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Updated: 05/18/2011 04:20P
NEW LAW REQUIRES CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
The state Department of Human Services will have to conduct criminal background checks before a foster child is reunited with a parent. Governor Mary Fallin signed HB 2136 yesterday. The bill was authored by House Speaker Kris Steele after
Updated: 05/18/2011 04:01P
Road isn't straight for new laws surrounding drunk driving
The amended Criminal Law stipulates that all drunk-driving incidents are considered criminal offenses, even if the act of drunk driving itself does not result in a traffic accident. But Supreme People's Court (SPC) Vice President Zhang Jun said courts
Updated: 05/18/2011 02:17P
Harper appoints 3 defeated candidates to Senate
The Criminal Code says it's illegal to entice parliamentarians to resign for reward or profit, he said. Smith, who resigned his seat in the Senate in order to run for a seat in Commons -- and lost -- will be returning to the Senate,
Updated: 05/18/2011 01:49P
Freed journalist recounts ordeal at police station
Ndlovu was charged with writing a fictitious story under the notorious Section 31 of the Criminal Law Codification Act. Ndlovu's ordeal started last week Monday when he was told to report to Lupane police station for questioning regarding a story he
Updated: 05/18/2011 01:22P
ECOWAS Set to Combat Cybercrimes
“Wherever you are, as soon as you commit an offense using the instrumentality of existing protocol on cooperation and criminal matters, people can be extradited to face the rigors of the law,” he said. Credit card fraud is reportedly on the rise in
Updated: 05/18/2011 01:18P
What the Catholic Church still doesn't get about the sex abuse scandal
One key problem cited by Catanzaro was how current US legal definitions are replaced with jargon from canon law. The criminal code, for instance, classifies “grooming” of children to gain their confidence before sexual activity as culpable.
Updated: 05/18/2011 01:16P
Rape and criminal sentencing
So what was Ken Clarke on about? The answer to this lies in how the criminal law deals with the rapist on conviction. For although the criminal offence is always the same whatever the rape, the sentencing will be different in different cases.
Updated: 05/18/2011 12:57P
Police book Srikrishna committee members
Criminal cases under various sections were booked at Punjagutta police station against former Supreme Court judge BN Srikrishna and four other members of the panel. The cases were booked under under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 153A (Promoting
Updated: 05/18/2011 12:55P
Reding wants basic EU rights for victims
This sensitive file has generated controversy between the commissioner, who feels strongly about her prerogatives with regard to civil law, and the former Spanish Presidency of the EU, which took care to push discussion on this protection order as
Updated: 05/18/2011 12:18P
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