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Prostitution debate long overdue in Canadian courts
The federal and Ontario governments are appealing a decision by an Ontario Superior Court judge that struck down the Criminal Code sections that made it illegal to solicit clients on the street or in a
Updated: 06/16/2011 03:49P
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief, Effectiveness Of Counsel, Restraint
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Updated: 06/16/2011 03:01P
Criminal Law: Jury Coercion, Hammer Instruction
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Updated: 06/16/2011 02:55P
Vancouver police arrest more than 100 in riot
So far, 101 arrests were reported, with 85 charged with breach of the peace, eight charged with public intoxication and eight charged with Criminal Code offences including theft, mischief, assault with a weapon and break and enter.
Updated: 06/16/2011 02:09P
Two In Court Over Armed Robbery
The offences, according to the charge sheet, are contrary to section 383 and punishable under section 390 of the criminal law of Osun State. Others who were robbed by the suspects were Odunayo Adeniyi, who was robbed of her Techno handset valued at N12
Updated: 06/16/2011 01:33P
Risk to sex workers may be justified, court told
(attacked by) parasites, then something good has come from a change in the law,” he argued. Young represents three sex workers who succeeded in having three anti-prostitution provisions in the Criminal Code struck down as unconstitutional last year.
Updated: 06/16/2011 12:58P
Police Arraign Surety As Suspect Escapes
At the resumed trial, the accused person did not show up in the court and the surety also failed to produce him, which is contrary to section 126 (1) of the criminal code law of Osun State.According to the charge sheet, the accused person's action
Updated: 06/16/2011 12:48P
Court Remands Suspect For Raping Underage
The charge sheet also alleged that the accused person attempted to have unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim, Olaitan Abioye, an offence contrary to section 218 of the state criminal law.It further stated that the suspect inflicted injury on her
Updated: 06/16/2011 12:48P
Updated: Malta scores well in bathing water survey, but faces action for
The directive Directive on criminal law measures to protect the environment should have been introduced in national law by 26 December 2010. However, 10 countries (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal,
Updated: 06/16/2011 12:41P
3 Hare Court | R v Nimrod Miguel (2011)
Their Lordships held that the imposition of the mandatory sentence of death pursuant to the Criminal Law Act 1979 was unconstitutional as the felony murder rule had ceased to apply in 1979 and its attempted reintroduction was not saved as an “existing
Updated: 06/16/2011 12:39P
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