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Chris Swindell: We've lost our way
Torture is against international criminal law. It's against our own laws, and it violates the very principles we pretend to follow. How did America get so far off base? Why do we celebrate a war criminal with a book deal when prosecutors in the Hague
Updated: 08/28/2011 11:46P
Chinese Regime Considers Legalizing Illegal Detentions
A new change to the criminal law might make the process legal. The proposed amendments to residential surveillance laws would permit police to hold suspects in undisclosed locations for up to six months in cases involving terrorism, major corruption,
Updated: 08/28/2011 11:20P
Venable | Sig Libowitz's film, The Response , to be screened as the opening
The Response, an award-winning short film written and produced by Venable associate Sig Libowitz, will be screened as the opening event for a UN special conference examining "Crimes against Humanity in the Shadow of Modern International Criminal Law.
Updated: 08/28/2011 06:42P
China May Legalize Secret Detentions
China has proposed changes in its criminal law that would effectively legalize secret detentions used to silence dissidents, in a move that has sparked alarm among rights activists. Beijing has been secretly holding dissidents in a bid to silence them
Updated: 08/28/2011 06:24P
Can a felony charge, and dui and revoked drivers, arson, violent history get
You should consider posting this question under family law or divorce. This is not a criminal law question. Finally, it's unclear what you are asking. I would recommend you draft a new question. (Rights, not rites- fyi). Legal disclaimer: My avvo
Updated: 08/28/2011 06:07P
Rights and wrong'uns
Binary morality has its place in confronting carefully targeted individuals, so long as it is clear that they will not offend against it unless they personally transgress the criminal law. After the riots, however, echoes of Dubya's menacing rhetorical
Updated: 08/28/2011 05:35P
Significant victory
Team Anna contends that no constitutional problem is involved here since the Lokpal legislation deals with substantive and procedural criminal law, which is covered by Entries 1 and 2 of the Concurrent List in the Constitution.
Updated: 08/28/2011 02:25P
Proposed legal changes a return to humane Chinese values
CHINA'S National People's Congress is considering some changes to the current Criminal Procedure Law, 15 years after the first revision in 1996. Among the proposed changes are a suspect's right to remain
Updated: 08/28/2011 02:11P
Legislature reviews rules that would bar torture testimony
The amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law aims to improve the gathering of evidence, Lang Sheng, deputy director of the legislative affairs commission of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, told lawmakers at their bimonthly
Updated: 08/28/2011 12:35P
Is China About to Take a Page from the US Extraordinary Rendition Program and
But some, like high-profile rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, are never heard from after their apparent detention. After a brief release following a previous disappearance, Gao vanished in April 2010 and he has not been heard from since.
Updated: 08/28/2011 10:46A
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