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Canada Gang Violence: Marijuana Legalization Would Curb Violence And Create
VANCOUVER - A new coalition of high-profile health, academic and justice experts is mounting a campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana in British Columbia, arguing the policy change would reduce gang violence and convert criminal profits into new
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:52P
Global NGO Coalition Calls on NTC to Ratify ICC Rome Statute
New York- Libya's interim leaders should move quickly to ratify key international human rights and humanitarian law treaties, in particular the Rome Statute, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today.
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:24P
Group of experts says legalizing and regulating pot would cut gang violence
"The time has come for all politicians – municipal, provincial and federal – to say whether they agree with public opinion," said Dr. Evan Wood of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS in the news release. The federal ministry of justice, however,
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:23P
Uruguay passes bill eliminating prescription of crimes against humanity
“With the approval of this new law, Uruguay's Congress has taken an historical step forward in the fight against impunity for past crimes,” said Guadalupe Marengo, Deputy Director of Americas Program at Amnesty International. The 1986 Ley de Caducidad
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:22P
We need private law schools, says NBA President
It was also suggested that the Penal Code and the Criminal Code be harmonised for a uniform criminal procedure; and that vacancies for judges be advertised so that the best candidates are selected, rather than the present practice of appointment.
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:22P
Boko Haram suspects' trial begins Nov. 18
The alleged offences are contrary to and punishable under Sections, 97 and 248(1) of the Penal Code Law, and section 15 (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Establishment Act 2004. According to the charge, the accused allegedly,
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:22P
Cop-killer files one more appeal
This photo provided Oct. 25, 2011, by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Frank Garcia. Garcia is set for lethal injection Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, for death of police Sgt. Hector Garza more than a decade ago during a
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:15P
Combating Illicit Trade and Converging Threats
We are honored to have Pierre Lapaque, Chief, Implementation Support Section, Organized Crime Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Dr. John Picarell, National Institute of Justice, US Department of
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:10P
Apps Aim to Keep Trick-or-Treating Safe
New York's Division of Criminal Justice Services has introduced a sex offender data base in the form of an app you can reach through Facebook. Risa Sugarman, the Director of the Office of Sex Offender Management said they picked this time of year to
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:05P
Tougher sentencing will put pressure on prisons
The jail population in England and Wales could soar towards 95000 within six years, Whitehall officials forecast yesterday as the Coalition signalled a toughening in its approach to criminal justice policy. In a defeat for Kenneth Clarke's liberal
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:01P
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