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Supreme Court rejects CBI plea to reopen Bhopal tragedy case
The apex court, by its 1996 verdict, had diluted the charges against the accused to criminal negligence under section 304 (A) of the Indian Penal Code from culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304 (II). The offence under section
Updated: 05/11/2011 01:20P
ZLHR: Police arrest villager
Mwonzora and the Nyanga residents, who were arrested in February and charged with violating section 36(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for public violence filed an application before Nyanga Magistrate Ignatio Mhene seeking
Updated: 05/11/2011 12:55P
Activist arrested over national healing story
The police allege that Ndhlovu wrote a “fictional story” that was published in the Weekly Agenda in April and are using the controversial Criminal Law Codification Act to prosecute him. The story was about a meeting that was jointly organized by
Updated: 05/11/2011 12:55P
Two vying for open district judge seat in Kylertown
For 21 years I attended courses at Temple, Penn State, and Indiana universities on civil and criminal law, with hundreds of hours spent in courtrooms. I applied these laws daily as a full time deputy sheriff, police officer, 10-year instructor,
Updated: 05/11/2011 12:49P
Senate holds onto bill allowing NH homeowners to show guns; inspired by Ward
AP CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Senate wants more time to work on a bill inspired by a Moutonborough farmer that would soften the state's criminal threatening law. Under the bill passed by the House, brandishing a gun at a trespasser who refuses a
Updated: 05/11/2011 12:37P
Canadian March for Life to Draw Thousands to Parliament Hill
Then, in January 1988, the nation's abortion law was struck down from the Criminal Code by the Supreme Court of Canada resulting in full legal abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy. As a result, there have been nearly 4 million
Updated: 05/11/2011 11:43A
The Ford Law Firm
The Ford Law Firm, an Atlanta metropolitan area defense law firm, has launched a new web site. The new site, located at http://www.thefordfirm.com/, is classic, elegant, and professional. The Ford Law Firm is a boutique criminal defense law firm
Updated: 05/11/2011 11:42A
Attacks on journalist are threat to society
The court needed three years to pass a verdict on an incident that was recorded on tape. I attended the court session when the verdict was announced and I felt ashamed both as a citizen and as the injured cameraman' colleague who has been at the helm
Updated: 05/11/2011 11:36A
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 10:49A
Supreme Court turns down CBI plea to reopen Bhopal case
The apex court, by its 1996 verdict, had diluted the charges against the accused from Section 304 (A) of the Indian Penal Code — culpable homicide not amounting to murder, to Section 304 (II) — criminal negligence. The accused were convicted by a
Updated: 05/11/2011 10:47A
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