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Training heavy for magisterial district judges
Civil cases they handle include landlord-tenant disputes and contract and personal injury matters involving amounts up to $8000. Criminal cases they handle include traffic and other summary matters. They also preside over bail and preliminary hearings
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:13A
Faculty panel sides with fired professor
Through an attorney, associate professor Lawrence Connell argued that he used the controversial imagery to describe legal principles during a spring 2010 criminal law class. Several of the hypothetical examples landing Connell in hot water involved
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:55A
More jail time for animal cruelty
"The new law will plug that gap in the Criminal Code and ensure justice can be done by increasing the maximum penalty from three to seven years' jail for serious offences against all animals. "Very importantly, that penalty will be based not on an
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:31A
Animal cruelty penalty to triple
"The new law will plug that gap in the Criminal Code and ensure justice can be done by increasing the maximum penalty from three to seven years' jail for serious offences against all animals. "Very importantly, that penalty will be based not on an
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:18A
Journalists have to protect their rights in the streets in Turkey
Beyoglu district for more than an hour, demanding the immediate release of all arrested journalists and amendments to the Turkish Penal Code, or TCK, the Criminal Procedure Code, or CMK, the anti-terror law and other laws restricting press freedom.
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:06A
Tougher laws must have teeth
“The new law will plug that gap in the Criminal Code and ensure justice can be done by increasing the maximum penalty from three to seven years' jail for serious offences against all animals. “Very importantly, that penalty will be based not on an
Updated: 03/14/2011 01:38A
Production supervisor opts for Redondo 3BD condo
Mr. Wentz is an appellate and criminal law attorney. He finished his Bachelor's degree at Northwestern University and received his law degree from University of California - Los Angeles. Ms. Dozier is an attorney in practice for 15 years.
Updated: 03/14/2011 01:02A
Report: US needs to do more for tribal courts
The GAO interviewed officials at 12 tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Arizona, focusing on criminal law. Tribal officials expressed concern about limited sentencing authority, jail space, encroachment on judicial independence and the
Updated: 03/13/2011 08:32P
Sounding Board : Furor over an Alabang ordinance / Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, SJ
Violation of this law is a criminal offense punishable by a penalty found in Section 40 of the same law. It is important to note, therefore, that it is a penal law. Like any penal law it is limited strictly to what it prohibits.
Updated: 03/13/2011 06:54P
New laws aren't needed, just tougher sentencing
Then gas station attendants, convenience store clerks and beer store employees will demand special attention in the Criminal Code. They, too, are disproportionately targeted by goons. Where do we stop? Let's not make the law more complicated.
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:48P
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