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Gov. Deal Supports Alternative Sentencing
(Image: GPB Stock) Lawmakers Wednesday took the first step toward overhauling Georgia's criminal justice system. The House voted to create a panel to study the state's tough sentencing laws. Gov. Nathan Deal, Chief Justice Carol Hunstein and a
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:32P
Appeal court upholds social worker's convictions
Justice James Ramsay sentenced Bergen in Kitchener in November, 2008, to the equivalent of three years in prison. After a trial, the judge convicted him of abusing his position of authority to induce a troubled teenager to consent to an affair in 2005.
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:32P
Windsor G20 arsonist withdraws guilty plea
“Something in my gut is telling me I'm being treated unfairly,” he told Ontario Court Justice Fern Weinper, who set a new court date on April 8 to give Catenacci time to get a new lawyer. As he left the courthouse, trailed by a throng of reporters,
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:31P
VIDEO: UK 'should set example for Middle East on law'
The UK should obey rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to set a good example to the Middle East, former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf has said. The government is appealing against an ECHR ruling that it was unlawful to prevent all
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:31P
Norma Page Killing: 1979 St. Cloud murder set for April trial
Now disabled, the 62-year-old, ex-convict will travel by wheelchair or stretcher from the county jail every day for the first-degree murder trial. Orange-Osceola Public Defender Robert Wesley said Wednesday evening that he expects the case will last a
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:30P
Black reproductive rights groups speak out against Dillard's sponsorship of
In response to the upcoming event, black women's groups have spoken out against Dillard's for partnering with Heroic Media, which asserts in its ads: “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:30P
How to split the goods in a divorce
Under Ontario family law, each spouse's net worth gets calculated as of the date of separation (or death) and is then compared with the net worth of the other spouse. The richer spouse pays the poorer spouse exactly half the difference of the amount
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:30P
Death confirmation proceedings begin in Godhra case
A division bench of justices RR Tripathi and PP Bhatt asked the trial court to prepare the case books of all the 11 people who have been sentenced to death, and posted next hearing for April 6. Special Public Prosecutor JM Panchal said preparation of
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:28P
Suicide or murder, asks Jayalalithaa
Chennai: The death of Sadhick Batcha, under mysterious circumstances, does not come as a surprise to people who know the DMK style of internal justice, said AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa. In a statement issued here on Wednesday she said: “Some years ago
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:28P
El Paso man accused of murder in 2009 death of mother gets 54-year prison term
His first trial, in October in El Paso, ended in a mistrial when jurors deadlocked on a verdict. The mother's body was found in the desert near El Paso, and a medical examiner determined she had been strangled. Testimony indicated the mother was upset
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:28P
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