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ZIMBABWE: Journalist arrested, independent dailies harassed in return to bad
A reporter for Weekly Agenda (a news bulletin published by the civil society organization Bulawayo Agenda), Ndlovu was arrested after being summoned to police headquarters in Hwange and was charged under section 31 of the Criminal Law Code and Reform
Updated: 05/15/2011 04:22A
MC law school working on a project to modernize the Mississippi's criminal code
Blackmon said he knows of few instances where someone tried to enforce or use some of the stranger old laws. But he said a divorce case he handled years back comes to mind. One of the 12 grounds for divorce in Mississippi law is natural impotency.
Updated: 05/15/2011 01:03A
What's On Tonight: Survivor: Redemption Island, Celebrity Apprentice, Law
Wow. Honestly, I have loved every second of this season, and it's been a long time since I have said that about Survivor. I am actually sad to see it go. I do think that Rob – assuming he gets to the final
Updated: 05/15/2011 12:17A
Oregon does executions only by special request
But Haugen illustrates a curious condition of the state's criminal law system: Oregon is the land of voluntary capital punishment. Since Oregon voters overwhelmingly reinstated the death penalty in 1984, two convicts have been put to death,
Updated: 05/14/2011 09:05P
Alleged N8.5b theft: EFCC files charges against Atuche, wife
“This is conspiracy to commit a felony to wit: stealing contrary to Section 516 and punishable by Section 516 of the Criminal Code Law, CAP C17, Laws of Lagos State, 2003. “That you Elizabeth Atuche between November 2007 and April 2008 within the
Updated: 05/14/2011 07:24P
Belize Gay Group Files Suit Against Sodomy Law, Prime Minister Silent On Issue
UNIBAM has filed a motion against the attorney general challenging the constitutionality of section 53 of the Belize Criminal Code, which criminalizes "carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any person" which is basically a law banning
Updated: 05/14/2011 09:24A
Terrorists Have Rights Too - What International Law Says about the Killing of
A targeted killing of a terrorist does not, contrary to what US President Barack Obama has suggested, do a service to justice; rather, it runs contrary to it. A state governed by the rule of law, treats even its enemies humanely.
Updated: 05/14/2011 09:21A
Glasgow, abuse victim testify on Rebecca's Law
On Wednesday, she joined State's Attorney Glasgow in testifying before the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee regarding legislation that will significantly raise the penalties for the most violent domestic abusers. Rebecca's Law (HB 233) was
Updated: 05/14/2011 06:03A
Forget jurisdiction -Insite works
The issue of Vancouver's Insite has been disputed by the federal government as falling under their jurisdiction as a matter of criminal law, while the province has asserted the issue falls under
Updated: 05/14/2011 05:41A
Journalist arrested, Zim returning to bad old ways
A reporter for Weekly Agenda (a news bulletin published by the civil society organization Bulawayo Agenda), Ndlovu was arrested after being summoned to police headquarters in Hwange and was charged under section 31 of the Criminal Law Code and Reform
Updated: 05/14/2011 05:17A
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