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Diversion program involves transgender women
A group of Chicago legal experts has instituted a new diversion program (one run by a police department or some other office that is designed to enable alleged offenders of criminal law to avoid criminal charges and a
Updated: 06/01/2011 01:14P
Student sex laws to be reviewed
The decision pointed out that a charge of maintaining a sexual relationship with a child under the Queensland Criminal Code could not have been brought against Mr Morrow because the girl was over 16. For a rape charge to be sustained in such a case in
Updated: 06/01/2011 01:08P
A human trafficking charge has been brought against a woman accused of running
She made her fourth court appearance today where Det Sgt Frank McGrath of the Garda National Immigration Bureau said the DPP had directed that seven further charges should be brought against her. Six of them are under the Criminal Law Sexual Offences
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:22A
Crime dropping in city: RCMP
Outlined in a detailed statistical report for the period between January and April of this year, statistics showed that eight areas under the criminal code, including impaired driving, drug, weapons, crimes against a person, and traffic,
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:20A
Woman on human trafficking charge
She made her fourth court appearance today where Det Sgt Frank McGrath of the Garda National Immigration Bureau said the DPP had directed that seven further charges should be brought against her. Six of them are under the Criminal Law Sexual Offences
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:14A
Matt Gurney: Don't name and shame drunk drivers until they're found guilty
Though Ontario does not have the ability to change the Criminal Code to make .05% the point at which one is guilty of driving while impaired, the province has used its authority over its own highways and roadways to make life unpleasant for those found
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:56A
In Mladic Arrest, a Reminder of How Far International Justice Has Come
Ratko Mladic's transfer to The Hague on 31 May 2011 is a milestone for international criminal justice. The Serbian warlord's forthcoming trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will cap what many regard as the most
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:45A
Nino Burjanadze's husband detained for two months
Bitsadze is charged for planning to use violence against public order or law-enforcers (article 353 of the Criminal Code). He may be sentenced to 4-7 years of prison. He is charged for illegal actions during protests in Tbilisi on May 26.
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:12A
EC seeks tougher rules to protect taxpayers' money from fraud
The Commission plans to strengthen substantive criminal law by clarifying definitions of crime such as embezzlement or abuse of power and reinforce the capacities of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and Eurojust (the EU's judicial cooperation
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:55A
Lorne Gunter: Supreme Court rules that saying yes, actually means no
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said, “In some situations, the concept of consent Parliament has adopted may seem unrealistic.” The majority also sought to wash its hands of changing the law.
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:32A
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