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'No clemency' for Tymoshenko under presidential bill
Presidential aide Andriy Portnov said Article 365 of the Criminal Code on abuse of office "will not be decriminalized" under the proposed amendments. The proposal, which is subject to parliamentary approval, is aimed at "improving the investment
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:44A
Interview with a criminologist
Also required are knowledge, information and innovation to identify and disseminate best practice for adoption by all law enforcement agencies and across the criminal justice system, providing a coordinated national response, that begins with the
Updated: 10/04/2011 02:03A
Supreme Court starts term likely to include health care overhaul
The case of Cory Maples, convicted 15 years ago in the shooting deaths of two men, presents the question: "How much poor representation can one criminal defendant receive" before it violates the Constitution? said University of Maryland law professor
Updated: 10/04/2011 02:00A
ASA is helping to protect the future of
Protecting people from criminal penalties or discrimination is an ethical imperative and a cornerstone of ASA's vision for a workable medical cannabis access model. I know all this because I was a plaintiff in ASA's successful lawsuit against the
Updated: 10/04/2011 01:51A
Career Criminal Busted Again for Drugs
Since 2009, the Bay County Sheriff's Office has busted him six times for methamphetamines and other drugs, and Monday's incident made it twice in Washington County. Deputies said they arrested Mason and his girlfriend, Christina Dean, 35 years old,
Updated: 10/04/2011 01:46A
ICC investigates Ivory Coast post-election violence
Judges from the International Criminal Court have taken the first steps towards prosecuting the people responsible for the worst violence in Ivory Coast in the months following last year's November elections. Human rights investigators claim more than
Updated: 10/04/2011 01:13A
Law and order
LOUIS > Nine taken to hospitals after school bus crash — Three children and six adults were taken to hospitals with minor injuries after a St. Louis school bus and a car collided Monday afternoon. The bus and a Pontiac Grand Prix crashed at 2:33 pm at
Updated: 10/04/2011 01:05A
State Patrol opens criminal probe into lieutenant's overtime pay
(October 3, 2011, by Dawgfan83) Read more And law enforcement officers wonder why we are losing confidence in the criminal... (October 3, 2011, by IntellectualHonesty) Read more The State Patrol has opened a criminal investigation into overtime pay
Updated: 10/04/2011 12:56A
Opinion: Josef Mengele incident shows the need for U de M to act
MONTREAL - On Friday, The Gazette reported a troubling frosh-related incident at the Universit de Montral: at the law faculty's back-to-school festivities, a young man dressed up to portray Josef Mengele, the Nazi war criminal.
Updated: 10/04/2011 12:34A
Koch brothers flouted law with secret Iran sales
"Corporate cultures reflect the priorities of the corporation and its senior officials." Koch Industries declined to make either Charles Koch, who lives near corporate headquarters in Wichita, or David Koch, who lives in New York, available for
Updated: 10/04/2011 12:13A
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