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Sixth Colloquium of International Prosecutors 14-15 May 2011 in Freetown
The Colloquium is held regularly, and allows Prosecutors to address issues common among all the international courts and so further the development of international criminal law and practice. This year's Colloquium will be hosted by SCSL Prosecutor
Updated: 05/11/2011 10:39A
Supreme Court to hear harm reduction case
“For that reason, the absolute ban on possession and trafficking in the criminal law goes too far,” Dalziel says. “They're unconstitutional.” The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), one of the respondents — alongside the Portland Hotel
Updated: 05/11/2011 10:12A
Legal ... or not?
Geert-Jan Knoops, a professor of International Criminal Law at Utrecht University, and a former advisor to Obama, wrote that the killing of bin Laden was nothing more than an extrajudicial killing. He noted that the UN Security Council passed
Updated: 05/11/2011 09:48A
Defamation law 'to improve quality of journalism'
But the defamation issue is serious: our Criminal Code contains only one article envisaging criminal responsibility for libel and it does not specify the profession it relates to - workers or journalists. The questions of the operation of the law and
Updated: 05/11/2011 09:37A
State police end internal affairs suits for $675K
Jeffrey Shaw ” a retired lieutenant who once headed state police internal affairs in western Pennsylvania ” and Cheryl Amodei-Mascara, a retired sergeant, claimed they were wrongly accused by superiors of violating regulations and criminal law when
Updated: 05/11/2011 09:32A
Pennsylvania State Police settle lawsuits alleging internal affairs
Jeffrey Shaw — a retired lieutenant who once headed state police internal affairs in western Pennsylvania — and Cheryl Amodei-Mascara, a retired sergeant, claimed they were wrongly accused by superiors of violating regulations and criminal law when
Updated: 05/11/2011 09:06A
PEOPLE v. RODRIGUEZ
A detective investigating a murder came upon defendant, who was visibly committing the violation of unlawful possession of marijuana (Penal Law § 221.05). Accordingly, the detective had probable cause to believe that defendant committed a violation in
Updated: 05/11/2011 08:05A
PEOPLE v. FRANOV
Following his arrest, defendant was indicted for unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree (Penal Law § 165.06), criminal mischief in the third degree (Penal Law § 145.05 [2]), criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree (Penal
Updated: 05/11/2011 08:03A
PEOPLE v. MARTIN
He was subsequently charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16 [1]), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Penal Law § 220.06 [5]), two counts of criminal possession
Updated: 05/11/2011 08:02A
MLF activist to stay in jail, 'Supreme Court wants him to come clean'
Siwela was arrested jointly with two other MLF activists - John Gazi and Charles Thomas two months ago and charged with the crime of treason as defined in Section 20(1) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23.
Updated: 05/11/2011 06:33A
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