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PEOPLE v. JONES
She contends on appeal that brandishing a firearm is a lesser included offense of assault with a firearm and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct on that lesser included offense. Defendant also contends that the trial court abused its
Updated: 04/13/2011 08:00A
Upholding Canadian values should be paramount in anti-terror laws
One clear, effective way to do this would be to rely on the existing criminal law process, which enables lawful evidencegathering, prosecution, conviction and punishment -and simultaneously upholds our Charter rights of presumption of innocence,
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:35A
Terrorism can include preparations: Expert
In a hearing on Wednesday on the ongoing trial of terrorism defendant Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, criminal law expert Chairul Huda said the military-style training camp in Aceh that Ba'asyir allegedly helped to fund could be categorized as terrorism.
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:15A
Briefly: Lampley joins law firm
He will practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, collections, family law, criminal law and civil litigation. He is admitted to practice before all state courts in Tennessee. Travis is president of the University of Tennessee Rutherford County
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:13A
BLOCK'S BLL TO FIGHT GANG-RELATED HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
April 13, 2011 (Sacramento) – Legislation authored by Assemblymember Marty Block (D-AD78) to provide law enforcement with better tools to fight the growing epidemic of gang-related criminal sexual exploitation and human trafficking, cleared its first
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:28A
The Unconstitutional Anti-Gay Law That Just Won't Die
Texas, which at the time was one of 14 states with anti-sodomy laws on the books, has noted the Lawrence decision in its online penal code, but it takes a full act of the legislature to repeal a law. "It would be like still having on the books that an
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:04A
Lawyers 'appalled' at legal aid cutbacks
Gotlieb has been practising law for 40 years. He says a few bad apples may have abused legal aid in the past but most lawyers take the cases to help people. "You're going to have people who are very talented who want to do criminal law say 'I can't be
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:57A
Widener Dean Sued For Defamation Was Considered For US District Court Opening
law school professor Lawrence Connell that Widener Dean Linda Ammons falsely accused Connell of racism and sexism, and of engaging in threatening behavior by using a hypothetical example in criminal law class involving an attack on the Dean.
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:24A
Criminal law expert to testify in Baasyir trial
Prosecutors are planning to present an expert on criminal law, who failed to show up on the previous trials. “[the trial] will proceed with the expert witness from the prosecutors, Choirul Huda,” Sonhadi, the head of the Media Center for Jamaah
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:26A
The Tyranny of Government Courts and Prisons
As will be discussed further below, if everyone is supposed to be subject to the same criminal law, then exempting the authorities from that law gives them a legal license to commit continual aggression. The policeman who apprehends a criminal and
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:01A
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