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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

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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? Caveat – there is so much information about what Criminal Law Paralegals do, I wish I could relay to you everything Perhaps I could share more in-depth details at another time.

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Types of Criminal Law

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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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HRW: El Salvador criminal law amendments violate basic due process guarantees and children’s rights

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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.

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Pakistan amends criminal laws on sexual assault while excluding chemical castration as a punishment

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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. While the bill initially contained a provision for chemical castration, it was reportedly dropped by way of a last-minute amendment in Parliament.

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Afghanistan dispatches: ‘It is not the application of Islamic criminal law that frightens us, it is that it is applied without due process…”

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Thus Islamic law is mainly (to my understanding, according to most of modern Islamic criminal law academics) the Discretionary punishments. In Islamic criminal law, due process is like a wall to hinder the state from abusing the prescribed punishments and applying sadistic physical punishments.

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Europe human rights court rules Hungary asylum criminal law violates EU law

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” The post Europe human rights court rules Hungary asylum criminal law violates EU law appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. The NGO called for further action, stating, “Now Art 353/A needs to be repealed and the CJEU ruling fully respected.”

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China amends criminal laws in latest anti-doping measure

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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.