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Baddour says bill to toughen laws
Proponents of shrinking the school zones argue that the law disproportionately penalizes nonviolent criminals in urban areas who are not targeting children and may not be aware they are near a school. "We're still in conversations educating members as
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:43A
Special jobs session does nothing for Wisconsin jobs
The special jobs session is drawing to a close, and it is clear the Republicans are more interested in protecting their own jobs than creating any for Wisconsin. In the last month, a session that was supposed to be aimed with “laser beam
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:23A
J&K: Court raps cops for kids' arrest
In practice, J&K authorities treat boys above the age of 16 as adults and detain them without trial under the PSA and ordinary criminal law, holding them in regular prisons along with adult prisoners. Cops arrest kids.
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:10A
ICC still looking for Qadhafi son's surrender
The International Criminal Court has “received questions from individuals linked to Seif Al Islam about the legal conditions attaching to his potential surrender,” chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the UN Security Council.
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:02A
Marilyn Avila: Consensus builds to prevent crime, save money
This does not equate to being tough on crime. On the contrary, our system in some ways actually fosters more crime. Research shows that the adult criminal justice system fails both to punish children meaningfully and give them the sturdy structure they
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:02A
Lords debate Big Society
As the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, said, magistrates' courts deal with well over 90 per cent of all criminal cases, as well as a wide range of civil matters. I will confine my remarks to their role in administering the criminal law.
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:58A
ICC to investigate all allegations of crimes in Libya
It is (also) up to the Security Council and Member States to ensure that they face justice for the crimes for which they are charged," he said. US Ambassador Susan Rice told the Council that Gaddafi engaged in countless barbaric acts, "but this does
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:41A
Full Story
It is undemocratic and detrimental for leaders to think more about themselves as individuals or about their small families, clans or tribes and do not think at all about the people they are representing. Humanism means proper regard and compassion for
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:40A
N.H. high court upholds law on sexual predators
CONCORD (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of the state's sexual predator law, sustaining a verdict that forced a child rapist to spend an additional five years behind bars to get treatment.
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:35A
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Third Reading
They had campaigned vigorously for changes in dangerous driving legislation and increases in penalties, but when they came to me there was unfinished business with a gap in legislation. That led to my tabling an amendment in 2006 to try to plug that
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:30A
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