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Opposition MPs support 'modest' Tory crime bill
“It is our intention to support the bill that the government has introduced today,”said Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc, the party's justice critic. “We feel that these are modest measures but nonetheless necessary.” Mr. LeBlanc, and fellow MP Ujjal Dosanjh
Updated: 05/22/2011 11:39A
Paradox of press freedom in Turkey
The Constitutional Court annulled on May 2 Article 26 of the Press Law, thereby extending the statute of limitations for prosecutors to file criminal cases against journalists, and subsequently keep them under threat of criminal lawsuits,
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:35A
Champaign budget could affect city court cases
It is an alternative for police officers who think a suspect does not deserve a penalty as harsh as a circuit court judge might hand down in a case based on criminal law, and keeping a matter in "city court" often keeps it removed from the court system
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:11A
" Law professor traveling to Bosnia to research witnesses of genocide"
Criminal law professor Carrie Leonetti received a Fulbright scholarship to study and teach in the Balkan region, where investigators are using DNA testing to identify tens of thousands of victims buried in mass graves. The area, once part of Yugoslavia
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:08A
President Song – the voice of the International Criminal Court
Much work remains to be done before all national justice systems around the world have the necessary preconditions to live up to that crucial task. State cooperation with the ICC is a critical issue. A good example is the ICC's total reliance on States
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:33A
Corrections strain state's finances
"When we're spending more (general purpose revenue) on corrections than higher education, that's wrong," said Jerome Buting, a criminal defense attorney in Brookfield and board member for the Wisconsin State Bar Criminal Law Section.
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:09A
Canadians deserve right to die in dignity
We argue that the criminal law infringes individual liberty and security of the person as guaranteed by Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it results in the incarceration of people who provide compassionate assistance, prolongs unbearable
Updated: 05/22/2011 04:56A
Prevention is first defence against child abuse, says bishop
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary is committed to complying with the obligations of canon, civil and criminal law as well as informing complainants, the families and the accused of their civil and legal rights. The diocese will also always act in
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:55A
Is Port St. John man at fault in wife's suicide?
Even though they were not charged with assisted self-murder, Sullivan points out that the Prince case is an example of a tragedy that criminal law was not equipped to address. The case garnered national attention and two weeks ago, the five teenagers
Updated: 05/22/2011 01:11A
COLUMN: Revenge of the bobtailers
One, for example, changed criminal law regarding illegal immigrants; another removed Sunday work restrictions for call centers. But others did what a Legislature ought to do in a budget: They gave agencies directions for managing their funding.
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:45A
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