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Here is a picture of Me Stanley Gaston who has been elected for 2 years as the new president of the Bar of Lawyers of Port-au-Prince

On Friday, September 25th, 2015, the General Assembly of lawyers has formed a new Council of the Bar of Port-au-Prince. The outgoing Secretary Mr. Stanley Gaston has been unanimously elected as the new President of the Bar of Lawyers of Port-au-Prince for a two year term. He would replace the previous President Mr. Carlos Hercules, who has completed his two year term since 2011-13, but contested for a second term unsuccessfully. The list of other new elected office bearers includes: Mr. Jean Bergemane Berrette, (Secretary), Mr. Wébert Paul (Treasurer) and 11 new councilors. Mr. Carlos Hercules during his speech has described the coming election as a roof which would help the lawyers to continue and discharge their duty successfully. Me Stanley Gaston, the new President has promised to work under the guidance of the outgoing President, he has been elected to his new responsibility because the members of the Bar were satisfied with his accomplishment.

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Here is a picture of the Medico-Legal Institute (IML) in Haiti.

Medico-Legal Institute Re-Opens. State University of Haiti was where re-opening of the Medico-Legal Institute (IML) occurred. Ministers of Justice and Public Security, and Health, along with Faculty and Economic Sciences Dean were present.

IML engages in forensic medicine, whose practitioners investigate ". . . cases of suspicious deaths . . . (and) establish . . . circumstances surrounding such cases."

Minister Casmir says it's insufficient to rely on suspects' unreliable confessions. Forensic evidence will more accurately assign blame to the real perpetrator.

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