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MISA Zimbabwe: Standard journalists arrested
They are being charged with criminal defamation as enshrined under section 96 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act and section 31 which criminalises the publishing or communication of false statements prejudicial to the State and statements
Updated: 06/30/2011 01:21P
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Three years after the Document of judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel of Buenos Aires, published by the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, two years after the Declaration of Latin Judges in
Updated: 06/30/2011 12:30P
Latin Judges on Drugs and Human Rights -- Rome Declaration of 2011
Three years after the Document of judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel of Buenos Aires, published by the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, two years after the Declaration of Latin Judges in
Updated: 06/30/2011 12:30P
Border line impaired?
Currently, people charged under the Criminal Code of Canada with operating a road vehicle while impaired face an immediate road driver's licence suspension under the province's Highway Traffic Act. The new law makes sure suspensions of road driver's
Updated: 06/30/2011 12:24P
RUSSIA: 18-month prison term and heavy fine
Kelmukhambetov, who suffers from diabetes, was arrested at the end of the year-long trial on 28 June when the verdict was handed down and is now in prison hospital in Orenburg. An FSB security service spokesperson defended the prosecution to Forum 18.
Updated: 06/30/2011 11:55A
The Supreme Court's Willful Blindness Doctrine Opens the Door to More Wrongful
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in a patent lawsuit may, somewhat surprisingly, have a major and destructive impact on federal criminal law. In Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB, the high court held that the “willful blindness”
Updated: 06/30/2011 11:31A
Supreme Court agrees to review legal definition of 'terrorist activity'
“Motive, used as an essential element for a crime, is foreign to criminal law, humanitarian law, and the law regarding crimes against humanity,” Rutherford ruled in October 2006. “While the hate motive may be an aggravating factor at sentencing,
Updated: 06/30/2011 11:21A
Top court to hear terror case
The two men, like Khawaja claim that the term "terrorist activity" in the criminal code is "unconstitutionally overbroad" and that the law contravenes section 7 of the Charter of Rights which guarantees "life, liberty and security of the person.
Updated: 06/30/2011 11:12A
Supreme Court to hear Khawaja, terrorism appeals
"Motive, used as an essential element for a crime, is foreign to criminal law, humanitarian law, and the law regarding crimes against humanity,'' Rutherford ruled in October 2006. "While the hate motive may be an aggravating factor at sentencing,
Updated: 06/30/2011 11:08A
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The National Assembly yesterday approved a series of controversial revisions to the criminal procedure law, which has prompted prosecutors to resign en masse. The bill, containing a significant last-minute change, was submitted to the National
Updated: 06/30/2011 11:01A
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