01/13/2011 12:08P

Ruling Dents Berlusconi's Legal Shield
ROME—An Italian high court on Thursday struck down a key pillar of a law that postpones criminal trials facing Italian Prime Minister
Updated: 01/13/2011 12:08P

Italy Court Ruling Is Seen to Hit Berlusconi
ROME—An Italian high court struck down a key pillar of a law that postpones criminal trials facing Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Updated: 01/13/2011 12:08P

Canada: Bill Amended to Protect Transgender Citizens From Hate Crimes
subsection four protects people from hate crimes directed towards them based on their colour, race, religion, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.
Updated: 01/13/2011 11:09A

PGO Tymoshenko To Familiarize Herself With Materials Of Case Against Her Every Day
No law - not the Criminal Procedures Code or any other law - provides for such mockery,» Tymoshenko said. She stressed that these actions are aimed at
Updated: 01/13/2011 10:34A

H-II: Stephen Michael Apatow Supports National Society Of Film Critics
He has appeared in many countries as counsel in leading cases in constitutional, human rights, criminal and international law and served as the first
Updated: 01/13/2011 10:08A

European Council's Monitoring of Ukraine Should be Stopped
"The new criminal procedure code has not been adopted yet, judicial law is not improved.These are our huge minuses," Yanukovych said.
Updated: 01/13/2011 09:40A

PEOPLE v. CHRISTOPHERSON
Penal Code section 1203c, subdivision (a)(1), states: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a person is committed to an institution under
Updated: 01/13/2011 07:36A

IN RE DEMARIO P.
A criminal defendant has a federal and state constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel. It is appellant's burden to demonstrate that he is
Updated: 01/13/2011 07:32A

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