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Four charged with sexual interference
In a news release, Sgt. Paul Burkart said they have investigated a number of complaints over the past seven months about older teenage boys or young men having sex with younger girls who “are, by law, too young to provide consent.
Updated: 07/04/2011 01:37P
13 WTHRIndiana lawmakers to study legalizing marijuana
The Post-Tribune of Merrillville reports that the General Assembly's criminal law and sentencing policy study committee will examine different angles of the marijuana issue. The committee's first meeting is next week, though it's not clear whether
Updated: 07/04/2011 01:32P
Ind. Lawmakers To Study Pot Legalization
The General Assembly's criminal law and sentencing policy study committee will examine different angles of the marijuana issue. The committee's first meeting is next week, though it's not clear whether marijuana laws will be discussed then or during
Updated: 07/04/2011 01:25P
AP-IN--Legalizing Marijuana?, 1st Ld-Writethru,305
The Post-Tribune of Merrillville reports that the General Assembly's criminal law and sentencing policy study committee will examine different angles of the marijuana issue. The committee's first meeting is next week, though it's not clear whether
Updated: 07/04/2011 01:14P
Indiana lawmakers to study legalizing marijuana
Tallian said she hopes to arrange for people to speak at the meeting when the marijuana study is on the agenda. "I've got testimony from all different groups," she said. "They keep calling me wondering when it's going to be.
Updated: 07/04/2011 01:12P
Indiana lawmakers to study legalizing marijuana and other possible changes to
The Post-Tribune of Merrillville reports that the General Assembly's criminal law and sentencing policy study committee will examine different angles of the marijuana issue. The committee's first meeting is next week, though it's not clear whether
Updated: 07/04/2011 12:48P
The second virtual currency crime: is Runescape theft, theft?
The Dutch Supreme Court will be invited later this year to conclude that the theft of virtual goods from Runescape constitutes theft under Dutch criminal law; indications to date suggest that it may conclude that theft of virtual currency/goods IS
Updated: 07/04/2011 12:26P
The second virtual goods crime: is Runescape theft, theft?
The Dutch Supreme Court will be invited later this year to conclude that the theft of virtual goods from Runescape constitutes theft under Dutch criminal law; indications to date suggest that it may conclude that theft of virtual currency/goods IS
Updated: 07/04/2011 12:26P
Ontario court to rule on constitutionality of nudity laws
"The purpose of the criminal law is to protect us from harm, not to protect the sensibilities of the most prudish among us," Nader Hasan, one of Coldin's lawyers, said in an interview. "These laws violate freedom of expression and they are overbroad
Updated: 07/04/2011 11:56A
Court to rule whether Canada's nudity laws are constitutional
"The purpose of the criminal law is to protect us from harm, not to protect the sensibilities of the most prudish among us," Nader Hasan, one of Coldin's lawyers, said in an interview. "These laws violate freedom of expression and they are overbroad
Updated: 07/04/2011 11:27A