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BC Supreme Court to rule on Canada's polygamy law
Those favouring striking down the law included the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, polyamorists and civil libertarians, who argued that Section 293 of the Criminal Code is overly broad, criminalizing consenting adults whose
Updated: 11/23/2011 11:06A
KPD citizens' academy: Laws of arrest, accident investigation and officer safety
Heading into week three we learned about accident investigation, speed formulas, and how officer's make up a diagram following an accident report. During week four we went to Truman State University and learned about the Department of Public Safety on
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:52A
Jindal enhances state's child abuse reporting laws
Nicholls employees have been and will be expected to report all crimes to law enforcement, Howell said. "If I find somebody that stole a computer, I don't tell my boss and not tell campus security," Howell said. "It relates to everything,
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:44A
Anti-trafficking bill becomes Massachusetts law
The bill as passed adds human trafficking crimes to the criminal statute and provides services to trafficking victims in Massachusetts. "Strengthening state law is one important step in a larger mission," Driscoll said. The teachings and traditions of
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:39A
Government Reintroduces the Citizen's Arrest and Self- Defence Act
"I do not believe law-abiding Canadians should be the target of the criminal justice system," said Lauzon. "I will be supporting this legislation and I am happy to see our Government continue to protect the rights of victims over the rights of
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:28A
North-South Focus Turns To Criminal Gangs
"The law enforcement agencies represented at the Seminar all face a common challenge in tackling criminal gangs. In building strategic partnerships to target cross border organised criminality we are strengthening our responses and working better to
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:25A
Is retrial for violent sexual offender a dangerous precedent?
Many criminal law experts across Quebec are shaking their heads over last week's decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal decision to order the retrial of a man sentenced to 23 years in jail, for a series of violent sexual assaults, due to his lawyer's
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:24A
ICC's Luis Moreno-Ocampo visits over Gaddafi son
The ICC team is to discuss whether he will be tried at The Hague or in Libya - the justice minister has reportedly said he will not be handed over.The visit comes as a new cabinet is expected to be announced, three months after Col Gaddafi was
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:18A
Thai man gets 20 years in prison for offensive text against queen
The court found Amphon Tangnoppaku guilty on four counts under lese majeste and computer crime laws, sentencing him to five years imprisonment for each charge, to be served consecutively. Lese majeste is the crime of insulting a monarch, and Thailand's
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:16A
BC court to rule on polygamy law; appeal almost certain
expect will be a trip to the country's highest court. Allegations of abuse and child brides in Bountiful dominated a trial that ended in April, with the federal and provincial governments arguing polygamy is always harmful and must be outlawed.
Updated: 11/23/2011 10:12A
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