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Mum pulls daughter's former employer's private parts
This was heard when the pair, Shupikai and Naomi Disi appeared before Western Commonage Court magistrate Mr Shepherd Munjanja for contravening Section 89 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. Prosecutor Mr Fanuel Chokuda told
Updated: 07/23/2011 07:43P
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Criminal lawyer Vivek Sood, who has authored books on cyber and criminal law, explains how the court's verdict in the Neeraj case was "correct". "When a man walks into the apartment of his fiance and sees another man there in a compromising situation,
Updated: 07/23/2011 04:28P
Feds aim to combat family violence on tribal reservations
Brent Leonhard, interim attorney general for the confederated tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, said the tribes' government has a comprehensive criminal code that covers family crimes. He said everyone there is entitled to a public
Updated: 07/23/2011 04:20P
Justice Department proposal would stiffen sentences for domestic violence in
The US Department of Justice has unveiled a legislative proposal that would stiffen federal sentences for certain domestic violence crimes in Indian Country and expand tribes' authority to enforce protection orders against non-Indians living on
Updated: 07/23/2011 12:30P
KCTV5 - Kansas City News, Weather and SportsFeds aim to combat family violence
One-third of all American Indian women will be raped in their lifetime and nearly three of five have been assaulted by their partner, the Justice Department says. In addition, murder rates are 10 times higher than the national average for Native women.
Updated: 07/23/2011 12:00P
Now the Mirror is in the firing line
Mr Watson acted after Colin Myler, former editor of the News of the World, and Tom Crone, former News International legal manager, issued a joint statement saying that James Murdoch had been ''mistaken'' when he said he had not seen a key email.
Updated: 07/23/2011 11:01A
Feds aim to combat family violence on reservations
The agency is proposing fixes that it hopes Congress will consider in reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Justice Department officials say crimes against American Indian women have reached epidemic rates. According to agency statistics,
Updated: 07/23/2011 10:42A
'Sexting' youths placed on sex offenders register
Sexting involves people sending naked or revealing pictures of themselves via mobile phones or the internet to others. Under the law, sexts are classified as child pornography when the images are of people under 18, even if the person pictured took the
Updated: 07/23/2011 10:03A
International Travesty
Ernest Kofi Abotsie told Joy News' Dzifah Bampoh that no person can be arrested for breach of morality, explaining that the law on “unnatural carnal knowledge” in the criminal code is still ambiguous and cannot necessarily be said to be the same as
Updated: 07/23/2011 06:35A
Police to Summon Anas Urbaningrum in Defamation Case
The report was filed on behalf of Anas by his lawyer, Patra M. Zen, at National Police Headquarters "He could be charged under law No. 11/2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions article 27 and Criminal Code articles 310 and 311," Patra said,
Updated: 07/23/2011 04:39A
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