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Prince George child tasering was legal: WVPD
2011 West Vancouver police are not recommending any criminal charges against the Mounties who tasered an 11-year-old boy in Prince George. The Prince George Mounties who tasered an 11-year-old boy last spring acted within the bounds of the law,
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:17P
Fight brews over US anti-bribery law as fines jump
The paper proposed five amendments to the FCPA, including a defense for companies that institute anti-bribery compliance programs, a new definition of a 'foreign official,' and a 'willfulness' requirement for corporate criminal liability.
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:10P
Fight brews over anti-bribery law as fines jump
The paper proposed five amendments to the FCPA, including a defense for companies that institute anti-bribery compliance programs, a new definition of a "foreign official," and a "willfulness" requirement for corporate criminal liability.
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:10P
Relief over watered-down Criminal Procedure Bill
Law Society Criminal Law convenor Jonathan Krebs says the State brings charges and has the right to arrest people and deprive them of their liberty. "Therefore the Crown must do all of the proving in any sort of criminal mater in our country," he says.
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:09P
Porter County Law and Order
Bevil lived at that address and had not been accounted for after the fire, and Coroner Chuck Harris said X-rays from Bevil's recent spinal surgery were used to confirm her identity. He expects to have the exact cause of death within two weeks,
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:01P
Anger at Coalition's plan to limit right to legal aid
Means testing at the police station is "simply unworkable", insists the Law Society. Max Hill, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, said the Government was meddling with a "fundamental right". "To contemplate some sort of qualitative testing to
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:01P
Bill McVicar: Why are we creating new laws to criminalise things that are
I would question the necessity of this legislation, which is not, as far as I can see, adding to the criminal law in any helpful way. If you have got a lot of bits and pieces of law relating to the same subject, there is always the risk that there
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:00P
Law experts react to Elisa Baker plea deal
CHARLOTTE, NC -- As soon as Channel 9 heard about the Elisa Baker plea, we started asking criminal law experts their take on who made out better. Former prosecutor turned defense lawyer Tony Scheer thought the case would go to trial.
Updated: 09/15/2011 06:38P
10 suspected target killers arrested during raids
As law enforcement agencies continued with their surgical operation to uproot criminal elements from the city on Thursday, the police, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Sindh and the Rangers arrested several people, including 10 suspected
Updated: 09/15/2011 06:13P
DeWine seeks expanded criminal authority to pursue scammers
By Sheryl Harris, The Plain Dealer Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is seeking a change in law that would allow him to subpoena phone and computer records to hunt down scammers. The attorney general's office has the authority to pursue only civil
Updated: 09/15/2011 05:59P
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