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Authoritative perceptions of consent show that a criminal act is a crime because of the actions of the offender, not the victim.

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing this letter with reference to the article, ‘Convict in killing of Paulwell’s daughter and her mother should have been charged with murder – attorney’, published in The Gleaner on November 16. I am 100 % per cent...

(The Center Square) – Brad Meryhew, chair of the Washington State Sex Offender Policy Board, said he wants to clear the air regarding a research document by an outside agency

What is it about the Pacific Northwest? Is it the proximity to Vancouver? Is there something in the water? Did we empty our insane asylums and install the former residents as government officials in c...

As I have written before, as a reporter, I covered sexual abuse cases that would freeze your blood as they froze mine. And I am sure that there are current and former cops, teachers, lawyers, and coun...

Criminal law - Criminal law - Conspiracy, Punishment, Elements: Under the common law, conspiracy is usually described as an agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act or to accomplish a lawful end by unlawful means. This definition is delusively simple, however, for each of its terms has been the object of extended judicial exposition. Criminal conspiracy is perhaps the most amorphous area in the Anglo-American law of crimes. In some jurisdictions, for example, the “unlawf...

The Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, a unanimously passed piece of D.C. Council legislation, pushed statehood into the national discussion.

A demonstration project using blogging in the teaching of a law school course at Moritz College of Law, OSU.

With four decisions yesterday, the Court has now cut its backlog down to the mid-teens. And with decisions likely today as well, the Court is well on its way to clearing the docket as...

The Supreme Court opined that an 1868 treaty between the tribe and the government contains no language imposing a duty upon the federal government to help the Navajo Nation secure water rights.