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Insite supporter reveals personal brush with addiction
Julio Montaner, renowned around the world for his efforts in combatting AIDS, said he had great difficulty weaning himself from pain-killing narcotics, after breaking a number of ribs this summer when a car collided with his bike.
Updated: 09/29/2011 10:35P
Oakwood Students To Protest New Immigration Law
Opponents of Alabama's new immigration are mobilizing for more protests in the wake of Wednesday's court ruling upholding most of the statute. One potential march involves a group of local college students. Students at Oakwood University say they will
Updated: 09/29/2011 10:35P
CYF Masking Effects of Smacking Law on Families
In addition, we know of cases where children are not being returned to parents even when the police have found no basis for criminal charges or when parents have been acquitted in court," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.
Updated: 09/29/2011 10:30P
Front-runners for Supreme Court of Canada posts
Madam Justice Karen Weiler, 66: Fluently bilingual and active in many legal and judicial organizations, she has logged 12 years as a trial judge and 19 years on the Court of Appeal. Well qualified but low profile. Mr. Justice David Watt,
Updated: 09/29/2011 10:20P
Masaschusetts: Senate President supports “Secure Communities Program”
Murray says there is a problem, and cites a round-up effort by US Immigration and Customs enforcement to remove criminal aliens and immigration law violators. The 7 day nation wide sting this week that netted 62 people here in Massachusetts: 1 in
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:58P
Talks are tame in Ottawa
to the Criminal Code. "We're fighting for regulation. We want to be governed. We want to be under rules," Mark Hominick, a featherweight fighter from Thamesford, Ont., said amidst a buzz of MPs and Hill staffers. Current federal law says anyone who
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:09P
FBI seeks to expand definition of rape
Critics have maintained that the current definition is archaic, too narrow, and leaves crimes uncounted in police statistics, resulting in fewer resources for victims and law enforcement. A subcommittee of the Criminal Justice Information Service of
Updated: 09/29/2011 08:48P
Hudud issue just won't go away
For PAS, a theocratic party, the imposition of hudud law is the ultimate goal that it has been trying to implement since its founding in 1951. After it came to power in Kelantan, PAS proceeded to enact the Syariah Criminal Law Enactment (II) 1993
Updated: 09/29/2011 08:27P
Governor signs 5 bills related to sex offenders
SB622 also will require the state Department of Justice to review out-of-state offenders' entire criminal records not just their last crime to determine if they must register as sex offenders. Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, said her bill will help
Updated: 09/29/2011 08:16P
Ombud to probe 'spy' report in Ellah case
of criminal charges against Santos and her British boyfriend, Ian Charles Griffiths. Pique said a member of PNP Task Force Ellah Joy told him that Santos eluded arrest in an operation in Bohol because she was probably tipped off by a law enforcer.
Updated: 09/29/2011 08:02P
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