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Man charged after stepson, 10, kills teen
Under Canadian law, children under 12 cannot be charged with criminal acts, the CBC noted. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Chris Faulkner said the 10-year-old boy was showing his stepfather's shotgun to Michael Voth, 17, of Fernie, June 16 when it
Updated: 10/04/2011 08:31P
Federal law will get you even if you watch out
If you think I am kidding when I explain that tens of thousands of criminal laws are out there waiting to grab you, listen to John Baker Jr. "Congress has made every American potentially indictable for a federal crime," the law professor said to me as
Updated: 10/04/2011 08:25P
Cloud over criminal convictions
The association's chairman, Greg Lyon SC, has told ABC Local Radio that it is a breach of one of the most fundamental tenets of the criminal law. "If this is widespread practice, the so-called affidavits that are going before the courts in relation to
Updated: 10/04/2011 08:24P
Goodson supporters start up coalition in Pittsylvania County
About three dozen local law enforcement and criminal justice professionals have formed a coalition in support of Pittsylvania County sheriff candidate Gary Goodson. The coalition, Law Enforcement for Goodson, was announced Saturday in Chatham and
Updated: 10/04/2011 08:08P
Football and the law
A British landlady has won the latest victory in her bid to use a Greek decoder card to screen Premier League matches after The European Court of Justice held that national legislation which prohibits the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards is
Updated: 10/04/2011 08:02P
Study: Not all offenses in parole alignment are nonviolent
"These crimes include a variety of offenses that would strike many civilians as far from trivial," Public Policy Institute of California researcher Dean Misczynski wrote in a recent analysis of the new law. A list of 500 criminal code sections to be
Updated: 10/04/2011 07:58P
IT solution providers look for electronic waste management opportunities
Another fact that many IT solution providers might not know: If your company is in the business of building custom systems in a state with an e-waste law, it is responsible for ensuring that the customer has a way of disposing of it responsibly,
Updated: 10/04/2011 07:56P
New buzz about Illinois eavesdropping law
But Judge Frankland said the law had two constitutional flaws. The due process problem was that it did not have an adequate criminal intent element. Completely innocent actions by citizens seeking to record audio in public places could be prosecuted
Updated: 10/04/2011 07:41P
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Updated: 10/04/2011 07:37P
Prison realignment: New CA law broadly defines "low-level" offenses
"Then you go back to vehicular manslaughter: Was it a crime in which there was an unfortunate incident with a DUI? The person made a one-time mistake?" Pazin said. "Does that mean we incarcerate that person forever?" Pazin and others also argue that
Updated: 10/04/2011 07:29P
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