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Controversial bill deferred after opposition protest
The controversial Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill that seeks to hold a suspect in custody for 48 hours instead of the 24 hours under the normal law without being produced before a magistrate was deferred in parliament yesterday after the main
Updated: 09/08/2011 09:30P
Sports car seizures 'a deep reversal of important rights'
BC's law on civil forfeiture has been tested in the Supreme Court of Canada, Vonn says, but that case only asked whether it's appropriate for the province to make seizures when criminal law is a federal matter. But she says that if the BCCLA sees a
Updated: 09/08/2011 07:21P
10 years, 10 lessons: What we should learn from post-9/11 era
Respect of human rights and the rule of law. The EU has challenged the “Global War on Terror,” a paradigm of the previous US administration. Terrorists have to be investigated, prosecuted and convicted according to the normal rules of criminal law.
Updated: 09/08/2011 06:55P
Serb justice workers stage peaceful protest in north Mitrovica
Serb justice workers staged a peaceful protest early Thursday in north Kosovska Mitrovica, and cautioned that EULEX is going beyond the status-neutrality by enforcing the criminal law of the so-called Kosovo republic and Kosovo stamps.
Updated: 09/08/2011 06:33P
Guyana hailed for not criminalising HIV transmission
Guyana's decision not to criminalise the transmission of HIV has been hailed as a “mature and measured decision” by the UN groups working on AIDS in the country. A motion on the Criminal Responsibility of HIV Infected Individuals had been brought to
Updated: 09/08/2011 05:40P
American sentenced for stalking 'Law & Order' star
By AP NEW YORK: A man convicted of stalking “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” actress Kathryn Erbe has been sentenced in New York to five years' probation and ordered to pay $42000 in restitution. Charles Nagel was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn.
Updated: 09/08/2011 05:28P
Man gets 5 years' probation for stalking 'Law & Order' actress Kathryn Erbe
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - The man convicted of stalking "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" actress Kathryn Erbe has been sentenced to five years' probation. He must also pay the actress $42000 in restitution. Charles Nagel was sentenced Wednesday in federal
Updated: 09/08/2011 04:46P
Central Illinois 9/11 Events
From 1982 to 2000, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State, where he taught courses in criminal law and procedure, rules of evidence, and constitutional law. He received his bachelor's degree in
Updated: 09/08/2011 04:43P
Uproar over CPSPA forces early adjournment of Parliament
In this regard, regulations under the Criminal Procedures Code (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill were presented in Parliament. The Bill was made a law in 2007 as a temporary provision for two years on the grounds that police need more than 24-hours
Updated: 09/08/2011 04:33P
Law & Order Star's Stalker Claims He Was Raped In Jail, Gets Probation
Charles Nagel, Law & Order: Criminal Intent's Kathryn Erbe's #1 superfan/creepy stalker, was given five years probation after claiming he was raped in jail. Nagel, who you might recall for that time he showed up to "visit" Erbe on set with his
Updated: 09/08/2011 04:32P
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