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“Father of Miranda” Yale Kamisar Retires
Professor Kamisar specializes in criminal law as well as constitutional law. He has co-authored two casebooks: Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments, Questions (in its 12th edition) and Constitutional Rights and Liberties: Cases, Comments,
Updated: 04/27/2011 03:42A
Assisted suicide ban challenged
The civil liberties group, Lee Carter, Hollis Johnson, and Dr. William Shoichet of Victoria on Tuesday asked the BC Supreme Court to overturn the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide because they are unconstitutional.
Updated: 04/27/2011 03:38A
Cincinnati Attorney Thomas R. Koustmer Improves Website to Further Assist Clients
Mr. Koustmer believes that a good Cincinnati criminal defense lawyer is one who listens first to ascertain your situation. Criminal law in Ohio can be severe and carry heavy penalties including prison sentences. Many criminal charges can literally mean
Updated: 04/27/2011 03:28A
B.C. lawsuit challenges assisted-suicide ban
The civil liberties group, Lee Carter, Hollis Johnson and Victoria doctor William Shoichet on Tuesday asked the BC Supreme Court to overturn the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide because they are unconstitutional.
Updated: 04/27/2011 03:26A
'Gay advance' provocation loophole closed: Lucas
The passing last month of the Criminal Code and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 closed loopholes relating to the partial defence of provocation. No longer can mere words alone, including gay or straight advances, be sufficient for the defence of
Updated: 04/27/2011 01:36A
ACLU wants to rein in spying on citizens by Chicago Police Dept.
The Daley administration also acknowledged that its 2002 investigation “revealed no evidence that the AFSC ... had engaged in any conduct constituting a threat to public safety ... or a violation of any criminal law.” “This is the fall-out from no
Updated: 04/27/2011 01:35A
More charges sought in blinded lover's case in Bangalore
Ramu, who had witnessed the April 19 attack on Raghu, requested in his complaint to include Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code against the attackers. He claimed that Raghu went to the Chowdeshwari
Updated: 04/26/2011 11:45P
Rwanda: Will Women Forever Suffer Jail Time And Death From Backstreet Abortions?
Women who use this pill, which is readily available in Rwandan pharmacies, to stop them getting pregnant are, at least according to Rwandan law, if it's followed to the letter, guilty of abortion. The new criminal code, which has still not been passed
Updated: 04/26/2011 11:35P
Troy Senik: Is There a Conservative Case for Hate Crimes Legislation?
The left usually accepts four purposes of criminal punishment: social control, rehabilitation, deterrence, and restitution. I nearly started a riot at law school when I suggested to my criminal law professor that there was a fifth purpose — retribution
Updated: 04/26/2011 11:23P
Supreme Court order will help counter Khap diktats
It would definitely force the inefficient authorities to act since they failed miserably to enforce the law in the past. In Haryana, the line between Constitutional rights to life and liberty and criminal law gets blurred when khaps - which operate as
Updated: 04/26/2011 11:15P
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