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On the three youths being prosecuted
Gift Mlalazi, Mpumelelo Donga and Kevin Ncube, all members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) and residents of Nkulumane Township, are charged with contravening Section 33 (2)(a)(ii) of the Criminal Law Codification Act, Cap 9.23 “Causing
Updated: 07/29/2011 12:36P
Council of Churches further articulates position on UNIBAM case: “a moral issue”
the Government of Belize over Section 53 of the Criminal Code, which declares that “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any person or animal,” defined as an “unnatural crime,” is punishable on conviction by ten years' imprisonment.
Updated: 07/29/2011 12:35P
Police arrest gang for pimping and human trafficking
Prostitution remains a grey area in Czech law. Providing paid sexual services is in itself not punishable, though failure to declare income is. However, under the Czech Criminal Code offering sexual services near schools or other institutions or
Updated: 07/29/2011 12:29P
World Bank Applies 2009 Debarment to China Communications Construction Company
Earlier this year the Bank recognized and appreciated that China's National People's Congress amended the country's criminal law to make it an offence for Chinese companies and Chinese nationals to bribe foreign government officials. The law applies to
Updated: 07/29/2011 12:13P
Wall Street Journal Exposes Federal Overcriminalization
Citing a Department of Justice spokeswoman, the article reports that the total number of federal crimes is so large that it cannot be quantified. But it is not just the raw numbers: The worst problem with a large percentage of these criminal laws is
Updated: 07/29/2011 11:53A
Iveco Magirus and Metz Aerials in German cartel ruling
The Bundeskartellamt said it had referred the sales managers and CEOs involved "to the competent public prosecutor's office for examination under criminal law." In July, Iveco Magirus Brandschutztechnik said its managing director, Mr Roel Nizet,
Updated: 07/29/2011 11:39A
Northern Indiana state representative leading push to make marijuana sentences
On Thursday a representative from the Drug Policy Alliance told the Indiana Legislature's Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee states that have decriminalized personal use of pot or legalized medical marijuana haven't seen an upswing in
Updated: 07/29/2011 10:39A
State revisits marijuana policy
On Thursday, the legislature's Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study committee heard numerous testimonies from policy and medical experts as to the benefits of marijuana and the negatives of complete prohibition. The hearing was streamed live on the
Updated: 07/29/2011 10:11A
Citizen arrests: Real or only-on-TV?
Regardless, Michigan criminal law allows for average citizens to make felony arrests, as well as merchant security workers. "It's real," Schneider said. "But you should be calling the police, anyway." A citizen can make an arrest when a felony is
Updated: 07/29/2011 10:09A
Malpractice found at Military Prosecutor's Office
Military prosecuting authorities completed the investigation of a number of grievous crimes, control over the improvement of the initial investigation, observation of the requirements of the criminal procedure law in the first half of 2011.
Updated: 07/29/2011 09:51A
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