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Bill proposes strict punishment on gas theft adopted
The petroleum levy bill was approved as proposed by Minster for Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. The two reports over the money bills were adopted and referred to the National Assembly. Meanwhile, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr. Asim
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:47A
Judge William Adams won't face charges in videotaped beating
McALLEN, Texas - A Texas family law judge whose daughter secretly videotaped him savagely beating her seven years ago won't face criminal charges because too much time has elapsed, police said Thursday. Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:42A
Judge who beat daughter won't be charged
THE FAMILY LAW judge whose daughter secretly filmed him beating her seven years ago will not face criminal charges. Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams likely would have been charged with causing injury to a child or other assault-related
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:41A
Nana Oye Lithur: Gays Have Rights & Must Be Respected
She said Ghana's laws and Criminal Code are silent on homosexuality. In his recent response to British Premier David Cameron's aid cut threat to anti-gay countries, President Mills said decisively that he will never legalise homosexuality.
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:39A
Omahan named county judge
Nelson, 47, has practiced law for 20 years in Nebraska and heads his own firm, Nelson Law in Omaha. In 2009, Nelson was awarded an alumni achievement award from the University of Nebraska at Omaha School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:25A
MF Global CEO resigns, FBI investigates
This money was supposed to be held in accounts segregated from the firm's own accounts, safe from a firm bankruptcy. The company claims that the money is tied up by other trading partners, who froze MF Global's assets last week.
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:17A
Police: No charge for judge in beating video
But he said that in general, the agency would only investigate a case in which a suspected abuse victim has already reached adulthood if there are still children in the home who could be at risk. Adams was granted joint custody of his 10-year-old
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:14A
State Bar opposing castle doctrine
Attorney Ray Dall'Osto of the bar's criminal law section says there's no need for it, because state law already protects people in those situations. In fact, he says nobody has ever been charged for killing someone who breaks into their house in the
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:07A
New Chance for Justice in Alabama
The prosecution's case against Spradley was alarmingly thin and riddled with inconsistencies, and in ordering a new trial the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals found that much of it was "improperly admitted." The appeals courts' decision to order a new
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:04A
Court Remands Two Robbery Suspects
The charge sheet stated that the suspect conspired with others currently at-large to commit felony to wit; armed robbery, contrary and punishable under section 516 of the state criminal law. The suspects were said to have armed themselves with guns and
Updated: 11/04/2011 09:01A
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