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Ten journalists hounded and prosecuted for covering human rights violations
They are liable to be prosecuted under the 1991 Criminal Code and the 1999 Press Act on charges of defaming and spreading false information about the security forces, which are protected by the National Security Act. One of the latest cases involves
Updated: 06/18/2011 07:56A
What Women Use For Abortion
Section 58 of the Criminal Code of 1960 makes abortion a criminal offence in Ghana. However, the law gives quite liberal grounds on which legal abortion may be permitted, but unsafe abortion remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in
Updated: 06/18/2011 06:58A
'Law & Order' Spooks 'Spider-Man'
Sunday's 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' rips off the Broadway debacle 'Spider-Man' with a $3 million extravaganza. Jacob Bernstein talks to the show's executive producer and writer. Since November, Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark has set records for most
Updated: 06/18/2011 12:40A
'Law & Order' Spoofs 'Spider-Man'
Sunday's 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' rips off the Broadway debacle 'Spider-Man' with a $3 million extravaganza. Jacob Bernstein talks to the show's executive producer and writer. Since November, Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark has set records for most
Updated: 06/18/2011 12:40A
Penalty for beating raccoons no joke
Woodcock is obviously not familiar with the Ontario SPCA Act, the Ontario Fish and Wildlife Act and the Criminal Code of Canada. What she promotes is illegal and can result in the perpetrator facing fines or jail time or both. That she counsels illegal
Updated: 06/18/2011 12:13A
It's a double crime
Criminal Law has to do something more substantial to help pregnant women at risk from abusive relationships. Women need a law that protects them and allows them to bring their babies to term safely. Informed consent laws could screen those at risk of
Updated: 06/18/2011 12:05A
The Case of the Loopy Lawyers
finished its first season on NBC, features a zany, pistol-packing Kathy Bates, who starts her own criminal defense law firm. In "Suits," which debuts next week on USA, a guy without a college or law degree successfully masquerades as an attorney.
Updated: 06/17/2011 05:42P
Need An Attorney? Android App Assists Arrestees
But if you have a lawyer advising you not to take the Breathalyzer, you lose your license for only six months. And what if the police are at your door asking to come in? Damon Kirschbaum, another Hartford area criminal defense lawyer taking cases with
Updated: 06/17/2011 04:19P
Seguin municipal judge to seek 25th District seat
He has also been in the private practice of civil and criminal law since 1993. Currently, he is the lead counsel at Kolb... & Murray, PC, which he started with his wife, the current Guadalupe County Attorney, Elizabeth Murray Kolb in 1996.
Updated: 06/17/2011 03:59P
Vancouver police poised to lay riot charges
These charges should all be under the criminal code. No passports, no US travel etc. Vancouver police are preparing to lay their first charges in connection with the riot that damaged an estimated 50 downtown buildings after the Stanley Cup final.
Updated: 06/17/2011 03:49P
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