Criminal Law

Senior Chinese leader stresses human rights – Xinhua News Agency

Zhou, secretary of the Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the call while presiding over a Symposium on the revised Criminal Procedure Law held on Friday in Beijing. Adopted in March … Continue reading

Criminal Defense Firm Jenesen Legal Launches an Updated Website – YAHOO!

Kris Jensen has been practicing criminal law for over 20 years and is an active member of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has been a public defender, King County Arbitration Arbitrator, Judge Pro Tempore, and criminal defense … Continue reading

NYPD Muslim Surveillance In NJ ‘Permissible’ According To Attorney General Report – Huffington Post

The three-month probe, ordered by Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, concluded there was no evidence to show the NYPD’s activities in the state violated New Jersey’s civil or criminal laws. “Based on what we saw, their conduct was permissible …

Chinese leader stresses human rights – United Press International

Senior leader Zhou Yongkang made the call at a symposium on the revised Criminal Procedure Law held Friday in Beijing, Xinhua reported. The revised law, adopted in March, includes the section on “respecting and protecting human rights” in its …

Judicial magistrate has run-in with bounty hunters – msnbc.com

“All law enforcement knows I’m not going to hide him,” Chapman said. As a judicial magistrate, Chapman spends a lot of time reviewing criminal law, and he now thinks he has found something he believes the bounty hunters committed – … Continue reading

Criminal Defense Firm Jenesen Legal Launches an Updated Website – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Kris Jensen has been practicing criminal law for over 20 years and is an active member of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has been a public defender, King County Arbitration Arbitrator, Judge Pro Tempore, and criminal defense … Continue reading

Confession Not Enough in Patz Case – Wall Street Journal

According to the New York State Criminal Code, “a person may not be convicted of any offense solely upon evidence of a confession or admission made by him without additional proof that the offense charged has been committed.” New York … Continue reading

Charges Unlikely for Advocates of Killings – Forward

The authors describe it as a discussion of Jewish law on the conditions under which it is permissible to kill a non-Jew in times of war and peace. The book’s publication led to the launch of a criminal investigation against … Continue reading

Governor continues criminal justice initiative – Atlanta Journal Constitution

When he signed the sentencing overhaul bill into law early this month … said the legislation is “a significant first step in the criminal justice reform process, but more needs to be done.” It directed the council to submit a … Continue reading

NYPD did no wrong in secretly surveilling N.J. Muslims, attorney general report says – nola.com

The three-month probe, ordered by Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, concluded there was no evidence to show the NYPD’s activities in the state violated New Jersey’s civil or criminal laws. “Based on what we saw, their conduct was permissible,” said one … Continue reading