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Obama betrays American Constitution
Terrorism is covered in criminal law and regardless of what law a person breaks in the criminal code, they are supposed to be allowed to have a trial to allow them to state their case. Innocent until proven guilty is the way the system is supposed to
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:19A
Zille targets men who don't use condoms
Premier Helen Zille is so worried about the spread of HIV and its cost to the government that she wants men who have multiple sexual partners and refuse to use condoms to be charged with attempted murder. Zille told a wellness summit hosted by the
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:16A
Unlimited Stay Granted for Skinner Execution. Will the DNA be Tested?
But the fight for testing crime scene evidence for DNA is just beginning. Earlier this year, Rick Perry signed into a law SB 122, a bill that amended Texas' post-conviction DNA evidence testing law. Now, the court must decide if that law applies to
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:06A
Free legal aid clinic available
He had been speaking with someone at l'Universit de Moncton's law school who said the Student Legal Aid Association was interested in getting more experience working with clients. The result is a criminal legal aid clinic that's a joint project
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:06A
Legal advice options exist
It's a joint project between Legal Aid New Brunswick, the YWCA and Student Legal Aid Association of the Law Faculty of l'Universit de Moncton. That clinic is being set up to deal with criminal matters, helping people before the courts who don't
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:06A
Few criminal cases target big air polluters
Just being on the list doesn't mean a company broke the law, but Burnside said criminal enforcement officials sometimes used the list as a starting point for identifying scofflaws. “I think there are things being missed because the criminal side is not
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:03A
Criminalise unsafe sex - Zille
But Aids activists slammed Zille's remarks as “careless and misleading”, warning that criminalising HIV/Aids infection went against international guidelines and would create an incentive for people not to get tested. Zille said HIV treatment alone cost
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:01A
Tough on crime? What crime?
"The only good news that we've seen in the last little while is that the crime rate is going down - and this is the time the Conservatives have chosen to dump on the house 110 pages of laws changing the Criminal Code, which will significantly increase
Updated: 11/09/2011 05:01A
Philippines offers services of foreign doctors to check on Arroyo
He said “no such law has been enacted and Ms Arroyo has not yet been charged in court, and no probable cause for any crime has even been determined against her.” A decision from the Supreme court is expected next week. The government earlier has said
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:54A
Nigeria: When Criminals 'Discharge' Robbery Suspect
In a commando-style operation on October 26, members of a robbery gang invaded the Ihima High Court in Kogi state, killed the prison warder, wounded a few other people, sprayed the car of the trial judge with bullets after which they freed and went
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:20A
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