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Kenyans' interest in new law waning: study
in Nairobi Wednesday, Synovate's Research Manager Patrick Maina said the interest in the implementation was waning as the country focused on among other things the confirmation of charges hearings at the Hague-based International Criminal Court.
Updated: 10/06/2011 12:51A
Video Camera Surveillance Bill - Third Reading
ALL criminal law must be to protect the rights of an individual against the state, lest the individual become oppressed. That is why one does not allow Parliament to take away a person's rights lightly - which is why there are real restrictions on the
Updated: 10/06/2011 12:50A
DNA's full potential untapped
South Carolina's storehouse of criminal DNA profiles has helped crack hundreds of unsolved cases. But a law that could solve many more crimes has gone unused for years because the state can't figure out how to pay for it.
Updated: 10/06/2011 12:30A
WSJ(10/6) In Tripoli Blacklist, Fears Of Purge To Come
Only one of the 13 blacklisted professors and lecturers, criminal-law authority Faiza al Basha, has dared to show up on campus since Tripoli fell to the rebels in late August. She was promptly chased away by an angry mob of protesters.
Updated: 10/06/2011 12:17A
Japan's Ozawa Pleads Not Guilty At Start Of Criminal Trial
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Former Japanese ruling party chief Ichiro Ozawa on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges that he violated the country's political funding law at the opening of his public trial,
Updated: 10/06/2011 12:05A
Speech: Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill - Rahui Katene
This Bill was referred to the Justice and Electoral select committee last Tuesday the 27th September. Our appreciation as a House must be expressed to these ordinary New Zealanders who made considerable efforts to provide comments despite the
Updated: 10/05/2011 11:51P
Malaysia frees 125 in security law repeal
Prime Minister Najib Razak said the government was granting immediate freedom to all 125 people currently confined under the law, which has been used in the past against alleged members of criminal gangs, militant groups and illegal sports gambling
Updated: 10/05/2011 11:38P
• House backing urged for Miriam's ICC bid
MANILA, Philippines – A lawmaker on Thursday urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives to endorse the nomination of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago as a judge of the International Criminal Court. In House Resolution 1737,
Updated: 10/05/2011 11:32P
House backing urged for Miriam's ICC bid
MANILA, Philippines – A lawmaker on Thursday urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives to endorse the nomination of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago as a judge of the International Criminal Court. In House Resolution 1737,
Updated: 10/05/2011 11:32P
Short of legalizing pot, a plan to decriminalize it
Ford's bill, which is currently languishing in the Rules committee of the Illinois House of Representatives, would make the possession of one ounce of marijuana or less a petty offense like a traffic ticket instead of a violation of criminal law.
Updated: 10/05/2011 11:08P
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