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Armenian General Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan sent a letter to Russian
The RA Prosecutor General tasked to initiate a criminal case according to the RA Criminal Code Article 104, part 2, points 5 and 13 (murder committed with particular cruelty and out of motives of national, race or religious hate or fanatism) by the RA
Updated: 04/15/2011 04:48P
Law Professor Available to Comment on Bank Fraud, Money Laundering and
Newswise — Criminal Law Professor Brian Gallini is available to answer questions and provide expert commentary regarding the Department of Justice's recent indictment of the principals of the three largest internet poker companies.
Updated: 04/15/2011 04:43P
Philly to ban felon question on job applications
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia will soon become the latest US city to "ban the box," prohibiting questions about a person's criminal record on job applications. The president of the NAACP plans to be in town Monday when Mayor
Updated: 04/15/2011 04:41P
Nevada Assembly panel advances 'Brianna's law'
(AP) ” A bill that would allow police to take DNA samples from people arrested on serious criminal charges won approval Friday from a Nevada Assembly committee. The bill is named in memory of Brianna Denison, a 19-year-old college student who was
Updated: 04/15/2011 04:17P
Court orders drug smuggler to prove his age
The defendant said he was born on September 19, 1992. According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said MA unlawfully brought two plastic bags of heroin which he intended to smuggle to Bangkok. According to the Criminal Procedures Law and Penal Code,
Updated: 04/15/2011 04:11P
The William Mitchell prof who represented Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds after he was convicted of just one count of obstructing justice last week. Sampsell-Jones should know. He helped write the pre-trial motions for Bonds' defense team. In addition to teaching criminal law, criminal procedure and ...
Updated: 04/15/2011 03:22P
Remember the rights of those hurt by polygamy, Vancouver hearing told
young men with no prospect of marriage within a polygamous community. "If you accept proof of harms, the arguments against Section 293 (of the Criminal Code) have to fail," ;ones said. "If you do not accept the proof of harm, then strike down the law."
Updated: 04/15/2011 03:18P
Julia Ormond Will Guest Star In LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT
Emmy winning actress Julia Ormond has been confirmed to guest star in LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT. Ormond will play Dr. Paula Severin, a psychologist who will conduct mandatory sessions with Detective Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) to unravel his tortured
Updated: 04/15/2011 03:14P
Julia Ormond to guest star on 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'
Ormond is known for her work in films such as Legends of the Fall (1994) and First Knight (1995), as well as her Emmy-winning work in Temple Grandin (2010). She will next be seen in the film My Week With Marilyn with Michelle Williams and Emma Watson.
Updated: 04/15/2011 02:51P
Fit punishment to the crime
Most offenders are in jail for drugs and these offences carry long sentences. The Drug Addicts Rehabilitation Act treats minor drug offenders as addicts rather than hardened criminals and gives judges latitude in sentencing options.
Updated: 04/15/2011 02:50P
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