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| ‘Slayer’s Statute’ Indictments Dismissed Against Defense Lawyers | The Georgia Supreme court dismissed indictments last week agains two lawyers who accepted payment from their client. The trouble was that their defense client, Debra Post, eventually pleaded guilty to murdering her husband but paid them with proceeds from his estate and life insurance policy. And under Georgia's "Slayer's Statute," a murderer can't profit from his or her victim's estate. Valerie C. Cooke and Candace Rader were charged with theft for accepting payments they "knew or should have known was stolen" before Post pleaded guilty, according to the Fulton County Daily Report. The court dismissed the indictments in a one-page… |
| Is ‘Scarlet Letter Sentencing’ Experiencing an Upswing? | A recent ad in the Boston Herald featured an announcement by the Rockmore Co. admitting to and apologizing for discharging human waste into coastal Massachusetts waters. The ad, no surprise, was part of a court-ordered sentence, and is something that National Public Radio cites as an increasing trend in sentencing. Michael Sullivan, a former U.S. attorney for Massachusetts and current partner at Ashcroft Sullivan has served on sentencing subcommittees and has helped increase the use of these sanctions in Massachusetts, NPR says. He says the goal of these sentences is deterrence, but adds that they also are satisfying to the… |
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| | Nigeria police to charge 49 with murder over recent ethnic violence | [JURIST] Nigerian police officials said Wednesday that 49 people, predominately Muslims, will be charged with murder following the recent killing of Christian villagers near the city of Jos. Reports have varied [BBC report] as to the number of people killed in the weekend attack, but police now |
| Rights group urges Afghanistan to repeal war crimes amnesty law | [JURIST] The Afghan government should retract a law granting amnesty [press release] for war crimes and human rights abuses committed prior to December 2001, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Wednesday. The National Stability and Reconciliation Law was originally passed by the |
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