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Property scam -- criminal law question
Is this a consumer rights case or criminal or both? Please could you advise? I have written to the local kaymakam [district governor] via his website, but am still awaiting a reply. “Post-script: The real estate agent is missing and has been for two
Updated: 03/27/2011 08:06P
Bode George, five others ask S-Court to acquit them of fraud
In addition, they stated that the appellate court erred in law when it held that the issue of non-competence of the Attorney General of the Federation to prosecute the appellants under the Criminal Code of Lagos State was an issue which was overridden
Updated: 03/27/2011 08:04P
Supreme Decision Means Losers Are Now Winners in Brazilian Congress
It is a blow to many who fought to improve the quality of politics in this country," he declared. Another person who lamented the Supreme Court decision was the president of the Bar Association (OAB), Ophir Cavalcante. But he was optimistic about the
Updated: 03/27/2011 07:23P
Officials' negligence might lead to jail time
JUDGES could soon be allowed to put public officials in prison for wasting public funds because of negligence, and use information acquired via wiretapping in one case as evidence in another case, if the Justice Ministry's proposed changes to the Penal
Updated: 03/27/2011 06:03P
Conviction: Bode George, others head for Supreme Court
On October 26, 2009, Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Lagos High Court convicted George together with former Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Aminu Dabo, Olusegun Abidoye, Abdullahi Tafida, Zanna Maidaribe, and Alhaji Sule Aliyu.
Updated: 03/27/2011 05:21P
Friends, adversaries recall lawyer
Veteran Bakersfield criminal defense attorney Michael Gardina died Friday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank from complications of cancer. He was 61. "He was a remarkable attorney, always very well prepared in the courtroom," said
Updated: 03/27/2011 02:52P
Threepeat: St. Thomas Aquinas wins third consecutive mock trial title
Photo courtesy of Joyce Tang •Mock trial is a club in which students emulate a trial as both witnesses and attorneys in realistic civil and criminal law. This club is an interscholastic educational program where students may have the opportunity to
Updated: 03/27/2011 01:04P
SAZF shouldn't honour Dershowitz
As a professor of criminal law Dershowitz often uses legal argument to justify Israeli misconduct. His commitment to international law is highly questionable. Speaking in Israel on 22 May 2010 he said, "The judges in the international tribunes are
Updated: 03/27/2011 12:10P
Lawyer William Wegmann Sr. dies at 87
When Shaw called Edward Wegmann in 1967 to tell him he had been arrested on conspiracy charges, Edward Wegmann turned to his brother because of Mr. Wegmann's experience with criminal law, said Lorraine Wegmann Bisso, one of his daughters.
Updated: 03/27/2011 11:40A
Kentucky passes HB 463 and Texas passes one to Willie.
"I'm pleased we're making progress in tackling the problems facing our penal code," Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. said. "With all three branches involved in this deliberative process, I'm confident that the outcome will be positive for
Updated: 03/27/2011 10:53A
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