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Talk of the Day -- Supreme Court rejects imprisonment of sex offender
According to an amendment to the Criminal Code that took effect July 1, 2006, sex offenders who are assessed to be very likely to be repeat offenders should receive compulsory treatment after serving their jail terms.
Updated: 06/24/2011 09:10A
Comics Lead to Child Porn Charges at Canadian Customs
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announced today that it is forming a coalition to support the defense of the US man, whose name is being withheld both as a matter of legal strategy and to protect his privacy.
Updated: 06/24/2011 09:08A
AHRC Blasts Indonesia's Use of Torture
AHRC said amending the Criminal Code to make an act as defined in the international Convention punishable by law is a minimum requirement. “Instead of fulfilling this requirement the government makes reference to maltreatment articles that actually
Updated: 06/24/2011 08:01A
UK Hacker Charged, LulzSec Denies 'Leader' Reports
The first charge (under Section 1 Criminal Law Act 1977) is that Cleary and other constructed a Botnet, basically installing the LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon), the app that enables DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks, on other peoples' computers
Updated: 06/24/2011 07:48A
Supreme Court Year in Review: Sometimes the end-of-term drama obscures the truth.
One important area where this split has produced a major revolution in criminal law is in sentencing. The unusual pragmatist majority found a quirky New Jersey statute unconstitutional in end-of-term sleeper a few years back called Apprendi v.
Updated: 06/24/2011 07:25A
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" Comes to an End - Jun 24
24‚ 2011 One of the most popular and my personal favorite of the entire "Law & Order" television franchise, "Criminal Intent" comes to a close this Sunday night after a 10 year run; 7 years on NBC and 3 years on the USA network.
Updated: 06/24/2011 07:10A
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" Comes to an End
24‚ 2011 One of the most popular and my personal favorite of the entire "Law & Order" television franchise, "Criminal Intent" comes to a close this Sunday night after a 10 year run; 7 years on NBC and 3 years on the USA network.
Updated: 06/24/2011 07:10A
'L&O: Criminal Intent' star 'wants 11th season'
Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Kathryn Erbe has admitted that she is hoping for an 11th season of the crime drama. Erbe told TV Guide: "I know that I would be [back on the show] in a heartbeat. I'm fairly positive that
Updated: 06/24/2011 07:10A
NEPAL: Criminalizing torture and bringing it to an end: a test for Nepal's
The case of Hom Bahadur Bagale, an inspector of police tortured and detained incommunicado for two weeks in 2002 for having refused to follow an order from a superior, also illustrates at length the aberration of the current justice process,
Updated: 06/24/2011 07:01A
SBU proposing to strengthen responsibility for cyber crimes
According to him, now the Criminal Code of Ukraine provides for cybercrime imprisonment of three to six years. "This is not enough, since the annual increase in such crimes in Ukraine reaches 30%. Therefore, the Security Service is developing a bill
Updated: 06/24/2011 06:55A
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