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Jul 1 2008, Deepa

Nobody plans to be arrested, but it does happen to people. Perhaps you had a few too many beers with the guys, or maybe you got mixed up with the wrong crowd. No matter what circumstances led up to the arrest, there are vital things you need to know....

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Jul 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

An ex-convict hid his criminal past to get work as a court-appointed sentencing consultant and bilked the city out of more than $60,000 with phony efforts to help dozens of poor defendants, authorities said Tuesday.Richard Gottfried, who last year...

 
 
Jul 3 2008 by AP0 Comments

Legal experts from 95 countries have devised a way of measuring how well leaders, officials and judges are meeting the basic principles of law and human rights.The “Rule of Law Index” _ unveiled Thursday at the World Justice Forum in Vienna _ is aimed...

 
 
May 16 2008 by AP0 Comments

Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime.Federal prosecutors turned to a novel interpretation of computer hacking law to indict a Missouri mother on charges...

 
 
Apr 4 2008 by AP0 Comments

The number of people who legally immigrated to the U.S. dropped 17 percent last year, largely because of administrative problems, according to a Homeland Security Department report.A total of 1.05 million people became legal permanent residents in 2007,...

 
 
Mar 25 2008 by AP0 Comments

Legal experts said Tuesday that the heart of the perjury case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick _ steamy text messages that seem to contradict his sworn denials of an affair with an aide _ might be less open-and-shut than many believe.Kilpatrick’s...

 
 
Mar 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

President Pervez Musharraf is running out of options. Legal complexities may save him in the short-term, but few expect him to hold on for long, raising fresh uncertainty over Pakistan’s support for the U.S.-led war with radical Islamic groups.The...

 
 
Mar 7 2008 by AP0 Comments

Mexican senators on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a sweeping judicial reform that would introduce public, oral trials and guarantee the presumption of innocence.The Senate voted 71 to 25 in favor of the measure, after a clause that would have let...

 
 
Feb 27 2008 by AP0 Comments

Mexican lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a sweeping judicial reform that would introduce public, oral trials and guarantee the presumption of innocence, after deleting a proposal to allow police to search homes without warrants.President Felipe Calderon...

 
 
Feb 27 2008 by AP0 Comments

Mexican lawmakers on Tuesday approved a sweeping judicial reform that would introduce public, oral trials and guarantee the presumption of innocence, even as lawmakers deleted a proposal to allow police to search homes without a warrant.President Felipe...

 
 
Feb 27 2008 by AP0 Comments

Mexico’s lower house of Congress on Tuesday approved a sweeping judicial reform that would introduce public, oral trials and guarantee the presumption of innocence, but lawmakers deleted a proposal to allow police to search homes without a warrant.In...

 
 
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Jun 23 2008 by Bradley Wint0 Comments

4players is being threatened to be served with a lawsuit by gaming corporation, Atari. It is alleged that the gaming site obtained an illegal copy of the upcoming title Alone in the Dark. They are suing because 4players received the copy before they...

 
 
Oct 16 2007 by Santosh0 Comments

The Pakistan Supreme Court has refused to suspend a corruption amnesty for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and has injected uncertainty into Pakistan’s turbulent politics by declaring that the law was reversible, lawyers said.

Bhutto is set...

 
 
Jun 14 2007 by Ravneet0 Comments

The leftist party that has already legalized gay unions and abortion in Mexico City introduced a bill calling for legalization of prostitution in the capital to protect prostitutes from exploitation and regulate the sex industry.

Mexico City...

 
 
Dec 30 2006 by Pankaj0 Comments

These days just not going pretty well for the music industry, No, I don’t mean that no one’s listening to music anymore but one or the other is in legal battle with some one or the other. In some cases, it is getting rough and in quite a few, it’s damn...

 
 
Oct 18 2006 by Tina0 Comments

If you think you have read enough and know all about this Madge Adoption episode then you might listen to this as well.

David has a living father Yohane Banda who can’t afford to raise him but if Madonna wanted and so liked the child she could have...

 
 
Feb 23 2006 by Vikas Shekhawat0 Comments

Now you don’t have to worry about your furry friends’ future, in case you’re not there to do so. Maryland Senate has ensured a bright and health future of your pets by approving a bill yesterday that allows pet owners to delegate money to their pets...

 
 
Oct 26 2005 by Staff0 Comments

iMesh has introduced a new software that allows users to legally share and buy music online. It will offer access to 17 million music files. About 15 million will be available for free. Rest 2 million will be sold for 99 cents per song.

This step has...

 
 
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In this June 26, 2008 file photo, pro-rights gun supporters hold up banners outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court ruled that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense. Criminal defense lawyers...