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Bikies target: Anti-gang law 'won't collar Mr Bigs'
"The criminal law already has more than sufficient powers to prosecute crime," he said. Michael Cope, president of the Queensland Council of Civil Liberties, said the UK House of Lords had severely criticised "control orders" introduced to fight
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:59A
Debra Saunders: Barack Obama, drug warrior
They are using the full force of the federal government to threaten people whose crime is renting, not breaking federal criminal law. Make that renting to businesses allowed under state law. "Although our initial efforts in the Northern District focus
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:54A
The Amy Sensor Hit and Run Case Has a Number of Interesting Parts
This may be another example of the gap in the criminal law that I've talked about in the past. Often in these types of deaths, the prosecutor only has two choices: the felony or a misdemeanor. As I pointed out before: I know that there are many
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:46A
Koutoujian to Speak at Men's Club Dinner
He has worked as an adjunct professor of criminal law, criminal procedure, and legal ethics at the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover, and taught a course on American government at Bentley University in Waltham. He is a frequent guest lecturer at
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:21A
BYT-Batkivschyna to demand parliament's dissolution if 'Tymoshenko article
The BYT-Batkivschyna faction in parliament has threatened to submit a resolution on the dissolution of the Ukrainian parliament if lawmakers refuse to pass a law on the decriminalization of the article of the Criminal Code under which former Ukrainian
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:02A
Venice Commission calls Belarusian laws repressive
The Venice Commission also regrets the amendments to the Criminal Code suppressing the freedom of association. The Belarusian legislators approved amendments, which significantly expand KGB powers allowing breaking in homes and banning foreign
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:59A
BYuT -Motherland faction demands immediate consideration in second reading
Other BYuT member Andriy Kozhemyakin warned that his faction will initiate the dissolution of the Parliament if tomorrow MPs do not adopt a law on decriminalization of economic crimes. In turn, head of the Party of Regions faction in the Parliament
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:52A
Nuisance laws key to combat drug dens
Frankford resident Shirley Handy sits inside her home on Reed Street, where she says she has seen a significant decrease in drug activity. / Amanda RiPPen White/The Daily Times FRANKFORD — Prosecutors and law enforcement on Delmarva are turning to
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:48A
PM taps Ontario judges Karakatsanis, Moldaver for Supreme Court
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has moved to fill two Supreme Court of Canada vacancies by nominating Mr. Justice Michael Moldaver, an outspoken Ontario appellate judge with vast experience in criminal law, and a former senior civil servant – Madam
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:33A
Ontario judges Karakatsanis, Moldaver get Supreme Court nod
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has moved to fill two Supreme Court of Canada vacancies by nominating Mr. Justice Michael Moldaver, an outspoken Ontario appellate judge with vast experience in criminal law, and a former senior civil servant – Madam
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:30A
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