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Youth crime down drastically in Calgary
Other criminal offences, such as drug and traffic cases, fell 13.9 per cent in 2010. Overall, the total number of crimes involving youth offenders in Calgary dropped 24.6 per cent over the previous five-year average, nearly double the 12.5 per cent
Updated: 07/27/2011 05:40P
Indiana panel to consider proposal to legalize marijuana
The committee — which includes lawmakers and criminal justice officials — will look at decriminalizing medical marijuana, legalizing small amounts for recreational use, and adding taxes to the sale of marijuana-like alcohol. Sen.
Updated: 07/27/2011 05:10P
Mozambique proposes new anti-graft laws
Maputo - Mozambique's government has proposed new anti-corruption laws and toughened its century-old criminal code to curb the theft of public money, state media reported on Wednesday. The southern African country's highest decision-making body,
Updated: 07/27/2011 04:21P
Constructing Truth: the FBI's (non)recording policy
dubious: Of the 800 US law enforcement departments (state and federal) that record interviews, according to a study by Thomas Sullivan in the American Criminal Law Review, none have expressed regret nor tried to return to non-recorded interviews.
Updated: 07/27/2011 02:20P
Ghana: Government minister must retract his calls for rounding up and arrest
Chapter 6, article 104 of the Ghanian Criminal Code prohibits “unnatural carnal knowledge”, which is defined to include consensual sexual intercourse between men. This clause has the effect of encouraging discrimination against and the harassment and
Updated: 07/27/2011 01:05P
War Crimes Investigator
But while figuring out what is or isn'ta war crime may seem relatively straightforward, international criminal law is complex. Bassiouni says you have to sift through some of the most horrific personal stories and listen with a calculating – legal
Updated: 07/27/2011 12:56P
Today's workplace
The double jeopardy principle finds presence in criminal law, civil law and labour law. Different considerations arise in these three fields. For purposes of this article I will attend to the application of this principle in the field of labour law.
Updated: 07/27/2011 10:53A
Mozambique plans new anti-corruption laws
Mozambique's government has proposed new anti-corruption laws and toughened its century-old criminal code to curb the theft of public money, state media reported Wednesday. The southern African country's highest decision-making body, the Council of
Updated: 07/27/2011 10:27A
Weekend of discontent for Hove residents as travellers move in
However it will not be using a Section 61 order which, under criminal law, allows the immediate eviction of people from public land. The local authority added it would continue to monitor the site along with Sussex Police.
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:08A
Judge refuses to admit Ukrainian parliamentarian to defend Tymoshenko
After that, Kireyev noted that Tymoshenko's motion lacked some essential documents, particularly Vlasenko's lawyer certificate, and did not indicate a Criminal Code provision based on which Vlasenko can be admitted to defending her.
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:05A
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