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Centre may decriminalise suicide attempt
"After the court sought the centre's view, the 2008 report of the Law Commission, which recommended repeal of Section 309 of IPC, was referred to states as criminal law is in the concurrent list and is administered through states too," Singh said.
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:54P
Crime and Punishment at Istanbul Film Festival
“They love them, and they kill them,” Mr. Sozuer told a roomful of reporters, film critics and legal scholars in Istanbul last week. “We hear a lot about fathers' killing their beloved daughters in the name of honor and morals, for having been
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:50P
US cop show borrows a page from Strauss-Kahn case
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is seen at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 16. A new season of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" is to open with a storyline based on the sex assault case against him. AFP - A new season of "Law and Order:
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:19P
New California Law Bans Warrantless Cellphone Searches
whether the information on the phone is relevant to the arrest or if criminal charges are ever filed.” The new law, which the California State Assembly passed unanimously, completely turns the table on police officers' access to your digital data.
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:17P
Dear Big Coal: You're Not Above The Law
Inside the fight to revoke Massey Energy's corporate charter A majority of US Supreme Court justices and some politicians like to refer to corporations as “persons.” Few actual people, though, could get away with years of lawless behavior resulting in
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:11P
Rwanda: 50 Trained in Criminal Investigations
Bugesera — Close to 50 police officers, Monday, officially started a three-month training course in criminal investigation in Bugesera District. The course will see officers acquire skills in rigorous investigative techniques and criminal law.
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:07P
Coal Company Massey Energy Thinks They're Above the Law -- Let's Prove Them Wrong
To do that takes the protection of a corporate charter and a legal and regulatory system that has succumbed to concentrated money and power. On Friday, two public interest groups asked the attorney general of Delaware to revoke the charter of Massey
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:41P
Nitro's Law Passes in Committee, Full House Vote Next
In Columbus, lawmakers in the House Criminal Justice Committee have passed House Bill 108, or Nitro's Law. Under the amendment, prosecutors will be able to use their discretion on charging kennel owners with a felony instead of misdemeanor when failing
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:23P
Dallas' John Teakell Named One of Texas' Top Criminal Defense Lawyers
21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the seventh consecutive year, noted Dallas criminal defense lawyer John Teakell has earned a spot on the Texas Super Lawyers list of the top attorneys in Texas. The founder of Dallas' The Law Office of John R. Teakell has
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:14P
Egypt's army says Mubarak-era emergency law in place till June
“We reject the decision by the military council as we see no reason for it if the criminal law is implemented,” he said. Other activists and politicians have also said Egypt's legal system can deal with violent crimes without the need to resort to
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:07P
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