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Gays Linked to Higher Cancer Rates
(NEWSER) - According to the Texas state penal code, "homosexual conduct" is still a criminal offense—even though the Supreme Court deemed the state's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional eight years ago. Though the state stopped enforcing the law after the
Updated: 05/10/2011 03:51A
Assembly approves bill sparked by unusual rape case
"To be victimized by rape is one thing – to be revictimized by the criminal justice system is another thing entirely," Dudley said. AB 765 by Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian, R-San Luis Obispo, simply would expand the penal code definition to include
Updated: 05/10/2011 03:08A
Assembly OKs bill sparked by unusual rape case
"To be victimized by rape is one thing – to be revictimized by the criminal justice system is another thing entirely," Dudley said. AB 765 by Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian, R-San Luis Obispo, simply would expand the penal code definition to include
Updated: 05/10/2011 03:08A
Standard of proof not met in Sodomy ll Singa Pura Pura
The purpose of the brief opinion above is not to offer gratuitous advice to the learned judge respecting the state of our criminal law and procedure or the law of evidence as they presently stand. Rather, it is to attempt to offer the lay public a
Updated: 05/10/2011 01:19A
Chancellor Angela Merkel Charged
In it, he claims Merkel violated paragraph 140 of the German penal code that condemns the “rewarding and sanctioning” of a criminal act and could result in the German chancellor's having to appear in court. Not unexpectedly, the death of Osama bin
Updated: 05/10/2011 12:44A
Obama taps federal prosecutor to fill 5th Circuit Court spot
Stephen Higginson is also a constitutional and criminal law professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Both his legal and academic credentials are impressive and his commitment to judicial integrity is unwavering, Obama said. I
Updated: 05/10/2011 12:12A
East Africa: 'EAC's Little Influence On Global Law' - Academics
Arusha — The East African region, Tanzania in particular, has a shortage of experts in international criminal law, it was observed here on Friday. Speakers during the official launch of a Masters Programme in International Criminal Justice said the
Updated: 05/09/2011 11:05P
Calif. Assembly passes bill sparked by 'no husband, no rape' case
"To be victimized by rape is one thing - to be re-victimized by the criminal justice system is another thing entirely," Dudley said. AB 765 by Republican Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian simply would expand the penal code definition to include cohabitants.
Updated: 05/09/2011 10:54P
New law cites parents who leave children at risk, unattended in hot cars
On Tuesday, Utah joins 19 other states in the country where leaving a child unattended and at risk in a motor vehicle is against the law. SB 124, which narrowly passed through the Utah Legislature earlier this year, amends Utah's Criminal Code and
Updated: 05/09/2011 10:18P
Drunk drivers jailed
Courts across China on Monday sentenced to jail at least nine drunken drivers who were the first to be caught after the country's newly-amended Criminal Law penalizing drunk driving took effect on May 1. The amended Criminal Law stipulates that all
Updated: 05/09/2011 09:01P
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