ISLAMABAD: In a rare show concern for women without a dissent, the National Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday to provide for a higher punishment for their sexual harassment, expanding the definition of the crime to facilitate prosecution. The Criminal Law (Amendmen …

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A women in Lincoln, Nebraska has been charged after she allegedly threw a Jack Russell Terrier at an officer. It appears, however, that in Lincoln a charge of assault requires a dog as large or greater than a Bulldog to constitute assault on an officer.

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New Jersey police officer Robert Melia Jr. will not face criminal charges for allegedly having sex with five calves under a perfectly bizarre ruling by Judge James J. Morley. We previously discussed the case, here.

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Now this video is a bit difficult to explain. It appears that police took an arrested protester, made him kneel in front of them, and then took a group picture in Pittsburgh.

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In the prosecution of former Senator Ted Stevens, prosecutors also withheld evidence. Stevens, fortunately, was able to pay millions to Williams & Connolly.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

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Charles Augusto, Jr., bought a gun 20 years ago after he was first robbed, but never discharged it until yesterday, when four would-be robbers entered his Harlem restaurant-supply company yesterday afternoon, pulled a gun on him and demanded money.

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MUNICH - Gino Massetti was 15 when Nazi troops rounded him up with 10 other Italian civilians and forced them into a barn before blowing it up - a ruthless massacre carried out in revenge after partisans killed two soldiers.

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Pretty amazing story that is not so atypical of what is going on all over America. I am glad to see the renewed emphasis on attacking street gangs, especially in Florida where the high level of immigrant population further lends itself to a very serious social problem.

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A federal undercover agent was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to shaking down government informants for thousands of dollars while he was infiltrating an Ecuadorean-Chinese smuggling operation.

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Swearing on the Bible, Now Made Obsolete by Science? ::Poll::

So, you don't Believe this is true? It is happening right now. And Soon, Very soon it will be possible to give an absolutely infallible and non-evasive lie detection test.

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Poll: False Rape Allegations. Is this a Major Concern?

Women know from a young age that it's just not safe to be in a closed, confined space alone with men they don't know. Anything can happen, and it will be her word against his.

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Memorandum of Law -Part III

MEMORANDUM OF LAW

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Memorandum of Law -Part II

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT I. The Defendant, JOHN DOE, moves the Court for an Order suppressing all oral and written statements made by John Doe at the time of and subsequent to his arrest.

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Memorandum Of Law- Part I

This is a (fully redacted) Memorandum of Law prepared in a case involving 4th, 5th and 6th amendment rights in a criminal procesution. The Memorandum is over 20 pages long, so I have divided it into the several portions.

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Speaking at a recent symposium, Judge Frank Easterbrook opened with an ostensibly safe sentence: "Everyone scorns judicial activism, that notoriously slippery term." Yet even this observation cannot go unqualified. Most would agree that judicial activism is indeed slippery.

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The state's highest court has ruled that Massachusetts authorities cannot use a GPS system to track suspected sex offenders while they are awaiting trial.

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A group of Hindu fundamentalists stormed into a prayer meeting of Christians at Damodar Hall where the meeting was being held in Nallasopara (East),Vasi in Mumbai suburb on Tuesday and attacked the pastor and beat up children and women who were among the 250-strong gathering.

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The problem of dual prosecutions that Fredosso raises, in fact, has been around since the days when Al Capone was able to buy off local judges in Chicago, and in my understand was dealt with long ago. So immediately I suspected there was a problem with his analysis.

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The 5-to-4 decision revealed competing conceptions of the exclusionary rule, which requires the suppression of some evidence obtained through police misconduct, and suggested that the court's commitment to the rule was fragile.

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On television, murder suspects flock to the witness stand. It may lead to ratings, but in actual courtrooms there has been another outcome of late – guilty verdicts.

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A Florida judge ruled that state public defenders could say "no" to new felony cases, because their yearly caseload was way above 2,000 clients per year.

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Criminal defense lawyer discusses internet pharmacy law and the Ryan Haight Act

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Here's a refreshing break from real-estate property concerns. The Mongols (TM), is a biker gang that's seeking to protect it's intellectual property (i.e., the trademarked brand name) in the wake of criminal charges.

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Osama bin Laden is a terrorist. The Bali bombers are terrorists. We are all quick to make statements such as these and, in those two instances, it is easy to do. But rarely do we stop and consider what we mean by "terrorism", and it can be very difficult to draw the line.

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