Criminal Law

Updated: Police Commissioner laments dispersal of laws, overlaps – Times of Malta

Mr Rizzo was speaking before the Committee for the Consolidation of laws, which has started a discussion on the consolidation of criminal laws and criminal procedure. Replying to question by committee chairman Franco Debono, Mr Rizzo said he missed the … Continue reading

Does your attorney have a criminal background? – KHOU

In addition, he was sentenced to a year and a half of deferred adjudication probation, according to state criminal records. But when it came to his law license, Copenhaver’s profile on the Texas Bar’s website shows no sign he was … Continue reading

Addicts know many fears, but the law is least among them – Sydney Morning Herald

When society already hates and fears you, what is your interest in observing a law that seems so arbitrary (alcohol is legal) and unjust (addicts are the most vulnerable in the drug supply chain)? Everything has already been lost. What’s … Continue reading

Interactive Defense (IDS) Signs Major Atlanta-Area Law Enforcement Agency – Yahoo Finance

RMS is an industry standard term to define the system used by law enforcement agencies  and municipalities … provides residents immediate notifications of missing children and criminal activities as well as safety tips and other important …

Parliament to amend Criminal pffences Act – Modern Ghana

“The criminalisation of this heinous practice by the inclusion in the body of our Criminal Laws would, therefore, provide Ghana the necessary impetus to complement international efforts at fighting the menace to eliminate such criminal conduct both …

Senate committee approves bill to expand drug-induced homicide law – News-Democrat

Sen. Bill Haine, D-Alton, introduced the amendment last week, which has passed the senate’s Criminal Law Committee. It would allow prosecutors to charge someone with drug-induced homicide even when the delivery of the drugs to the victim …

New chief prosecutor defends international criminal court – The Guardian

To be effective, to be just and to have a lasting impact, justice has to be guided solely by the law and the evidence. Our focus is on individual criminal behaviour against innocent victims. My focus is on Joseph Kony, … Continue reading

How Judge Views Law Might Sway the Jurors At the Edwards Trial – New York Times

He died in 2008. Still, a criminal conviction in such a visible case would necessarily affect the way candidates conduct themselves, said Jan Witold Baran, an election law expert in Washington and a former general counsel of the Republican National … Continue reading

Chipotle under criminal scrutiny for hiring practices – The Business Journal

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. disclosed Tuesday that it is being investigated by federal prosecutors looking into possible criminal violations of securities laws in its process of verifying the legal status of workers. The Denver-based burrito …

US DOJ Hunt Chipotle (NYSE:CMG) – Live Trading News

Chipotle said the US attorney’s office is “conducting an investigation into possible criminal securities law violations relating to our employee work authorization verification compliance and related disclosures and statements.” US food chain, Chipotle …