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Harsh lessons of criminal life
Some broke the law just to survive – even though over 200 crimes carried the death penalty ranging from murder to minor offences like pickpocketing and being out at night with a blackened face. Despite these harsh penalties, the criminal elements of
Updated: 09/30/2011 03:15A
Health care law looms over new Supreme Court term
Presidents of both parties have directed the State Department to ignore the law, saying it wrongly interferes with the president's powers. Just over a third of the 48 cases the court has so far agreed to hear are of interest to the business sector,
Updated: 09/30/2011 02:07A
20 months jail term for red-shirts
The Criminal Court on Friday sentenced three supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship to imprisonment and a fine for illegally having explosives in possession and violating the emergency law taking part in the UDD rally in May
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:39A
Bangkok Post : Three red-shirts get jail terms
The Criminal Court on Friday sentenced three supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship to imprisonment for illegally having explosives in their possession and violating the emergency law while taking part in the UDD rally in May
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:39A
Hackensack police officer faces criminal charges
23 for allegedly providing false information to law enforcement in an attempt to protect another city police officer, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. The incident involving Richard Sellitto, 27, and Dana Sellitto, 25, both Maywood
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:33A
Tougher laws for teenage drivers starting this weekend
Statesville Police Department Chief Tom Anderson said this new law, aimed at reducing traffic accidents and fatalities among teenagers, will apply to those 16 to 18 years of age. Anderson said officers will not have any discretion in this matter.
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:12A
China: Secret Arrest to be Justified by Law Amendment
The Chinese government is in the process of completing an amendment to its Criminal Procedure Law (CPL). The draft, released for public consultation on 30 August, 2011, has sparked an intense debate among law professors and lawyers, as it has granted
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:44A
Secret Law
Such a claim that the law is being loosely interpreted by the FISC is also corroborated by how the American Civil Liberties Union reported that “business records” seizures jumped from 21 instances in 2009 to 96 instances in 2010.
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:41A
Talks are tame as UFC lobbies 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: 09/30/2011 12:35A
New sentencing laws bring challenges to counties
Most are drug and alcohol-related crimes, involving illegal prescription opiates such as Oxycontin and Percocet, as well as heroin smuggled from Mexico. In turn, addicts seeking quick cash for drugs account for a growing number of burglaries and thefts
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:32A
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