Latest Criminal Law News
Turkish Singer Lands in Jail for Mentioning Revolutionist
Sa? was facing prison terms of up to two years under article 215 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) because her speech made at the festival allegedly
Updated: 01/31/2011 01:05A
Police trainer testifies: Civil rights trial focuses on officer in beating case
Bruce Hancock, an instructor at the SC Criminal Justice Academy, testified Friday as an expert witness on how officers are supposed to respond to inmates
Updated: 01/31/2011 12:59A
Freedom of Information Act in Ghana, NDC Action Imperative Now
In short a Freedom of Information law in Ghana can be use in resolving a host of outstanding criminal appropriation of the funds and other resources to end
Updated: 01/31/2011 12:16A
Police Training From the Detective That Identified Dahmer
Patrick Kennedy is teaching a class titled Police Process at UW-Milwaukee this spring as a building block for tomorrow's criminal justice system.
Updated: 01/31/2011 12:15A
Lawsuit challenges Colorado pubic defender law
But the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and Colorado Criminal Justice Reform are challenging it in federal court, arguing it frequently denies legal counsel
Updated: 01/31/2011 12:15A
For lawmakers, new year means new bills
Bobby Scott is co-sponsoring a bill that would set up government-run health insurance. He is also re-introducing a bill to fund youth and gang crime
Updated: 01/31/2011 12:00A
Letters | Monday, Jan. 31
Wade, and many of their subsequent children, would all have been productive, taxpaying members of society. Instead many were much more likely to have been a
Updated: 01/31/2011 12:00A
State parole bill could have wide consequences
offenders to win early release and would sharply limit the discretion of the state Parole Board, according to several criminal justice specialists.
Updated: 01/30/2011 11:59P
Across South Carolina
COLUMBIA --- A cell phone provider is giving free phones and talk time to low-income residents across South Carolina. Assurance Wireless, a cell phone
Updated: 01/30/2011 11:47P
Lawsuit challenges Colorado's public defender law
But the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and Colorado Criminal Justice Reform are challenging it in federal court, arguing it frequently denies legal counsel
Updated: 01/30/2011 11:39P