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Panel urges changes in sentencing
Charleston Post Courier
Furman University sociologist Paul Kooistra said overhauling the criminal justice system is complicated and requires politicians to step outside their ...
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The Register-Guard
The version of Senate Bill 1007 before Prozanski's Judiciary Committee narrows the list of criminal sentences for which prisoners would be eligible for 30 ...
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ARTiculations: Why is the AG Chambers refusing to release evidence?
By art harun
They spent 15 years in prison together with the father of one of them, who died in prison. That is the result of police complicity in suppressing evidence as well as manufacturing evidence. It is abhorrent. .... Perhaps it is time to change our law regarding disclosure. I would suggest that the law be amended in line with the Criminal Procedure Rules in the UK where the burden is on the prosecution to satisfy the Court that a certain documents ought not to be released to ...
ARTiculations - http://art-harun.blogspot.com/

Paralegal SLO: Are Law Professors Just Plain Lazy?
By Paralegal SLO
When a defendant is charged with a "status" enhancement (such as having a prior conviction or having committed a crime while on bail in another case), he or she may move for bifurcation of the trial proceedings so that the jury deciding the current charge is not prejudiced by being .... Defendant may be entitled to a dismissal of criminal charges upon a showing of selective prosecution for improper purposes, amounting to a violation of right to equal protection of law. ...
Paralegal SLO - http://paralegalslo.blogspot.com/

Abortion is Murder
By John Dunkle
"Instead, it would be more practical to abandon Skinner so women could simply be forced to abort based on the crime of drug use itself. Otherwise, the Court feared there might be no way to control drug-related pregnancy epidemics at some point .... Theocratic Law and Its Function IV. Criminal Law V. Military Law and Rules of Engagement VI. Moral Law and Assorted Laws of Theocracy VII. The Ten Commandments ? Behavioral Standards and a Sacred Code VIII. Prayers for Strength ..."
Abortion is Murder - http://skyp1.blogspot.com/

KauaiEclectic: Musings: Trapped in the Ice
By Joan Conrow
"Locally, it was an overriding factor in the tragic life of Ashlee Pasion Rita, the 27-year-old pregnant mother of three recently sentenced to 10 years in prison following a long string of arrests and convictions related to her crystal meth habit and the need for money to support ... Keep cycling them through the criminal "justice" system, where it costs $88000 per year to incarcerate them, and who knows how much to bring them to trial and keep their kids in foster care? ..."
KauaiEclectic - http://kauaieclectic.blogspot.com/

R Sivarasa - Ahli Parlimen Subang: CONSPIRACY 2
By MP SUBANG P107 - R SIVARASA
"In any criminal legal system, when a confession is challenged on the grounds that it is involuntary, the accused is automatically entitled to a full viva voce hearing ( through witnesses ) on its voluntariness. This safeguard is even more important when a ... This procedure ensures fairness to all parties, and prevents delay to the trial. The trial of Anwar will, despite provisions of the law to the contrary, will now proceed very much in the old style of trial by ambush. ..."
R Sivarasa - Ahli Parlimen Subang - http://sivarasa.blogspot.com/

Important Facts About the Criminal Law
Criminal law can be generally defined as the branch of law that majorly ... than detention or death in the state prison is followed by the law. ... In addition, a common-law crime is one punishable universal regulation, ... The procedure in criminal cases is significantly similar all through the United States. ...

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