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PNLA Challenges Excessive Sentencing and Wins!
Pilot National Legal Aid (PNLA) was established by the Government of Sierra Leone and the Justice Sector Development Programme on January 6 th 2010 to
Updated: 01/31/2011 10:11A
RI Criminal Defense Attorney Joshua Macktaz Moves to New Location in Newport, RI
The move was prompted by a need for more space for his growing Criminal Defense firm, formerly located on Touro Street. "I'm very excited about the move,"
Updated: 01/31/2011 09:34A
EXact Learning Solutions Backs Barack Obama's Plea To Prevent Human
chargeable offense for service members under Article 134 of the US military's statutory criminal law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Updated: 01/31/2011 09:31A
The deadly failure of drug policy in the Americas
Prohibition reduced liquor consumption but created underground and widespread criminal activity -- organized crime -- which used firearm violence to avoid
Updated: 01/31/2011 08:48A
Tories to make updates to citizen-arrest law
"The traditional policy of the law has been to try and leave arrests up to the professionals -the police -wherever possible," said Jonathan Dawe, a criminal
Updated: 01/31/2011 08:06A
Euthanasia will 'corrupt society'
EUTHANASIA was contrary to the ideals of justice and charity and would corrupt society, a Catholic bishop has warned the legal fraternity.
Updated: 01/31/2011 08:05A
Brown proposes moving inmates to county jails
Jennifer Walsh, professor of political science at Azusa Pacific University and a board member of the Association for Criminal Justice Research,
Updated: 01/31/2011 08:02A
Euthanasia a bad law by bad people, says bishop
Greg Smith, and leading judges and barristers, to warn that ''state-sanctioned killing'' undermined the legitimacy of the state and its criminal law.
Updated: 01/31/2011 08:00A
Jury selection to be automated
The Criminal Code currently sets out that 2 lists of potential jurors – one for Maltese-language trials and another for English-language ones – are drawn up
Updated: 01/31/2011 07:56A
Lawsuit challenges Colorado 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: 01/31/2011 07:52A