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Missouri Lawyers Media
Criminal Law: Murder-Recalculation of Sentence
Listen to this article Plaintiff appealed the adverse judgment in his declaratory judgment action. Plaintiff was initially convicted on multiple murder and armed criminal action counts and sentenced to life…
The Justice Gap
Freed after 20 years in jail for sentence imposed at 17
A man who spent 20 years in prison under an indefinite sentence imposed when he was 17 has been released after a court ruled the sentence was a ‘very serious…
A Lawyer Writes
Turn up or else
The Ministry of Justice has announced details of penalties that may be imposed on convicted defendants in England and Wales who refuse to attend court for sentencing. The powers are…
Australian Emergency Law
Paramedic struck off after ‘car park rage’ incident
By M. Eburn
That was the outcome in Paramedicine Board of Australia v Naudi [2026] VCAT 877 (though the term ‘car park rage’ is mine and is not used in the judgment). What…
Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: A Condition Too Far Or Not Far Enough
You never quite know who you might meet on a dating app. Perhaps someone attractive, with similar interests and a compatible background. Perhaps someone who will make your life miserable…
Zalma on Insurance
District Court has Wide Discretion in Sentencing
By Barry Zalma
Sentence for Stealing from Veterans Administration Reasonably Considers State Insurance Fraud & Arson Convictions Post 4863 In United States Of America v. Anthony Curtis Brewer, No. 26-10745, United States Court…
Zalma on Insurance
RIFE WITH FRAUD ALLOWS DEMANDS TO ESTABLISH RESTITUTION
By Barry Zalma
PSYCHIATRIST CONVICTED ON FOURTEEN FRAUD COUNTS AND RESTITUTION Post 4861 Attorney Argument Without Evidence at Sentencing is Ineffective In United States v. Gustavo Kinrys, Nos. 24-1592, 24-1716, United States Court…
Law Web
Supreme Court: Whether appellate court must hear accused on the point of sentence while convicting him after setting aside order of his acquittal?
By Law Web
It can be seen from Section 386(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, that where in an appeal from an order of acquittal, the court hearing the appeal finds the Accused guilty…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
SCC reconciles need to address high Indigenous incarceration rates with protecting Indigenous victims
A split ruling on Friday introduces a three-step test for reconciling the two requirements under criminal law
The Justice Gap
Two men freed after two decades under indefinite prison sentences
Two men jailed indefinitely as teenagers have been freed after spending two decades in custody, despite minimum terms of less than three years, the Guardian reports.Luke Ings and Liam Bennett…