Criminal Law

Why is Senator Jim Webb the only national figure focused on the prison economy?
I find it so very exciting that Senator Jim Webb continue to question the US incarceration rate and to explore the economic consequences of mass incarceration and criminal justice drug policies...

Koko Taylor Asks Tax Court to Force IRS to Accept Her Offer in Compromise
From next week's Forbes: Singing Tax Blues, by Janet Novack & William P. Barrett: The Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor turns 80 in September...

Advocacy Group Challenges George Will's Incarceration Argument
Source: Crime & Justice News "The Sentencing Project , a Washington, D.C...

Kentucky struggling with growing incarceration costs
This new AP story, headlined Ky. officials looking to reduce state prison burden," details Kentucky's continuing struggle with even expanding incarceration costs...

What Does More of the Same Prove?
When the Pew Report announced that we have reached the pinnacle of prison success, a full 1% of our population in prison, former federal judge Paul Cassell wrote that this proves that imprisonment reduces crime...

U.S. Still Tops Russia As World Leader in Incarceration
Source: Crime and Justice News, April 23, 2008. "The U.S. has under 5 percent of the world's population but almost a quarter of its prisoners, 2...

Students Rate Prospective Employers
"A bunch of law students at Stanford have started assigning letter...

Divorce Rate Falling, Not Rising?
"The story of ever-increasing divorce is a powerful narrative. It ...

Palestinian Family Finally Released From Prison
As an update to a previous post about the ridiculous imprisonment ...

Ohio Governor Interviewed On His Faith And Its Impact
Sunday's Cleveland Plain Dealer published an interview with Ohio G...

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

What is comparative negligence and strict liability in tort law?
A. comparative negligence
B. seller sells to buyer
B. defense of ...

Can collection agency call me for my mother debt that she never had?
Get an Attorney - quickly. Do not talk to the collection people. Do not tell the...

Can I legally stop my kids grandmother from harassing me?
Hello and thank you for your question.
You need to file for a Civil Harass...

How to get compensated for or compel redmiation iwhen government action renders private land useless?
It may be possible for you to demonstration that the county's action constitutes...

I myself live in chicago and i believe me grandmother and father have left me property in flordia but i belive my father is trying to hide it from me. i was wondering if anybody knows how i can get a copy of both of ther
public records or hire and attorney and have the documents subponead...

Nobel Biocare Nobel Direct
alleging dental implants have a high failure rate.

Mirrors
Recalled Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards

Auction Rate Securities
ARS stocks purchased from a brokerage

Nail Guns
Injury Rate More Than Doubles in Three Years

JP Morgan Chase & Co
Faces Lawsuit Over Hikes in Credit Card Interest Rate

Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
H-1B visa holders to get $2.4 million settlement from federal wage rate violation suit.