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Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 28, 2022
So, what are the things we do that get YOU thinking this could be the best career decision you make as a Criminal Law Paralegal? The following is a broad description of what a Criminal Paralegal does (whether defense or prosecution). To start off, I should make a confession.
LegalReader
AUGUST 14, 2021
If you are facing criminal charges, then you need to consider hiring a criminal law attorney that is in good standing with the bar association for your state and is ready to fight for you no matter how serious your charges are.
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LegalReader
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Criminal defense attorneys have an ethical obligation to remain productive and diligent when they’re preparing for a trial. News & Politics
JURIST
APRIL 10, 2022
The criminal law amendments passed by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly infringe “ basic due process guarantees and children’s rights,” according to a statement issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
The Pakistan Parliament passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2021 Thursday which amends the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.
InHouseBlog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
“Imagining a World Without Corporate Criminal Law” is a symposium that will generate new ideas about the value of applying criminal sanctions to collective entities. Original symposium essays will be published in the Journal of Corporation Law.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The District Court of The Hague Thursday sentenced three defendents to life imprisonment in the Flight MH17 criminal case. Leonid Kharchenko and Sergei Dubinskiy were present at sentencing, and Igor Girkin was found guilty in absentia.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 7, 2022
Issue : Whether, as in civil cases, a clear indication of congressional intent is required to rebut the presumption against extraterritorial application of a United States criminal statute.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Tuesday that Hungary violated EU law by criminalizing organizational support for asylum seekers. The law was dubbed “Stop Soros,” referencing Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor George Soros.
JURIST
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Amendment XI was added to Article 355 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, a provision which originally punished the act of providing addictive narcotics to another person. The post China amends criminal laws in latest anti-doping measure appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
JURIST
MAY 13, 2022
The Supreme Court of Canada Friday ruled that extreme intoxication is a valid defense to criminal charges like murder and rape, overturning section 33.1 of the Criminal Code. Brown which also found the extreme intoxication law unconstitutional.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 21, 2021
Gary , it was that the justices are struggling to draw boundaries around the circumstances in which federal criminal defendants are entitled to a new proceeding in the district court after the court of appeals has found “plain error” in the trial or plea hearing.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective.
Mondaq
OCTOBER 31, 2021
The Intent and motives that propel an individual to indulge in criminal activity are the centre of the study of criminal law and criminology
JURIST
MARCH 30, 2022
” The post Germany to criminally prosecute individuals who display pro-Russia war symbol ‘Z’ appeared first on JURIST - News. The German Interior Ministry declared Monday that any individual who displays the pro-Putin letter “Z” would be liable for prosecution.
Mondaq
APRIL 16, 2022
The main difference between civil law and criminal law in Australia is that criminal law has a higher onus of proof
JURIST
AUGUST 28, 2021
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JURIST
DECEMBER 25, 2022
President of Pakistan, Dr Arif Alvi Friday approved the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022 (‘The Bill’) which abolishes colonial law regarding the criminalisation of attempting suicide.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
A panel of the International Criminal Court Thursday reduced by two years the nine-year sentence of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, convicted of a war crime for destroying religious and historic buildings in Timbuktu in 2012.
JURIST
OCTOBER 6, 2022
” Biden explained that criminal records for marijuana possession have negatively impacted “too many lives,” particularly those of black and brown people through disproportionate conviction rates.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
New York nonprofit The Legal Aid Society (LAS) Thursday reported that data from the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) shows the successes of New York’s 2019 bail reform law.
JURIST
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Section 490.012 of Canada’s Criminal Code requires mandatory registration on a national sex offender registry, and section 490.013 requires lifetime registration for offenders convicted of two or more sexual offenses.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
New Yorkers must know that everyone is acting with the utmost integrity in the pursuit of equal justice under the law. Without that belief, our criminal justice system will never be able to deliver real and lasting safety that every community deserves.
JURIST
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The state government pledged $95 million to improve their forensics services and proposed possible plans to reform double jeopardy laws. ” Proposals of reform for double jeopardy laws in Queensland have also arisen following the report.
LexForti
OCTOBER 7, 2021
About the Centre For Advanced Studies In Criminal Law. The objective of the competition is to encourage students to inculcate an interest for studies in criminal law along with a passion for writing. Exploring Gender Justice: The Laws and the Lacunae.
LLRX
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Professor Alex McCourt , an expert on gun laws at Johns Hopkins University, explains how red flag laws are supposed to work – and why they weren’t triggered in this case. Criminal Law Legal Research Terrorism United States Law
JURIST
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The articles of impeachment accused Krasner of various “misbehavior” in office, including “dereliction of duty and refusal to enforce the law,” professional ethics violations and “usurpation of legislative function.”
JURIST
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
If it had chosen to hear the case, the court could have decided whether it is inherent within the Constitution that criminal defendants are entitled to a trial by a jury of 12 or more members of the community.
JURIST
DECEMBER 28, 2022
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JURIST
JUNE 16, 2021
1)(b) of the Canadian Criminal Code, which defines terrorism as an act committed “in whole or in part for a political, religious, or ideological purpose” that intentionally “causes death or serious bodily harm,” among other potential qualifications.
JURIST
JUNE 30, 2022
Matthew DeSarno, Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge said, “[t]ireless days of nonstop investigation revealed the connection of Mr. Akram to Mr. Williams, we are grateful to the many law enforcement agencies and personnel that traced the weapon’s nefarious source.”
JURIST
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Tarrant is no longer a suspect, but a convicted criminal in detention, despite his horrific crimes that part of his legal life is over.
JURIST
OCTOBER 14, 2022
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
UK criminal barristers Monday began an indefinite strike in order to force the UK government to increase legal aid funding. Since 2006, criminal barristers in England and Wales have suffered an average decrease of 28 percent in real earnings.
JURIST
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) Sunday hosted the Indigenous Youth Justice Conference, which adopted a joint resolution calling to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
WGAD argues that the article itself violates fundamental rights such as the right to life and liberty, the right to the presumption of innocence, due process and equality before the law. WGAD urged Mexico to urgently repeal the law and offered technical assistance to work on the issue.
JURIST
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Only 52 percent of US law enforcement agencies, representing only 65 percent of the US population, submited their full 2021 data before the March 2022 deadline.
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