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San Francisco Criminal Lawyer the Fitch Law Office Celebrates New Office Opening
The Fitch Law Office specializes in marijuana law and defense litigation, criminal law, personal injury cases and DUI defense. The San Francisco legal firm vigorously defends people's rights under the guiding principle of the presumption of innocence.
Updated: 03/26/2011 03:05P
'Homosexual conduct' law still on books in Texas
Chuck Smith, deputy executive director of Equality Texas, said the state's biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lobbying group is not pushing too hard for rewording the penal code, because the makeup of the Criminal Jurisprudence committee
Updated: 03/26/2011 02:40P
Brian Hutchinson: Making the case against Bountiful
Participants include a provincially-appointed Amicus Curiae, or “friend of the court,” whose task is to argue that Section 293 of the Criminal Code -the polygamy prohibition -is inconsistent with Canada's Charter. “Simply put,” says the Amicus,
Updated: 03/26/2011 01:46P
Making the case against Bountiful
Participants include a provincially-appointed Amicus Curiae, or “friend of the court,” whose task is to argue that Section 293 of the Criminal Code -the polygamy prohibition -is inconsistent with Canada's Charter. “Simply put,” says the Amicus,
Updated: 03/26/2011 01:46P
Indiana prosecutors buck effort to trim prison costs
People are doing 30 to 40 percent of their sentence,” Negangard said. He said public safety has to be a priority as well as budgets. Marshall Clement, project director for the Council of State Governments Justice Center, which helped draw up the
Updated: 03/26/2011 01:17P
Bail rises to $1M in domestic violence case
The Herald profiled Dooley's case in January to illustrate how changes in state law are having an unintended effect on domestic violence cases. California Penal Code 1219 bars judges from jailing domestic violence victims for refusing to testify.
Updated: 03/26/2011 11:06A
Constitutional amendment to change sentencing laws is ill-conceived and
I am a Professor of criminal law and procedure at Lewis and Clark Law School. Beginning with the premise that the Oregon Constitution should not be amended lightly, unnecessarily or against the recent will of the people, I oppose this resolution.
Updated: 03/26/2011 10:40A
Navajo town waits 3 hours on average for cops
Training includes federal Indian law, the federal Tribal Law and Order Act and Navajo Nation criminal code. It also includes laws on children and motor vehicles, as well as information on Navajo history, language, culture and clanship.
Updated: 03/26/2011 10:26A
Decision to open criminal case against prosecutor overruled
In reply to an Itar-Tass correspondent's question, Markin explained that "according to the investigation, the suspects regularly received money from Ivan Nazarov (a supposed organiser of illegal gambling business in the Moscow Region) and other persons
Updated: 03/26/2011 10:20A
Dep prosecutor-gen overrules decision against Moscow reg prosectrs
He clarified that the criminal case against Ignatenko and Urumov was instituted on March 25 under Part 1 of Article 285 and Part 4 of Article 290 of the Russian Criminal Code (abuse of power and taking large-amount bribes) and against Guseva under the
Updated: 03/26/2011 10:19A
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