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Criminal Law: Police Checkpoint – Reasonable Suspicion – Search
Where officers at a driver's license checkpoint saw a passenger-defendant appear shocked and reach under his seat when he saw the officers, reasonable suspicion supported an investigatory stop, and the officers reasonably
Updated: 03/02/2011 10:45A
Criminal Law: Child Abuse – Confrontation Clause – Bolstering
(1) Where a defendant, who was convicted of child abuse for repeatedly whipping his 7-year-old son with a belt, challenged the admission of the boy's statements about the abuse, there was no confrontation clause violation
Updated: 03/02/2011 10:45A
Criminal Law: Penalty Phase – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Mental Retardation
(1) Where a defendant in a death penalty case argued that his counsel was ineffective for calling a special education expert to testify about the defendant's mental retardation, rather than a fetal alcohol syndrome expert,
Updated: 03/02/2011 10:45A
Senior policemen dismissed with Prosecutor General's mediation
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated pursuant to parts 1 of the Articles 104, 235 and 308 of the RA Criminal Code has revealed that a criminal case was initiated and is being investigated in the Court of First Instance of
Updated: 03/02/2011 09:53A
Annual warrant roundup to begin
Traffic, criminal parking, penal code and city ordinance violations are all Class C charges, punishable by a fine but no jail time. Lynda Lawless, Municipal Court Judge for the City of Marlin said, “Our local warrants total 981 with a dollar value of
Updated: 03/02/2011 09:24A
Pakistan Taliban Kills Minorities Minister
The blasphemy law, which is part of the constitution of Pakistan as the Criminal Code, prohibits and punishes blasphemy against Islam and the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Criminal Code provides penalties for blasphemy ranging from a fine to death.
Updated: 03/02/2011 09:17A
Teaching the practical in law school
The story highlights Washington and Lee University School of Law, which last year overhauled its 3L year to focus on “practice-based courses, using simulated and real clients, in specialties like international, securities, tax and criminal law.
Updated: 03/02/2011 09:01A
Bill introduced to assist investigations in light of new technologies
Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Competition Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (short title: Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act) was re-introduced in the House of Commons on November
Updated: 03/02/2011 09:00A
Hentoff: 'Zero tolerance' criminalizing kids
Already, one result of Andrew's introduction to the criminal law system is that, having hoped to attend the US Naval Academy (his father is a former Navy Seabee and Marine officer), Andrew - so far - can no longer qualify as an applicant.
Updated: 03/02/2011 08:49A
Fraud or theft, banks don't need police help
The Commonwealth Bank can get its money back via civil law. As a society we don't want the criminal law messing about with the contracts we have with banks. Furthermore, the law itself is unclear about whether the alleged actions of those ATM users
Updated: 03/02/2011 08:00A
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