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Pa. mayor, chief in battle over police records
Macungie's police chief says the mayor, a civilian with no law enforcement experience, has no business looking at sensitive investigative materials or telling officers how to do their jobs. Their dispute has landed in a state appeals court,
Updated: 10/29/2011 03:37P
Funeral for Hells Angel killed at fellow biker's burial begins
The Santa Cruz enforcer, who called himself Mr. 187, after the penal code for murder, is being buried in an invitation-only funeral. The chaotic funeral of Jeff "Jethro" Pettigrew drew close to 3000 bikers from all over the world.
Updated: 10/29/2011 03:33P
IBA Annual Conference starts in Dubai on Sunday
The IBA which will be held from 30th of October till 4th of November, will discuss different topics that includes trade and customs law, anti-trust, criminal law, arbitration and mediation, securities, insurance, intellectual property and taxation The
Updated: 10/29/2011 03:26P
Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Sues Obama Administration
A California medical marijuana advocacy group is taking the Obama administration to court in an effort to halt the Justice Department's assault on marijuana growers and dispensers, the Los Angeles Times reports. Americans for Safe Access,
Updated: 10/29/2011 03:12P
Is There A Need For The Revival Of Capital Punishment In Sri Lanka?
As Aristotle said: “Man when separated from law and justice is the worst of all animals.” The truth of the aforesaid statement was very well demonstrated in the recent brutal gruesome killing of Gaddafi and his younger son in Libya by enraged rebels.
Updated: 10/29/2011 03:10P
Court reserves judgment
Counsel for the petitioner, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, submitted a Supreme Court Judgment in the court favouring CBI probe in a criminal case which involved the police personnel. “Supreme Court Judgment in petition 1622 which has appeared in Criminal Law
Updated: 10/29/2011 03:00P
Act of heroism exposes Canada's 'arcane' and 'contradictory' self-defence laws
It also prompted the Harper government to introduce legislation to overhaul self-defence laws, but the bill died with the last Parliament. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney promised during the spring federal election the bill would be “fast-tracked,”
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:53P
China to follow new, 'acceptable' anti-terror policy
The measure should help law enforcement prosecute terrorists differently from other criminals and to promote international cooperation on terrorism, said Li Shouwei, a criminal law expert for the legislature. “Our country faces a real threat from
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:46P
China defines terrorism closer to int'l norms in bid for Xinjiang support
The measure should help law enforcement prosecute terrorists differently from other criminals and to promote international cooperation on terrorism, said Li Shouwei, a criminal law expert for the legislature. “Our country faces a real threat from
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:37P
How 'all-out justice' call came to be President Aquino's strategy
Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez is being credited for coining “all-out justice,” the phrase that President Aquino is using to put a tag on the strategy of identifying and pursuing the criminals living among Moro rebels in Mindanao.
Updated: 10/29/2011 01:52P
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