Criminal Law

War Jack the Ripper eine Frau
Das East End von London, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Ein Phantom geht um, die gesamte Stadt fürchtet sich vor Jack the Ripper. Ein Massenmörder, der Prostituierte abschlachtet und seziert und den die Polizei einfach nicht zu fassen kriegt...

The Ultimate True Crime Tale: Jack the Ripper
In May this year a major exhibition will open at the Museum in Docklands, London -- "Jack the Ripper and the East End." From the museum webpage about the exhibition:From police files and photographs to letters from the public and the supposed Ripper himself, examine, for the first time, surviving documents and artefacts from the investigation and follow the crimes as they unfolded...

Human rights lawyers seek set jail term for Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, is likely to be told that he will never be freed when he is given the minimum term he must serve for the murder of 13 women. He has instructed lawyers to apply to the High Court for a tariff – the minimum term – to be set for the first time since he was jailed in 1981.

Supreme Court May Decide Supreme Court Argument Argument
The furious (and now completely ridiculous) battle over which attorney gets to argue Carcieri v. Kempthorne for the petitioners in the Supreme Court continues to rage, and it now looks like it may be resolved by the Court itself on...

Supreme Court Argument Report: Justices in ‘Confessional Mode’
Supreme Court Argument Report: Justices in ‘Confessional Mode’ :: After Supreme Court Scuffle, Ted Olson Earns His Keep

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe begins legal action to win freedom
Peter Sutcliffe, the mass murderer dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper because he mutilated the bodies of his female victims, has begun a legal challenge to win freedom.

"Court weighs use of crime lab reports at trial"
"Court weighs use of crime lab reports at trial": Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The Supreme Court appeared inclined Monday to rule that crime lab reports used in drug and other cases may not be introduced at trial without allowing defendants to cross-examine the forensic analysts who prepare them...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Construction Crane
Universal Concrete and Mi-JACK pay $1.6 million worker's compensation settlement after crane crushes an employee.

Tree Stands
Ardisam Inc. pays $420,000 settlement for failing to report defective product to government officials.

Drive Through Discrimination
Jack-in-the Box pays undisclosed racial discrimination settlement to two customers.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million