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A federal court jury in Houston today found R. Allen Stanford, former chairman of Stanford Financial Group of Houston, guilty of 13 of 14 criminal counts against him in connection with an alleged conspiracy to defraud investors who bought about $7 billion in certificates of deposit sold through Stanford International Bank. View full post on [...]

Chinese wait to see if criminal law overhaul will give police power to …Washington PostBEIJING — China is preparing to overhaul a key criminal law amid public confusion — and some dread — over whether the government is about to give police the legal authority to disappear people. At issue is an amendment to the [...]

Firstpost Chinese public waits to see if criminal law overhaul will give police sweeping …Washington PostBEIJING — China is preparing to overhaul a key criminal law amid some dread over whether the government is about to give police the legal authority to disappear people. At issue is an amendment to the criminal procedure law that [...]

Firstpost Legal reform: China debates rights of criminal suspectsFirstpostBeijing: China is preparing to overhaul a key criminal law amid some dread over whether the government is about to give police the legal authority to disappear people. At issue is an amendment to the criminal procedure law that would allow police to …Chinese police may have [...]

Kansas City Star KC bishop's legal team fights to get criminal charges droppedKansas City Star“The text of the indictment appears to be the result of a faulty instruction which implies the existence of a legal duty on Bishop Finn under the reporting statutes,” the defense wrote in its motion. The grand jury indictment alleged that [...]

The Guardian MPs call for new law to make stalking a criminal offenceThe GuardianSupport for a new law in England and Wales is growing. David Cameron has already conceded that there is a gap in the current protection for stalking victims, while Home Office ministers Theresa May and Lynne Featherstone are understood to be …Stalkers [...]

MURRAY HILL, N.J. – C.R. Bard Inc. on Jan. 27 reported that it has taken a $ 51 million charge in connection with a preliminary agreement with the civil and criminal divisions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia to resolve an investigation into the medical device company’s brachytherapy business. View [...]

While lawyer Scott Marshall has pleaded guilty to the murder of his former law partner’s ex-wife, his victim’s mother has filed an unusual wrongful-death suit against not only him, but his parents and his 92-year-old grandmother, alleging they “knew or should have known” of Marshall’s “dangerous propensities.” View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Criminal Justice Degree Schools Law Enforcement Groups Support SOPA, PIPACriminal Justice Degree SchoolsThese two measures, both of which are supported by law enforcement organizations, hope to help curb incidences of online piracy occurring from foreign locations by giving rights holders more power to challenge alleged infringers in court as well as …Wikipedia goes dark to [...]

HOUSTON – The Texas federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of alleged Ponzi scheme mastermind R. Allan Stanford on Jan. 13 issued a number of orders in the proceeding, including two denying Stanford’s motion to dismiss the indictment against him and a motion filed by his legal counsel seeking to withdraw as counsel, respectively (United [...]