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UK Cops Have “Suspended” More than 3000 Infringing Sites
“Worse still, law enforcement agencies appear to have been arguing to Nominet and others that they are liable under the Proceeds of Crime Act if they do not suspend sites once they are made aware that criminal acts may be taking place on domains,” he
Updated: 04/07/2011 05:23P
Criminal Law: Sentencing – Credit
Where a defendant requested additional credit for time served in custody prior to the commencement of his sentence on a 15-year term for a drug charge, the trial court's reasoning on the Department of Correction's motion to
Updated: 04/07/2011 04:49P
Criminal Law: Sentencing – Career Offender – Prior Violent Felony
felony under the career offender guidelines, the sentencing commission acted within its discretion in defining “prior felony conviction” for the career offender guidelines differently than “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, and .
Updated: 04/07/2011 04:05P
Criminal Law: Sexual Exploitation – Sufficiency Of Evidence – 'Mere Nudity'
weighing themselves in the nude for weightlifting competitions, the judgment, which granted the defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict, is reversed because the district court erred in finding that the videos were .
Updated: 04/07/2011 04:05P
Criminal Law: Restitution – eBay Sales – Fraud
By Stephanie Maniscalco (1) Where a defendant was convicted of mail fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property after he sold items from his employer's sporting goods store on eBay, the presence of the store owners during officers' execution
Updated: 04/07/2011 03:44P
Buenaventura appointed to Daly City Council seat
A Certified Criminal Law Specialist, Buenaventura has been a practicing attorney since 1988, and is affiliated with the San Mateo County Bar Association, the Asian American Bar Association, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, the California
Updated: 04/07/2011 03:43P
Alleged sex abuse by Paramus Catholic chaperones calls into question German law
Peter Mueller, an attorney at Harwood Lloyd in Hackensack, said the local law where a crime is committed generally applies in criminal cases, but under New Jersey statute, the state could assert jurisdiction if elements of a crime occurred in the state
Updated: 04/07/2011 03:43P
Never give your PIN
However, the function of the police is to enforce the criminal law and catch the criminal, not to force the fraudster to pay back the stolen money. The fact that fraudsters quickly spend stolen money on other things like drugs makes it highly unlikely
Updated: 04/07/2011 03:11P
Layton takes aim at gang violence, promises more cops, more program dollars
The party's strategy would put an additional 2500 police officers on streets across the country and double funding for programs that try to keep children from joining gangs. The NDP would invest $100 million a year in a suite of crime-prevention
Updated: 04/07/2011 03:06P
Rada To Introduce Jail Terms Of Up To Three Years For Manipulation Of Stock Market
The parliament approved the first reading of the relevant draft law (No. 8274) by 270 votes; only 226 votes were required for its approval. The document provides for adding the relevant article (No. 222-1) to the Criminal Code.
Updated: 04/07/2011 02:04P
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