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Zero Tolerance: NY Prison System Committed To Preventing Sex Abuse
Also in 1996, we strongly supported legislation amending New York State Penal Law to criminalize sexual conduct between our employees and the offenders they supervise. In 2007, legislation was enacted that expanded the definition of an employee to
Updated: 05/16/2011 12:53P
Bail Denied for 'DSK,' Former IMF Head Sent Back Into Custody
But it's also a US-based criminal law story. And for now, that's where we'll turn our sights: first with the news that “DSK” was earlier Monday denied bail and was remanded back into custody following his arraignment. Earlier Monday, Strauss-Kahn was
Updated: 05/16/2011 12:47P
Vatican tells bishops to report sex abuse to cops
PLINIO LEPRI / AP A letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has told bishops around the world to cooperate with police in reporting priests who rape and molest children and to develop guidelines for preventing abuse by May 2012.
Updated: 05/16/2011 12:25P
Prosecutors: Criminal case opened against former deputy emergencies minister
The case was opened under part 2 Article 210 (violation of the law on the budgetary system of Ukraine), part 2 Article 364 (abuse of power or office) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to the PGO, pursuant to the presidential decree about the
Updated: 05/16/2011 11:06A
New Gaza flotilla, Same Hasbara Problems
In France, Press Law of 1881 forbids insults against the President, courts, armed forces and other public bodies. Italian law penalizes insult to the Republic, its institutions, army and indeed the Italian nation, Pope and the President.
Updated: 05/16/2011 10:39A
Editorial: Lawyers, court complicit in 'cannibalized procedure'
655 of the Criminal Code,” Watt wrote. “No one asked the appellant to confirm his understanding of and agreement with the proposed procedure,” he noted. There were other problems as well. “The audio enhancement system functioned intermittently,
Updated: 05/16/2011 10:01A
Bob Aaron: Court Will Decide About 'Latent Defect'
They based their claim on the failure to disclose what in law is known as a hidden or latent defect in the home, namely the fact that a neighbour with a particular criminal record lived on the street, and represented a potential danger to the children
Updated: 05/16/2011 08:53A
Government requests court ignore Insite evidence
Ottawa contends that its power over criminal law trumps British Columbia's jurisdiction over health care in deciding whether the unique clinic should survive. "Public safety demands that access to drugs be carefully controlled," federal lawyer Robert
Updated: 05/16/2011 08:29A
Why employers need computer privacy policies
Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2081 (Metcalfe grievance), [1999] BCCAAA 490 concerned an employee who was dismissed for having used the company computer network to send an email message containing serious allegations about the integrity and
Updated: 05/16/2011 08:24A
PEOPLE v. SCHAFFER
1 At the sentencing hearing on April 16, 2010, the trial court denied probation and sentenced defendant to the upper term of eight years in prison and imposed other terms, fines, and fees. Defendant contends on appeal that the trial court abused its
Updated: 05/16/2011 07:33A
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