Cases considered: R. v. Rajasansi, 2009 ABQB 674; R. v. Klein, 2009 ABPC 381; R. v. Nguyen, 2009 ABPC 384 Back in December, CBC News reported on the stay of proceedings in the trial against Kulwinder Singh Rajasansi and Wesley Keane Sinclair. The two men were charged with sexually assaulting a youn ...

Captain Hook will be pleased to hear this one; his arch enemy is in a spot of trouble with the CPSC. Yesterday, the Commission announced a recall on charms sold with the Tiny Tink and Friends toy jewelry sets. In conjunction with the importer, Playmates Toys, of Costa Mesa, Calif., about 252,000 uni ...

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering an audioconference entitled "The Bilski Decision: Expert Strategies to Manage Its Impact on University IP" on March 30, 2010 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EST). Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin Noonan, a partner at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; Dr. Jim Bak ...

The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst has asked the Vatican to laicize a former priest from the Diocese, Father Levi Noel, who has been sentenced to eight years in jail for 22 sex related criminal offences. Father Wesley Wade, spokesperson for the Diocese of Bathurst has told CBC new ...

The only political cult I was ever in was the Wes Clark for President cult of 2003-2004. Via Spencer Ackerman, via Kagro, it may be time to put that cult back together: There is chatter in Democratic circles about possible interest from Wesley Clark as a candidate for retiring Democrat Vic Snyder ...

TWI's Spencer Ackerman notes an item out of Arkansas today: There is chatter in Democratic circles about possible interest from Wesley Clark as a candidate for retiring Democrat Vic Snyder’s congressional seat. Clark, a Democrat, is a Little Rock native and has kept his profile high in stat ...

As we come to the end of the first tenth of the 21st century, pundits are making lists about the decade just past: the biggest stories, the worst movies. In that spirit, here’s a list of the top ten stories in bioethics. This isn’t an idle exercise. Bioethics matters. The field exerts tremendous i ...

Over at FourthAmendment.com, John Wesley Hall offers up some pretty good Fourth Amendment/Christmas humor. (I don’t know how large the audience is for Christmas-themed criminal procedure humor, but if you’re in the target audience, click on the link.) Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, no ...

One of the most notorious murder trials in the Panhandle is now over. This morning Circuit Judge William Wright sentenced convicted Marianna Quad Murderer Wesley Williams to four consecutive life-in-prison terms followed by three, 30-year terms for aggravated chi ...

The Des Moines police department is investigating the death of a 95-year-old nursing home resident who went missing on Monday night. Helen Jensen, age 95, was found dead about 100 yards from the nursing home where she lived. According to a report on King5.com, Jensen went missing from the Wesley Ho ...