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Judges feel hampered by new penal code
House Bill 463 (HB 463) was signed into law on June 8 to reform the state's criminal code and drug laws. Some key provisions enacted locally are changing the way Morehead Police engage suspects and are limiting discretionary authority among district
Updated: 06/28/2011 11:10A
Slight compromise on probe rights
The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee yesterday approved a revision clause of the Criminal Procedure Law that will restructure investigative powers between police and prosecutors, with an additional compromise in the final step
Updated: 06/28/2011 11:00A
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The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee yesterday approved a revision clause of the Criminal Procedure Law that will restructure investigative powers between police and prosecutors, with an additional compromise in the final step
Updated: 06/28/2011 11:00A
A law unto themselves
The former Tory lord advocate, Lord Fraser, has said that Salmond was 'spot on' and that the UK Supreme Court should have no rights in matters of Scots criminal law. Others have warned that if the Supreme Court becomes a new court of appeal,
Updated: 06/28/2011 09:33A
Zimbabwe: President Assents to Act
PRESIDENT Mugabe has assented to the Criminal Law Amendment Act (Protection of Power, Communications and Water Infrastructure) which sailed through Parliament in February this year. Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda,
Updated: 06/28/2011 09:09A
Trafficking in Persons Report 2011 on Armenia: Armenia is a source country
Armenia is a source country for women and girls subjected to sex trafficking, as well as a source and destination country for women subjected to forced labor, and a source country for men subjected to forced labor. Women and girls from Armenia are
Updated: 06/28/2011 09:00A
RK RAGHAVAN
I can understand why the judiciary, which has to interpret the fundamental law of the land and also impose penalties prescribed by the criminal law, should not be brought under the new mechanism. But there is no earthly reason why the Prime Minister
Updated: 06/28/2011 08:50A
OPC member faces murder charge
2009 at about 05:03am, while on security patrol at 3, Celestial Crescent Water Side, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State in the Lagos Judicial Division, murdered one Nwoke Kalu, contrary to Section 316 (2) of the Criminal Code Law Cap C17, Vol.
Updated: 06/28/2011 08:49A
Teen's neck may be broken after lacrosse head stomp
RCMP Staff Sergeant Grant Learned says police are investigating the incident, which occurred during a weekend game between a host Kamloops team and a visiting club from Kelowna. A Kamloops, BC lacrosse dad says he's still can't believe he watched as
Updated: 06/28/2011 08:27A
Legal Prostitutes
The Canadian criminal code does not prohibit the exchange of money for sex, but criminalizes the public communication of services. Bans on pimping, streetwalking, and operating a brothel attempt to silence the industry, but the law has less to say
Updated: 06/28/2011 08:01A
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