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The Indians without laws
At the same time, a host of laws guarantee rights to heterosexual couples -- from marriage to adoption, inheritance, will, insurance and immigration, but leave out queer couples. It is this legal landscape that activists and lawyers are looking to
Updated: 10/24/2011 02:57A
FBI - 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment Issued
The FBI, along with its federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, strives to disrupt and prevent their criminal activities and seek justice for innocent victims of their crimes,” said Assistant Director Kevin Perkins, FBI Criminal
Updated: 10/24/2011 02:32A
Prosecutors told: Comment on 5 policemen's motion
A Quezon City judge has ordered graft prosecutors to comment within 15 days on the motion filed by five police officers who seek the dismissal of their two criminal cases for alleged illegal detention of the sister-in-law and four house helpers of
Updated: 10/24/2011 02:05A
Serbia - Government adopts report on implementation of EU integration programme
The Serbian Parliament adopted five laws included in the NPI – the Energy Law, the Law on amendments to the Law on air traffic, the Civil Procedure Law, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Law on restitution of confiscated property and indemnification.
Updated: 10/24/2011 01:52A
Bahrain plans clamp on 'fabricated news'
Fabricated news which threatens national security, public order, public health and incites violence could soon be deemed a criminal offence in Bahrain according to new amendments to articles of the penal law. The Cabinet, chaired by HRH Prime Minister
Updated: 10/24/2011 01:30A
Ethiopia: Kangaroo Justice for Two Swedish Journalists
So says the Ethiopian Constitution under Art. 20 (3): “During proceedings accused persons have the right to be presumed innocent.” So says the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) under Art. 11: “Everyone charged with a penal offence has the
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:51A
No to 'kill and you'll be killed' bill
Adopt it and the state will not just bankrupt the criminal justice system, but make justice less fair and more susceptible to error. It would not surprise us should the current House of Representatives adopt what would likely be the most sweeping death
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:28A
Missing Vulnerable Adult program begins
When a person with Alzheimer's disease or other mental illness is reported missing, local law enforcement may file a "Vulnerable Adult" alert with the Department of Criminal Justice services. This will allow a message to be sent out to local media and
Updated: 10/23/2011 11:50P
State will conduct criminal investigation of Trumbull County Children Services
In a letter dated October 19th from Prosecutor Dennis Watkins to the Supervisor of BCI, Watkins says that an independent law enforcement investigation is necessary to determine whether any child endangerment or other violation of the law could be
Updated: 10/23/2011 11:36P
Behind 'April's law': Racine woman pushes tougher sentences for state's child
RACINE — For years, Lika Saliscente, of Racine had heard about children sexually abused and perpetrators getting off the hook with short sentences. Saliscente, 42, a home-care aid for Society's Assets, also personally experienced some abuse when she
Updated: 10/23/2011 10:51P
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