State prison officials have decided to allow a publisher of legal self-help books to Legal distribute its materials in Massachusetts prisons.
The decision comes after mail-order publisher Prison Legal News sued Department of Correction Commissioner Harold Clarke. The Seattle-based publisher claimed Clarke was banning its publications in state prisons by refusing to add it to a [...]
Six helicopters and a light aeroplane took to the skies above Paparua Prison yesterday in support of two of the facilitys inmates.
The aircraft flew over the jail where father David Saxton and son Morgan Saxton are being held after they were convicted in February of stealing greenstone valued at $680,000.
Behind the plane a giant banner [...]
Washington County faces potential chaos in its criminal justice system in the wake of a federal public corruption probe of former District Attorney John Pettit, legal experts said.
The FBI and Pennsylvania State Police are investigating whether Pettit, 72, who served 24 years until being ousted in January, solicited false testimony, fixed cases, traded sex [...]
Offers flood Kuchenbeckers
Wairoa woman Ida Hawkins says she is traumatised by a request to repay costs, after hiring a lawyer for a Parole Board submission.
Mrs Hawkins received a letter from the Legal Services Agency on December 3, saying she had to repay $1300. The lawyer attended a November parole hearing for Sam Te Hei, [...]
A lawyer for the three %26ndash; brothers Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron (alias Mukhlas) and bombing mastermind Imam Samudra %26ndash; is attempting to challenge their death sentences in Cilacap District Court, in Central Java.
Lawyer Achmad Michdan tonight lodged an application with the court for a sort of second judicial review.
We have submitted a sort of [...]
Mixing pop and politics still has its uses, says Billy
Bragg. The seasoned campaigner talks to Guy Blackman about
performing for a new generation of fans.
Before a sea of sweating teenagers, with the sounds of the
Hilltop Hoods or Spoon pouring in from another stage, it’s hard to
know how Billy Bragg - short, greying and just turned 50 [...]
