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New Trailer for "Sherlock Holmes" Sequel
There is a new criminal mastermind at large - Professor Moriarty (Harris) - and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:58P
Law enforcement urged to improve for cultural development
Zhou demanded a tougher fight against online criminal activities. He said that procuratorial, judicial and public security authorities must be loyal to the CPC, the nation, the people and the laws, always put people in the first place, and be just and
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:56P
China urges improved law enforcement to promote cultural industry development
Zhou demanded a tougher fight against online criminal activities. He said that procuratorial, judicial and public security authorities must be loyal to the CPC, the nation, the people and the laws, always put people in the first place, and be just and
Updated: 10/19/2011 08:53P
Mexican Rights Panel Challenges Law Targeting Rumors
The new Veracruz measure “is contrary to the rights of legality, juridical security, precise application of the criminal law and freedom of expression” that are enshrined in Mexico's constitution and in applicable international treaties,
Updated: 10/19/2011 08:49P
Undo the Stolen Valor Act to protect free speech
Politicians have long denounced journalists, political opponents and whistle-blowers as liars, but they could now enact laws that would define some statements as criminal lies subject to arrest. Lying about military service is a common fib heard in
Updated: 10/19/2011 08:22P
Chinese law reform may be a double-edged sword
It says that in some circumstances, meetings between a lawyer and a detained suspect cannot be held without approval. The exceptions are when the suspected offence "involves a crime endangering state security, a crime of conducting terrorist activities
Updated: 10/19/2011 08:06P
Prostitution law change planned
This campaign has little to do with its purported aim of protecting women, and everything to do with imposing a mix of feminism and Catholic moral dogma on Ireland criminal corpus. Many sex workers oppose this campaign and have their own Turn Off the
Updated: 10/19/2011 07:35P
Call to reform mental disability sex law
She pointed out that at present the 1993 Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act makes it an offence to have sex with a person who is “mentally impaired”. There are two defences to the charge: marriage, and not knowing the person had the disability.
Updated: 10/19/2011 07:35P
Can Criminal Justice Be Quantified?
The report is called "Balanced Justice," a joint project by the Institute for Policy Integrity and the Center for the Administration of Criminal Law, and it again urges policy makers to aggressively employ economic cost-benefit analyses when evaluating
Updated: 10/19/2011 07:30P
Greece scraps 'academic asylum' laws to curb abuse
State repeals ban against police on campus after reports of criminal activity. Jack Grove reports Criminal havens? Leaked US cable talks of 'Molotov cocktailthrowing vandals' Freedom-of-speech laws that banned police from entering Greek
Updated: 10/19/2011 07:11P
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