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Kremlin - Law on toughening liability for sale of alcohol to minors
The Federal Law amends the Federal Law On State Regulation of Production and Sales of Ethanol, Alcoholic Beverages and Alcohol-Containing Products, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and
Updated: 07/22/2011 08:03A
CARRILLO v. STATE
Eight days later, Carrillo appealed to county criminal court at law number eight. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 30.00014(a) (West Supp. 2009). The county criminal court affirmed the municipal court's judgment on September 4, 2008.
Updated: 07/22/2011 07:45A
Online “wanted” photos trigger mixed feelings
What's more, punishments currently handed down by the courts are higher than some time ago. Today people would like to solve all society's problems using criminal law. We are using the widening of the law as an educational tool for the population.
Updated: 07/22/2011 07:29A
"Phone hacking": what's legal? Part 2: Remedies
were used by News of the World journalists and/or private investigators they hired to access the voicemails of targets and relevant offences under the Australian Commonwealth Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 and Criminal Code.
Updated: 07/22/2011 06:48A
Ghana MP: Round up all gays
There has been controversy over the meaning of a clause in the criminal code of Ghana's 1992 constitution which condemns “unnatural carnal knowledge”. The constitution guarantees human rights “regardless of race, place of origin, political opinion,
Updated: 07/22/2011 05:09A
Can Commissioners be Held Criminally Liable for Passing Medical Marijuana
City officials are wondering if they can be held criminally accountable for approving an ordinance that puts medical marijuana in the hands of anyone who can get a card enabling them to obtain the drug. Monica Mercer Some recent local
Updated: 07/22/2011 04:31A
Former Soviet Bloc Challenges State Department Internet Freedom Campaign
Targets now can include thousands of websites, extending from opposition news sources to human rights groups to individual blogs or social-networking groups that communicate messages that the regime deems hostile. Of the 37 countries reviewed,
Updated: 07/22/2011 04:20A
Drunken driving, traffic law deportations increased criminal immigrants forced
Huge increases in deportations of people after they were arrested for breaking traffic or immigration laws or driving drunk helped the Obama administration set a record last year for the number of
Updated: 07/22/2011 03:35A
National debt 'crime'
Socialist politician Lszl Kovcs responded that he knows of no country where the budget deficit and national debt are a matter of criminal law. “One does not usually turn to the courts because an economic policy is later judged to have been the wrong
Updated: 07/22/2011 02:48A
ABSs at risk of criminal ownership - Law Society
The UK Law Society is pressing the Ministry of Justice to make an urgent amendment to the Legal Services Act to prevent non-lawyers with spent criminal convictions from becoming owners of alternative business structures. A Law Gazette report notes that
Updated: 07/22/2011 02:16A
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