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Commonwealth urged to tackle homophobic laws
PERTH, October 25, 2011 (AFP) - Commonwealth countries will be urged to repeal homophobic laws at a leaders' summit this week in a bid to stamp out the deadly spread of HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. The body tasked with developing options to reform
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:55P
Rep. Gutirrez: "Alabama is fertile ground for implementing the discretion
–Congressman Luis Gutirrez (D-IL) called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt deportations of immigrants without criminal records who have been detained under Alabama law HB 56 while the courts consider the Department of Justice's suit
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:38P
Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary?
and poor litigants, who might be unrepresented in criminal matters like hearings because they could not afford a lawyer and because of dwindling state legal aid, would be better off. At the same time, if corporations — and not just law firms,
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:36P
Law enforcement accepts Mexican ID
Sackett said law enforcement officers are encouraged to write citations for minor offenses such as traffic violations “so we can keep spots in jail available for the prisoners.” By accepting the consular cards as a valid form of identification,
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:23P
US Agencies Infiltrating Drug Cartels Across Mexico
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, via Associated Press As the United States has opened new law enforcement and intelligence outposts across Mexico in recent years, Washington's networks of informants have grown there as well, current and former
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:06P
U.S. infiltrating criminal groups across Mexico
WASHINGTON -- US law enforcement agencies have significantly built up networks of Mexican informants that have allowed them to secretly infiltrate some of that country's most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations,
Updated: 10/24/2011 09:42P
US Infiltrating Criminal Groups Across Mexico
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, via Associated Press As the United States has opened new law enforcement and intelligence outposts across Mexico in recent years, Washington's networks of informants have grown there as well, current and former
Updated: 10/24/2011 09:36P
Attorney General of BC Arbitrarily Stays Torture Charges Against Bush
Lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) responded to the Attorney General's intervention in the case and order that the proceedings be stayed: Matt Eisenbrandt, legal director of
Updated: 10/24/2011 09:34P
A short history of Canadian firearms law
1969 - Criminal Law Amendment Act passed by Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau. - It becomes illegal to provide firearms to those of "unsound mind" or criminals. - Firearms classification system introduced: Non-restricted, restricted and prohibited
Updated: 10/24/2011 09:34P
“Alarming questions about the rule of law in Kansas” re: disappearance of PP
“Intentional destruction of evidence is a serious charge, and if Planned Parenthood has been complicit in this criminal act, it should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” The Kansas Planned Parenthood case could jeopardize $350 million in
Updated: 10/24/2011 09:31P
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