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Concern as China mulls over anti-terror laws
The law would address the “lack of clear definitions” under the current criminal law to prosecute terrorism-related cases, which had “direct, adverse effects” on China's counterterrorism battle, said Yang Huanning, the Vice-Minister of Public Security.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:16P
Tulsa whistleblower admits forging letter, faces 2 years
The Justice Department's antitrust division opened a criminal investigation in Philadelphia, while mechanics, car dealers and consumers filed dozens of related lawsuits around the country. Burch, 53, of Tulsa, now admits he doctored a letter from
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:11P
Swiss Bank Secrecy Laws Have No Place in Globalized World: Bloomberg View
So it's a welcome sign that 11 firms may be on the verge of agreeing to pay billions of dollars in penalties and reveal the names of Americans who used Swiss bank accounts to evade US taxes, according to a Bloomberg News article yesterday.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:04P
Eight New York policemen charged in gun smuggling ring
The men were accused of exploiting their experience and credentials to take part in schemes to illegally transport guns, slot machines, cigarettes and counterfeit goods across state lines, a criminal complaint released by the US District Attorney's
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:00P
Host of Online Porn Site Pleads Guilty in Maryland
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice; Postal Inspector in Charge Daniel S. Cortez of the
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:58P
Government announces appointment of first female DPP
Prior to that appointment, in 2009, she had served as the Chief Prosecution Solicitor in that office. Her appointment follows that of Justice Susan Denham as Ireland's first female Chief Justice, and Mire Whelan as Ireland's first female
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:56P
Taner Akcam, Turkish journalist vindicated in Armenian genocide case
Its criminal code provided for up to three years in prison for anyone who violated the law because it denigrated the "Turkishness" of ancestors of those accused of carrying out the atrocities. While amendments were made to the language of Article 301
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:53P
Prolific barrister Michael Mansfield QC to speak at UCC Law Society event
Michael Mansfield QC has been described by The Times Online as “probably the biggest household name at the criminal Bar” – a sure fire role model for students wondering about a career in criminal (or civil rights) law. On Wednesday, October 26th,
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:52P
Time is right for criminal justice reform
By Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, president, American Bar Association and Janet Levine, chair, ABA Criminal Justice Section - 10/25/11 03:42 PM ET Six billion dollars. That is what the federal government spends each year on its prison population.
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:49P
Sexual Minorities Persecuted In Iran
--President Obama International observers were recently alarmed by reports that three men were hanged in the Iranian city of Ahvaz for a series of crimes that included engaging in sodomy. According to the Norway–based NGO Iran Human Rights,
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:47P
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