Legal Research

Age of Insecurity
Egypt Today - Cairo,Egypt
"Between 1996 and 2004 (the latest year for which official figures are available), crime rose 8.25 percent nationwide, with 12.53 million criminal cases in ..."

Michael Jackson's Death: How Culpable Are the Doctors?
TIME - USA
"Involuntary manslaughter carries a criminal penalty of two to four years of jail ... whether the crime was a first offense and whether the administration of ..."

Dreier Gets 20 Years Behind Bars
Securities Law 360 (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
?It simply cannot be a rational statement of sound public policy that the most serious aggravating factor in all of federal criminal law ? by almost double ..."

40-year incest jail term stays
AsiaOne - Singapore
"Kwan said: "But the grandfather committed the heinous crime in a hut at an ... This follows an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code that came into ..."

False Confessions: What would it take to make you confess?
Daily Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA
"Electronic recording of custodial interrogations has emerged as a powerful innovation and fact-finding tool for both sides of the criminal justice system. ..."
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2008 human rights report: Israel and the occupied territories
Institute for Middle East Understanding - Oakland,CA,USA
"Under a 2006 "temporary law" on criminal procedures that has twice been renewed, individuals suspected of a security offense may be held for 96 hours before ..."
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Cheney Sweats Out the Summer
Consortium News - USA
"Liz Cheney went on to argue that this could in the future inhibit CIA functionaries from various actions, out of fear of criminal liability. ..."
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Findlaw Case Summaries: Criminal Law and Procedure :: Criminal Law ...
By David Badertscher
"Findlaw Case Summaries: Criminal Law and Procedure. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. July 6-10, 2009. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, July 08, 2009 ... district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's First Amendment retaliation claim fails as a matter of law as entreaties to activity such as petitions protesting prison conditions are not entitled to First ..."
Criminal Law Library Blog - http://www.criminallawlibraryblog.com/

Malaysia: Politics Drive Upcoming Anwar Trial at Anwar Ibrahim
By Anwar Ibrahim
"It would allow police to take DNA samples from criminal suspects and to use those samples to build a DNA databank. Anwar has repeatedly refused to submit DNA samples in this case on the grounds that current law does not require it and because of his reasonable concern for ... Sodomy (?committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature?), even when consensual, is punishable in Malaysia under Section 377B of the Penal Code by up to 20 years in prison and whipping. ..."
Anwar Ibrahim - http://anwaribrahimblog.com/