Eight teen girls are charged in the stabbing death of a homeless man in Toronto. Research shows that jurors tend to respond when the perpetrator of a crime is or appears to be younger.
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Many people do not realise victims do not have access to their own lawyers to protect their privacy and individual interests at trial.
More and more district attorney candidates are running on reversing the government’s traditional approach to crime and punishment. And they’re winning.
Part of a law that goes into effect in New York state on Aug. 14 allows victims more time sue in civil court. Epstein’s victims can still go after his estate.
The US legal system often gives the police the benefit of the doubt.
Sir John A. Macdonald fused the jobs of justice minister and attorney general as Canada’s first prime minister. So is he partly to blame for the SNC-Lavalin controversy?
The SNC-Lavalin affair raises fundamental questions about how decisions to prosecute are made, and what role elected politicians should have in that process – if any at all.
Nigeria is failing to prosecute banking executives charged with fraud due to deep weaknesses in the system.
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