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1787 people pardoned before anniversary of independence - official
During the preparations of the Criminal Code in 1999, this document included a number of new legal institutions, developed on the basis of criminal law theory. However, the experience of the past years showed that sometimes the proposals that seem
Updated: 10/19/2011 12:00A
Women's rights: Voting on bill deferred mid-debate
Interestingly, the objections were raised when Muttahida Qaumi Movement MNA SA Iqbal Qadri was reading out the last of the amendments and the house had already discussed and passed four clauses of the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law
Updated: 10/18/2011 11:45P
Shumlin nominates Robinson to high Court
She said she worked in family and employment law and other civil matters. Her experience in criminal law is limited, she acknowledged, but noted that she worked when first out of law school doing white-collar criminal defense work for a firm in
Updated: 10/18/2011 10:55P
LexisNexis® Announces Strategic Relationship with iyeTek to Launch LexisNexis
iyeTek has created products to handle information in Law Enforcement and criminal justice sector. We invent, develop and deploy the most advanced information technologies in Public Safety market — Electronic Citation System, Electronic Crash Reporting
Updated: 10/18/2011 10:04P
Latinos Said to Bear Weight of a Deportation Program
“The Secure Communities protocol too often is arrest first and investigate later, and that is not what the Constitution dictates,” said Peter L. Markowitz, a professor of immigration law at the Cardozo law school and an author of the report.
Updated: 10/18/2011 10:03P
No more jail time for expired license plates, DC Council says
“This may be the only place in the nation where you can get arrested for a traffic infraction,” said John B. Townsend II of AAA. Another recent routine traffic stop on Rock Creek Parkway raises more questions about enforcement of DC laws.
Updated: 10/18/2011 09:39P
NA bill makes oil and gas theft a crime
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2011 making oil and gas theft a non-bail able offence with maximum jail term of 14 years and fine of Rs 10 million for damaging main oil and gas pipelines
Updated: 10/18/2011 09:26P
'Sister Wives' Star: Bigamy Criminal Probe Is Ruining Our Lives
Brown and fam just filed new court docs in Salt Lake City to support their lawsuit against Utah, which challenges the state's bigamy law ... claiming it's simply unconstitutional. In the docs, Brown rails against a police investigation into the family
Updated: 10/18/2011 09:07P
Attorney General Cuccinelli speaks to Norfolk students
What kind of crime can send a teen to adult prison? What consequences come with a criminal record? Name one law that applies to boys but not girls. “Pay your child support!” shouted one teen, which got a laugh out of Ken Cuccinelli.
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:52P
NA passes bill to increase sentences for gas, oil theft
Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khursheed Shah moved the bill titled: 'The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011'. The bill was passed by the National Assembly with the amendment of PML-N lawmaker Zahid Hamid. Hamid's amendment deals with correcting the
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:34P
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