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Driver Detained over Drink-Driving Offence
Beijing traffic police have now detained a drunk driver from Inner Mongolia, who now becomes the first person in the capital to face criminal charges for drunk driving. The newly amended criminal law came into effect yesterday. The amended Criminal Law
Updated: 05/02/2011 03:35A
Hospitals balk at paying medical bills of crime suspects
"Technically, if a patient is not arrested, they have confidentiality rights so we actually don't even have the right" to report their discharge to law enforcement, said Van Gorder. Hospitals point to a section of the California penal code that says
Updated: 05/02/2011 03:10A
'Sex & the City' star joins 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' 'Spider-Man' episode
One of the stars of "Sex & the City" for many years has just landed a role on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," and it is sure to be one worthy of making "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" fans cringe. According to a new report, Cynthia Nixon is going to
Updated: 05/02/2011 02:49A
China enacts law to exempt 13 crimes from capital punishment
The newly revised Criminal Law also makes possible more severe punishments, including the death penalty, for people who produce and sell tainted and unsafe food. The food safety amendments to the Criminal Law also specify that members of food safety
Updated: 05/02/2011 02:04A
Discarded art spawns Hood legal tradition
tradition that began when a retiring officer left behind a $3 print in a cheap broken frame. The way the officer tells the story - he is a former military judge now practicing criminal law in Texas - the whole tradition started by happenstance.
Updated: 05/02/2011 01:26A
Q&A: TV's most intimidating interrogator, 'L&O's' Vincent D'Onofrio
Robert Goren in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," which debuted in 2001. D'Onofrio returns to the role Sunday night for the series' final eight episodes after an 18-month departure (9 pm EDT, USA). During a break in shooting we talked to D'Onofrio about
Updated: 05/01/2011 10:14P
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Review: Returning to Form
Law & Order may be a fading brand, but you wouldn't believe it after watching “Rispetto,” the season 10 premiere of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. As if no time had passed at all, Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe jumped back into their respective
Updated: 05/01/2011 10:01P
13 crimes exempted from death penalty
BEIJING - Several important changes to China's laws came into effect on Sunday, addressing such things as which crimes deserve the death penalty and appropriate punishments for producers of tainted food as well as bringing in harsher sentences for
Updated: 05/01/2011 09:57P
TV picks: 'Law & Order: LA," "Chuck," and 'The Chicago Code
Last night, Law and Order: Criminal Intent returned on the USA Network for its final... (May 2, 2011, by atlatl) Read more Anybody out there watching this latest incarnation of the "Law & Order" franchise? It premiered on Wednesdays last fall,
Updated: 05/01/2011 08:57P
Beijing detains driver suspected of drunk driving
The amended Criminal Law stipulates that all drunk driving would constitute a criminal offence, even if no road accidents or other serious consequences were caused. The newly amended Road Traffic Safety Law now states that drunk drivers will have their
Updated: 05/01/2011 08:52P
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