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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

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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US Supreme Court agrees to hear cases on statute of limitations, personal jurisdiction

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Norfolk Southern Railway Company , which focus on statute of limitations and personal jurisdiction issues. In Reed , petitioner Rodney Reed asked the court to decide when “the statute of limitations begins to run for an action under 42 U.S.C. The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari to two cases, Reed v.

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International issues in criminal law: Extradition of El Chapo and extraterritoriality in Nigeria

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether defendants have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty and whether the wire fraud statute applies extraterritorially to reach a defendant’s conduct committed only in Nigeria. Ojedokun v.

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Germany calls for war crimes tribunal to prosecute Russia actions in Ukraine

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Baerbock delivered the remarks in a speech titled “Strengthening International Law in times of crisis” at the Hague Academy of International Law. Making her case for the tribunal, Baerbock said loopholes in international criminal law allowed Russia to escape the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Legal experts present definition of ecocide for adoption by ICC

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” The panel recommends adding “(e) the crime of Ecocide” to Article 5(1) of the Rome Statute with the following definition: Article 8 ter. Any of the 123 member states of the ICC can propose the panel’s recommendations as an amendment to Rome Statute.

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Justices wrestle with procedural issues stemming from their own federal criminal law decision

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922(g) , the federal statute making it a crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm, applies only to people who know they are “felons” within the meaning of that law. ” The post Justices wrestle with procedural issues stemming from their own federal criminal law decision appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Peru Congress commission advances bill protecting alleged perpetrators of crimes against humanity

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According to the bill, the continuation of open trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity, when such trials began before the entry into force of the Rome Statute (2002) and the Convention on the Imprescriptibility of Crimes of War and Crimes against Humanity (2003), is contrary to the principle of non-retroactivity in criminal law.