Do we want a system that allows a judge to separate justice and the law?

Edit Business Day 16 Mar 2016
Walus ‘a citizen of SA’ and so may live ......

Kansas man who slugged his attorney in court sentenced

Edit The Roanoke Times 16 Mar 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man who slugged his attorney during his trial was sentenced to more than 20 years for that crime and an armed robbery conviction ... ....

New Attorney-General for Samoa congratulated (Ministry of Justice of New Zealand)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Mar 2016
Ministry of Justice of New Zealand) ... Ministry of Justice Chief Executive Andrew Bridgman today congratulated senior Public Defence Service lawyer Hermann Retzlaff on his appointment as Attorney-General for Samoa ... http.//www.justice.govt.nz/media/media-releases/new-attorney-general-for-samoa-congratulated....

Tip sheet: Mason School of Law experts available to comment on Supreme Court (George Mason University)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Mar 2016
13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia started a turmoil that not only shakes the very top of the U.S. judicial system but also the lower courts ... 'To get a new justice confirmed before the election, Obama would probably have to nominate a conservative Republican-which is, for understandable reasons, highly unlikely,' said the School of Law's Ilya Somin....

Jury kept in dark over Romford dentist being wanted man in South Africa

Edit Topix 16 Mar 2016
Media entrepreneur Edmond Fenton, who lived in Romford, fled South Africa nearly a decade ago just as he was to stand trial accused of 348 counts of alleged tax fraud in Cape Town. The former dentist took flight to France in 2007 but more recently has lived in the house of his elderly cousin in Priory Grove, Romford ... ....

Jury acquits man in murder case with testimony from BGF leader Tavon White

Edit Baltimore Sun 16 Mar 2016
A Baltimore man was acquitted by jurors Tuesday of all counts related to a fatal shooting following a trial in which former Black Guerrilla Family leader Tavon White was one of the prosecution's witnesses. Freddie Curry, 44, was acquitted of first-degree murder and all related charges in the 2011... ....

Jury deliberations to resume for man charged in Texas attack

Edit The Roanoke Times 16 Mar 2016
PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors will resume deliberations Wednesday at the trial of an Arizona man charged with plotting an attack at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas ... ....

Judge declares mistrial, calls jury hopelessly deadlocked

Edit Contra Costa Times 16 Mar 2016
Almost two months after the civil trial began and more than three years after 12 boys sued the Mt. Diablo Unified School District, a jury of seven women and five men could not agree on whether the district was liable in its handling of Martin ... ....

Jury makes ICBC pay out, again

Edit Canada Dot Com 16 Mar 2016
For the second time this month, ICBC has lost big in B.C. Supreme Court. After a two-week trial and three-day deliberation, a jury on Monday night awarded a single mother $216,500 for pain and suffering, lost wages and medical expenses for an accident the insurance giant argued never happened ... ....

Jury deliberations begin after trial of Como man who fatally shot Monument mechanic

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 16 Mar 2016
The case of a Como man who says he fatally shot a Monument auto mechanic in self-defense is now in the hands of a jury ... A jury began deliberating about ......

Six ways to champion justice in state’s attorney’s office

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 16 Mar 2016
Kim Foxx pledged to restore faith in the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, and that above all is why she won Tuesday’s Democratic primary ... The advisory board is usually made up of leading criminal justice experts, including university researchers and former prosecutors, who advise the state’s attorney on national best practices and evolving issues in the area of wrongful convictions....

ACI’s Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Enforcement Conference (Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Mar 2016
Vendor lawsuits; litigation between issuing banks and retailers post-breach; the ecosystem of payment card breaches; and Genesco decision implications Impact of the Safe Harbor Agreement declared invalid by the EU and the anticipated litigation as a result, Right to be Forgotten Law in Europe, compliance with EU law, and managing information cross-border....
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