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Pak trio granted legal aid to defend corruption charges
'A Legal Services Commission spokesperson told 'The News': Although the accused are foreign nationals, they are being charged in an English court under English criminal law, so they can apply for legal aid under the same means testing as any person
Updated: 05/17/2011 08:31P
Proud moment for new Napier lawyer
Since the beginning of April he has been working for Hastings law firm Gifford Devine Barristers and Solicitors, specialising in family law. "Aside from potentially criminal law, family is the avenue where you can make the biggest impact on someone's
Updated: 05/17/2011 08:11P
PNP favors amending penal code
“For me, this is a wake-up call for us to have a new criminal law which is now being initiated by [Justice] Secretary Leila de Lima. This was also President Aquino's idea when he was still a senator,” Bacalzo said. He also pointed out that when the
Updated: 05/17/2011 07:16P
EFCC arraigns ex-Bank PHB MD, wife, two others
Atuche was arraigned along with Mr Funmi Ademosun and Lekan Kasalion a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit felony and stealing before Justice SA Onigbanjo. His wife was docked before Justice Lateefat Okunnu on a separate three-count charge of
Updated: 05/17/2011 07:05P
Cairo teenager sentenced to death
A military court on Monday sentenced the 17-year-old and three other men to be hanged for kidnapping and raping a young woman, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said. Activists suspect that thousands of Egyptians are being held and
Updated: 05/17/2011 06:29P
Texas voter fraud bills face end of session, South Texas lawmaker remains
House Bill 2058, which would make it a criminal offense to fill out another person's mail-in ballot application in the presence of the voter, other than as a legal witness, never made it to a House vote. Current law makes that a crime only in the
Updated: 05/17/2011 05:34P
French Law, American Custom And The 'Perp Walk'
So that events like this are really, thoroughly condemned by - not just by French criminal law, but by French privacy law and not just by French law, but by European law much more broadly. CONAN: So whatever you think of the allegations against him,
Updated: 05/17/2011 03:30P
Egypt watchdog slams teenager's death sentence
EIPR said the ruling flew in the face of the army's code of military justice as well as international law and Egyptian child laws, which protect defendants under the age of 18 at the time of the crime from execution. "The death sentence issued against
Updated: 05/17/2011 03:10P
Do Smart Phones Make For Smarter Policing?
However, that day in 2009, one of the officers had a smart phone. “[The officer] had one of our records personnel email him the photograph of the suspect from his DMV photo,” Winter said, “And the policemen were able to show the picture to the
Updated: 05/17/2011 03:07P
EFCC arraigns Ex-Bank PHB Chief, wife, others over alleged theft
Atuche was arraigned alongside Mr Funmi Ademosun and Lekan Kasali by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit felony and stealing before Justice SA Onigbanjo. His wife, Elizabeth was also
Updated: 05/17/2011 03:06P
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