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Deaths due to drunk driving on the decline under stricter laws, attorney
“This is another chance to remind British Columbians that police will be out there enforcing these new penalties, so think before you drink.” The Lower Mainland district RCMP said in a news release Thursday that police “will be deploying every traffic
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:30A
State Chamber wants Sterling conviction overturned
In Sterling's case, however, the trial court applied “a contrary, lesser standard,” based on prosecutors' argument of “severe recklessness,” and the conviction must be reversed, according to Chamber officials. Adoption of a lesser culpability standard
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:01A
Two judges sworn in
He was a former president of the Criminal Bar Association and a former member of the New Zealand Law Society Criminal Law Committee. Judge Thomas, currently residing in the Netherlands, was admitted to the bar in 1991. He has been on a trial attorney
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:05A
China to penalize those who spread sex diseases
BEIJING -- People in China will be held liable for intentionally spreading sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), the Ministry of Health stated in its draft amendment to the regulation on STD prevention and treatment. People that intentionally spread an
Updated: 05/19/2011 11:46P
Drunk driving cases drop 35% in China on new law
or injured in traffic accidents connected to drunken driving also fell — by 37.8 percent and 11.1 percent, respectively. Drivers who are found with 80 milligrams of alcohol or more per 100 milliliters of blood are considered drunk under the law.
Updated: 05/19/2011 11:46P
District Court Judges appointed
He is a former President of the Criminal Bar Association and a former member of the New Zealand Law Society Criminal Law Committee. Judge Thomas was admitted to the bar in 1991. He has a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from Auckland
Updated: 05/19/2011 11:15P
16 yrs on, 2-yr jail for abuse
NEW DELHI: Sixteen years after a minor was molested by her own father and his four other colleagues, a trial court has sentenced two women and a man — all former officials of the home ministry — to two years' jail term for the offence.
Updated: 05/19/2011 09:16P
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the sins of our systems
I know from teaching criminal law how surprised even educated Americans are to learn of incarceration rates six to 10 times higher than Europe's. And while the elimination of a purely discretionary system of sentencing has meant somewhat greater racial
Updated: 05/19/2011 08:10P
Police return arrested journalist's iPad
Grubb was arrested by police on the Gold Coast on Tuesday after he reported that a security researcher at a technology conference had downloaded a private photo from Facebook. At the time of the arrest, Grubb's iPad was confiscated because police
Updated: 05/19/2011 08:01P
Mom v. Mouse
Oh, and in case you've been scratching your head this whole time wondering how a person can sue based on a criminal statute, the law provides for civil claims based on such violations. The best example of this is a murder trial where the state sues the
Updated: 05/19/2011 07:33P
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