This is the sixth in a series of articles on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Rome Statute creating the ICC entered into force on July 1, 2002 and the court is now in its 20th year. To mark the occasion, The Wire is publishing a series of articles evaluating its performance […]
Criminal Law
Californians will be able to sue partners who remove condom without consent
Californians may be able to immediately sue a sexual partner who removes a condom during sex without verbal consent-an act known as “stealthing.” State legislature voted to fix without opposition on Tuesday CaliforniaCitizen’s definition of sexual assault, including’cause[ing] Contact between an intimate part of a person and another genital that […]
York County DA won’t pursue charges against mask mandate violators
York County District Attorney Dave Sunday announced that his office won’t prosecute anyone who violates Gov. Tom Wolf’s new statewide mask mandate for schools. On Friday, the county’s top law enforcement official released a memo stating his office instructed police departments not to file criminal charges against anyone who violates the mask […]
Senate Sends ‘Sweeping’ Criminal Justice Reform Bill To Governor
By Jeff Moore Carolina Journal Sen. Danny Britt , R-Robeson, chairing N.C. Senate Judiciary Committee Criminal justice reform is a bipartisan issue, a phrase lawmakers frequently use when noting the parties coming together and advancing legislation. True to form, Senate Bill 300, Criminal Justice Reform, was approved by the General Assembly […]
New Texas Criminal Laws | 2021 Legislative Update
Last Updated: August 24th, 2021 Published on: August 23rd, 2021 A long and controversial legislative session resulted in a mixed bag of new criminal laws in Texas. Here is a roundup of the new criminal laws and the biggest changes to existing criminal laws stemming from the 87th legislative session. […]
Depraved Indifference, Scope of Warrant and Other Significant Opinions
The 2020-2021 term of the New York Court of Appeals in criminal law followed the pattern of recent years. The Court was often divided—there were dissenting opinions in almost half of the cases, and many dissents were sharply written. Once again, the Court decided far fewer cases (44, of which […]