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LulzSec Hacker Davis Released on Bail
Conspiracy with others to carry out a Distributed Denial of Service Attack on the Web site of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency contrary to S1 Criminal Law Act 1977. Conspiracy to commit offences of section 3 Computer Misuse Act 1990,
Updated: 08/01/2011 11:37A
UK police name, charge suspected LulzSec hacker Topiary
Conspiracy between the defendant and others to commit offences of section 3 Computer Misuse Act 1990 contrary to S1 Criminal Law Act 1977. Naked Security points out that the Serious Organized Crime Agency is in fact the UK's division for investigating
Updated: 08/01/2011 10:28A
VOA is Not VOZ! - By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Voice of America's Horn of Africa service will not be shying away from reporting on Ethiopian politics… VOA will provide an array of voices and opinions to allow Ethiopians to make their own decisions about what to believe and who to trust.
Updated: 08/01/2011 10:14A
Alleged LulzSec hacker 'Topiary' named, charged with cybercrimes
the Serious Crime Act, and the Criminal Law Act. Earlier today, police charged Davis with conspiring to carry out a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the Serious Organised Crime Agency, a British law-enforcement organization similar to
Updated: 08/01/2011 10:14A
Change the law when the people are ready for it
Most of the people who appeared before Indiana's Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee last week spoke in favor of legalizing marijuana in the state, or at least greatly reducing the criminal penalties on the possession of small amounts.
Updated: 08/01/2011 09:54A
Vague Anti-stalking Law Threatens Protected Speech Online
In this case, the government has presented the novel and dangerous theory that the use of a public communication service like Twitter to criticize a well-known individual can result in criminal liability based on the personal sensibilities of the
Updated: 08/01/2011 09:07A
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Bachelorette, The Bachelorette: After The
Cynthia Nixon is so good in this, playing a fictional version of Julie Taymor directing a fictional version of Spiderman – in this case a musical called Icarus. The case itself is kind of obvious, but Nixon is sooooo good.
Updated: 08/01/2011 09:02A
Deport-only immigration solutions are no solution at all
Few things can make a law-abiding citizen angrier than reading about a violent crime committed by an illegal immigrant. Regardless of where you stand in the illegal immigration debate, there's no justification for allowing serious lawbreakers to remain
Updated: 08/01/2011 08:37A
ICC Searching for Female Lawyers
For a lawyer to be admitted, he or she must have at least ten years of experience in criminal proceedings, competent in English or French and well versed with the International Criminal Law (ICL), among others. During Aluoch's two day working visit,
Updated: 08/01/2011 08:22A
SCC judge's retirement leaves gaping hole in criminal law
Some lawyers might be surprised to learn that the modest 60-year-old judge is the court's unrivalled leader in criminal law — which comprised 34 per cent of the appeals heard by the judges last year. But the numbers tell the tale.
Updated: 08/01/2011 08:04A
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