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New Legislation Shines Light on the Criminalization of HIV
State and federal law does not currently reflect the medical advances and discoveries made with regards to HIV/AIDS. Our criminal laws must be rooted in facts, not outdated myths used to target those who live with a chronic disease. Rep.
Updated: 09/23/2011 04:26P
New pot laws could overwhelm BC jails
The Conservatives' election platform promised to pass the bill within 100 sitting days of Parliament, beginning on June 6, saying the new laws will target those involved in organized crime. But BC criminal lawyer Don Skogstad says he expects larger
Updated: 09/23/2011 04:01P
DHHR Communications Chief John Law Charged With DUI
Law told the officer he drank six beers at a nearby bar. The officer asked Law to perform the standardized field sobriety tests, and according to the criminal complaint, Law showed a high probability of impairment, and he was then arrested.
Updated: 09/23/2011 03:09P
The gloves are off in Chester county DA race
Specifically, Stretton alleges that Hogan campaigned for the county's top law enforcement position while he was employed as a US attorney in Philadelphia and handled criminal cases in Chester County. "A district attorney has to comply with the law.
Updated: 09/23/2011 03:05P
ARUBA SUSPECT CRIMINAL PAST
by NATIONAL ENQUIRER STAFF Before prime suspect Giordano was arrested in conjunction with the disappearance of blonde beauty ROBYN GARDNER, he had been in trouble with the law previously. RadarOnline.com reported that in 2003, Giordano, 50,
Updated: 09/23/2011 03:04P
Convicted killer's feast tops $66 by our (unscientific) estimate
An infuriated Whitmire, D-Houston, the longtime chairman of the Senate's Criminal Justice Committee, threatened to have a law passed ending the grim tradition of a last meal for prisoners about to be executed after learning about
Updated: 09/23/2011 02:46P
Burnaby played role in FOI laws
It then limits this right in situations where access would cause harm, such as interfering with a criminal investigation or invading personal privacy. Most FOI laws create an appeals body, called an Information Commissioner, to investigate complaints
Updated: 09/23/2011 02:29P
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court defends his record
“Justice is about fair process. In the end fair process convinced my mother better than her son [that going after the generals was the right thing to do].” Later, when taking on Argentine corruption cases, he says he learnt the importance of carrying
Updated: 09/23/2011 02:25P
Family Law Supervising Judge Steinberg to Retire
She had a brief assignment at what was then known as the Criminal Courts Building, but has sat in family law for nearly her entire judicial career. She has been supervising judge of the family law departments for the past four years.
Updated: 09/23/2011 02:14P
Convicted killer's feast tops $66 by our (unscientific) estimate; state of
An infuriated Whitmire, D-Houston, the longtime chairman of the Senate's Criminal Justice Committee, threatened to have a law passed ending the grim tradition of a last meal for prisoners about to be executed after learning about Brewer's order,
Updated: 09/23/2011 02:13P
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