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Law toughened on metal thefts
POLITICIANS across York and Selby have backed a new bill to toughen the law on the increasing number of metal thefts. A Metal Theft Prevention Bill will be introduced in the House of Commons today, calling for a
Updated: 11/15/2011 04:28A
No justification for indemnifying the guilty
He did make nine other recommendations, including that government continue to indemnify - cover the legal costs - of employees charged with a criminal offence in the course of their employment and/or duties at work. "Indemnification in criminal cases
Updated: 11/15/2011 03:56A
DOJ: Lying on Match.com needs to be a crime
The law must allow "prosecutions based upon a violation of terms of service or similar contractual agreement with an employer or provider," Richard Downing, the Justice Department's deputy computer crime chief, will tell the US Congress tomorrow.
Updated: 11/15/2011 03:04A
Cincinnati Immigration Lawyer Enjoys 11 Years of Practice
Bartell has helped thousands of people worldwide since he chose to practice immigration law, criminal defense and deportation cases. He handles a variety of cases for a non-citizen population that would otherwise be underserved and misrepresented,
Updated: 11/15/2011 03:01A
Salva Kiir and the tale of two arrested journalists
It is there in the Criminal Law of South Sudan enacted in 2008," the President told a news conference at his office. "If you have not gone through this thing, just go through them and see whether it is those who ordered for the arrest of these young
Updated: 11/15/2011 02:59A
Sexual abuse laws can help victims
A fatal fire in the neighborhood leads people to change the battery on the smoke detector and stop putting off the plan for escape routes. In the same way, the abuse at Penn State will lead more parents to have some awkward talks with their children
Updated: 11/15/2011 02:30A
Armenian Parliament discusses bills on lustration
The Armenian fraction "Heritage" has initiated talks on bills on lustration, amendments on regulaytion of the parliament, amendments to the laws on prosecution, the police, the Criminal Code and the National Security Information, Armenia Today reports.
Updated: 11/15/2011 01:50A
Opinion: No justification for indemnifying the guilty
He did make nine other recommendations, including that government continue to indemnify — cover the legal costs — of employees charged with a criminal offence in the course of their employment and/or duties at work. “Indemnification in criminal cases
Updated: 11/15/2011 01:50A
How Canada can be a champion of international justice
Errol Mendes is professor of Law at the University of Ottawa and was a visiting lawyer at the ICC in 2009. His latest book is titled Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court. Jayne Stoyles is the executive director of the Canadian Centre
Updated: 11/15/2011 01:23A
Senator gets earful from local officials regarding criminal justice
Dorsey Ridley got an earful Monday morning while attending a meeting of the county's top officials dealing with criminal justice. Ridley spent an hour with more than a dozen people such as Circuit Judge Karen Wilson, District Judges Rob Wiederstein and
Updated: 11/15/2011 01:13A