Criminal Law

Rhode Island repeals law that made it a crime to lie online – FOX News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – If you’ve ever lied to a potential Internet date about your weight, texted your spouse that you were someplace you weren’t or emailed mom to say how much you love that ugly new sweater, you were breaking … Continue reading

Federal laws restrict the public’s access to trace information on crime guns – Inside Bay Area

Oakland police department’s ballistic testing lab is located at the end of a hall on the sixth floor. You can count the number of technicians who work there on one hand. Or half a hand. It’s not CSI. Their work … Continue reading

Rhode Island Repeals Law That Criminalized Online Lying – PC Magazine

“This law made virtually the entire population of Rhode Island a criminal,” Steven Brown, executive director of the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union, told the AP. The bill was enacted in a time when the Internet was available at … Continue reading

Liars, Rejoice! You’re No Longer Breaking a Rhode Island Law – Atlantic Online

So the law understands “data” in a distinctly pre-Web way. Its full text — from Title 11, Chapter 52 “Computer Crime,” Section 7– outlaws digital fraud, then goes a step further: Whoever intentionally or knowingly: (1) makes a transmission of … Continue reading

Bernard Madoff’s Brother Expected to Plead Guilty To Criminal Charges – Wall Street Journal

The brother of convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff will plead guilty to criminal charges Friday, marking the first time a family member has admitted guilt since the massive fraud came to light three-and-a-half years ago. Peter Madoff …

Lawsuit seeks to remove ‘crime against nature’ offenders from sex registry – nola.com

A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday in New Orleans seeks to have nearly 500 people who were convicted of soliciting oral or anal sex for money under Louisiana’s “crime against nature by solicitation” law removed from the state’s sex offender registry.

Roberts Law Group, PLLC, Launches New Wilmington Criminal Defense Website – 24-7PressRelease.com

After successfully opening a second office in Wilmington, North Carolina, to better serve our Wilmington and Fayetteville clients earlier this year, the Roberts Law Group, PLLC, recently launched a Wilmington criminal defense website. WILMINGTON, NC, June …

Crime Blotter: Your shoes or your life – San Francisco Examiner

A robbery in the Tenderloin early Monday morning left a 20-year-old man with no shoes and a bullet in his arm, police said. The victim was walking near Leavenworth and Turk streets about 5:30 a.m. when he was approached by … Continue reading

International Criminal Tribunal judge to serve as Distinguished International Fellow at Stetson Law – StreetInsider.com

GULFPORT, Fla., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Judge Patrick Robinson, past-president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, will serve a three-year role as a Distinguished International Fellow at Stetson University …

Terrorism laws ‘messy and applied excessively’ warns legal reviewer – The Guardian

He explained: Every year a significant proportion of those arrested under section 41 are charged with offences under the ordinary criminal law, ranging from conspiracy to murder to possession of knives … peripheral players who pose no risk to …