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UN expert: Amend lese majeste law
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, said the government should to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code and the 2007 Computer Crimes Act, saying that the laws were too vague and harsh criminal
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:01A
Met hires 180 forensic scientists
Scotland Yard is hiring 180 scientists from the soon to be defunct Forensic Science Service to bring its scenes of crime work inhouse - raising fears amongst criminal law experts that the independence and integrity of expert prosecution evidence could
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:00A
New Pa. Law Tightens Rules for School Employees
Those crimes include criminal homicide, drug convictions, sexual assault and luring a child. Governor Tom Corbett signed the law in June - it took effect late last month. It applies to teachers, administrators, support staff, and contractors.
Updated: 10/10/2011 07:56A
OpEd: Attorney General Paula Dow on Bullying
But these “non-criminal” situations can also have consequences under the law. In New Jersey, we have the nation's oldest and most comprehensive state civil rights law – the Law Against Discrimination (LAD). The LAD deals with many types of
Updated: 10/10/2011 07:31A
Cameron to tackle forced marriage issue
In a speech on immigration later, Cameron will also announce plans to make it a criminal offence to breach orders imposed by the courts to prevent forced marriages taking place. This already happens in Scotland. Cameron will say: "Forced marriage is
Updated: 10/10/2011 07:15A
Trespassers may be prosecuted after all
The second option is to expand the existing provision under the Criminal Law Act 1977 so as to include the currently excluded commercial properties as well as non-displaced residential occupiers. This would defeat the practical limitations imposed by
Updated: 10/10/2011 06:42A
Cameron looks to target forced marriages
The Prime Minister David Cameron is looking to beef up the law against forced marriages, making them a criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In 2008, the Forced Marriage Protection Orders legislation was introduced which enabled
Updated: 10/10/2011 06:27A
Celebration this weekend for legal clinic
Since introduced in 1971 by OU law professors David Swank and Ted Roberts, the clinic has assisted thousands of clients with civil or criminal problems while providing OU law students with thousands of hours of actual legal experience prior to
Updated: 10/10/2011 06:19A
Pennsylvania tightens rules for employment in schools
HARRISBURG (AP) — A new Pennsylvania state law that overhauls criminal history disclosure rules for all public and private school employees also imposes a lifetime ban on working in a school for people who commit certain crimes. The law, signed by Gov.
Updated: 10/10/2011 06:19A
Back to square one in women's bail laws
Conceding that law was being misused by criminal elements, women's right activists are of the opinion that amendments could have been introduced to check the misuse without robbing women of all the concessions. Riffat Butt, a lawyer at National
Updated: 10/10/2011 06:14A
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