posted by CharmaineSmith on Jul 7
The Supreme Court could, if it so chooses, soon weigh in again on the question of whether 10 jury votes out of 12 is enough to secure a criminal conviction. Scott Bowen, an Oregon man sentenced to 17 years in prison for sex offenses …
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Should '10 Angry Men' Be Enough to Convict? – Law Blog – WSJ
posted by BenedictSmythe on Jul 6
Thirty-three Tamil political prisoners detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in Welikada magazine prison for the last thirteen years without any inquiry or charges against them in the courts of law have appealed to human rights organizations to take up their cases with authority concerned and obtain their early release. All of them, including some women, are residents of North, East and upcountry areas. Their appeals are said to have been forwarded to the relevant government autho
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Sri Lanka: 33 Tamil detainees held without inquiry for 13 years
posted by NeilEbsworth on Jul 5
« Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads | Main Kimberly D. Krawiec (North Carolina) has published a series of posts that every law faculty in America should consider: I especially like these concuding thoughts: In this four part series on law school culture, incentives, and dysfunction, I reviewed some of the arguments in favor of and against the tenure system and maintained that moving away from the tenure system is unlikely to be the fix-all for institutional incompetence that many critics believe.
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Krawiec: Tenure
posted by TravisMcCormick on Jul 5
3 million in additional costs, with a law firm that’s also donated to Palin collecting costly fees from the city….
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The House That Todd Built
posted by IshakIman on Jul 5
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. I usually oppose all new taxes, but there is growing sentiment that online retailers should collect sales tax in each state they do business in and forward that money to the respective states
posted by MattBerry on Jul 5
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DGB Philosophy vs. Anti-Communitarianism (Part 3): A Critique of Two Anti-Communitarian Essays (Updated and expanded, July 3rd, 2009)
posted by LucyWallace on Jul 5
The Advertiser further noted that “One thing remains a constant at the nation’s wealthiest civil rights charity, the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center:…What about the Southern Poverty Law Center, famed fighter for the impoverished and African-American rights, especially in the South?…
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Jews honest about their Dominance and Exploitation of the Black Civil Rights Movement
posted by AubreyClark on Jul 5
A controversial new immigration law in Italy, which criminalizes living in a “clandestine†state and authorizes citizens to mount their own anti-immigrant patrols, has spawned both a major backlash from the Catholic church as well as a …
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Tough immigration law in Italy spawns Catholic backlash, insider …
posted by EmekaEzidiegwu on Jul 2
do they come in pink? I heard this somewhere on the raadio today and this is the only mention I could find online. Odd, that… Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 , a bill that would expand the authority of the federal government to prosecute hate crimes, and include ?gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability? in the protected classes. [*Clicky* thru for links to the vid of Holder’s testimony and Sessions’ kickin’ his protected arse.] It’s act
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Hip-waders Needed
posted by DonaldDonaldson on Jul 2
It’s sunny, impossibly hot, and not the weather for anyone to be running around like a maniac outside. Surely that must mean it’s Sports Day… Last year, a guest post on non-competitive sports days certainly captured your imagination (go ahead, read it again and sigh for those of us with this sports day experience)
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Should cameras be banned on sports day?