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Lawmakers mull civil commitment for sexual violence
Under the bill Daw presented to the Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee, judges would be able to commit someone whose mental illness creates a serious risk of "harmful sexual conduct" — rape, molestation, sexual battery
Updated: 09/24/2011 10:22P
Law And Order: Protecting New Zealanders From Crime
Just a couple of months ago, the Global Commission on Drug Policy pronounced the international War on Drugs a failure and recommended that governments should explore legalising marijuana and other controlled substances. The Global Commission's members,
Updated: 09/24/2011 10:07P
The debate on hudud, once again
The criminal law should only regulate the actions of man that actually injure others and forms of punishment should not include the chopping off of hands and the stoning of women. We should be cautious of introducing something that can alter us in a
Updated: 09/24/2011 10:06P
Brash: Law And Order: Protecting New Zealanders From Crime
In that respect I have to say, after long and painstaking reflection, I have come to have serious questions about our current marijuana laws. Since 1927, it's been a criminal offence to possess, use, produce or sell cannabis in New Zealand.
Updated: 09/24/2011 09:20P
Speech: Protecting NZers from crime - Dr Don Brash
Just a couple of months ago, the Global Commission on Drug Policy pronounced the international War on Drugs a failure and recommended that governments should explore legalising marijuana and other controlled substances. The Global Commission's members,
Updated: 09/24/2011 09:20P
LEAs told to step up action against extortionists, land mafia
It was also decided that the law and order meeting shall be held every week. The AIG Police Karachi conveyed the appreciation of business community particularly the small traders on deployment of FC on the check posts of law enforcement agencies in
Updated: 09/24/2011 08:31P
System 'lets down stalking victims'
Tens of thousands of victims are being let down by a criminal justice system which fails to recognise stalkers, campaigners have said. Only offenders whose behaviour escalates to violence are handed substantial jail terms, leaving victims suffering
Updated: 09/24/2011 07:30P
Criminal Law bill awaits Senate's approval
Successive media reports had suggested that all the hard work by women legislators to ensure the protection of women's rights had been ruined as the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act of 2011 had lapsed, as was the case with an earlier bill called the
Updated: 09/24/2011 06:38P
Disclosure In Our Criminal Trial Process
Indeed, it is time we moved from the aged old strategy of springing a surprise in a criminal trial to an era in conformity with international standards of fairness and efficiency in the administration of justice. As the courts have reiterated,
Updated: 09/24/2011 06:09P
Not mere nitpicking on parliamentary process
Further, it is a basic principle of criminal law that the interrogating authority and the custodial authority should be separate. This is reflected in the ordinary law which states that throughout the period of remand, the suspect should be in the
Updated: 09/24/2011 05:02P
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