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Another dimension to crime
The high incidence of criminal gangs posing as law enforcers in the capital is a recurrent phenomenon. This they are doing in real style in that they carry wireless sets and handcuffs with their transport having police stickers on them.
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:13P
Polygamy ban should be upheld, rules judge in landmark decision
In his ruling, Judge Bauman noted that the Criminal Code restriction against polygamy infringes some sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including the rights to fundamental justice for children who might be caught up in a polygamy
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:09P
Bush and Blair found guilty of war crimes for Iraq attack
The seven-member Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal — which featured an American law professor as one of its chief prosecutors — has no formal enforcement power, but was modeled after a 1967 tribunal in Sweden and Denmark that found the US guilty of a
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:04P
Belleville BOE members comply with new law requiring background checks
The Belleville Board of Education is in line with a new State law mandating criminal background checks for all school board trustees, according to the New Jersey Department of Education. Five of seven Belleville trustees completed the
Updated: 11/23/2011 12:55P
20 year sentence for insult of Thai Queen puts Lese Majeste law in the spotlight
The court found Amphon Tangnoppaku guilty on four counts under the country's lese majeste and computer crime laws, sentencing him to five years imprisonment for each charge. Lese majeste is the crime of insulting a monarch, and Thailand's laws against
Updated: 11/23/2011 12:32P
Hague prosecutor views gruesome site of alleged massacre by Gadhafi forces
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 09:54 Rami Al-Shaheibi,Vanessa Gera, AP TRIPOLI, Libya - A leading international prosecutor viewed human bones and charred clothing at the alleged site of a massacre that survivors say was committed by Gadhafi loyalists as
Updated: 11/23/2011 12:25P
Symbolic Trial Finds Bush, Blair Guilty Of War Crimes
Therefore, whenever Bush or Blair appear within their shores there is an obligation on the international law to commit these international war criminals through the justice system,” Gurdial Singh Nijar, a prosecutor, told Press TV.
Updated: 11/23/2011 12:18P
Criminal Defense Attorney Megan Dailey Highlights Legalities of Selling
23, 2011 There are more than 750000 medical marijuana patients in California, representing 2 percent of the state's population. This values the medical marijuana retail market from $1.5 to $4.5 billion per year. Coupled with the present economic
Updated: 11/23/2011 12:17P
GOP National Security Debate Roundup
Newt Gingrich: “[T]he key distinction for the American people to recognize is the difference between national security requirements and criminal law requirements. I think it's desperately important that we preserve your right to be innocent until
Updated: 11/23/2011 12:07P
Bush, Blair found 'guilty' for 'crimes against peace'
Announcing the verdict, Abdul Kadir said Bush and Blair had acted with deceit, selectively manipulated international law and committed an unlawful act of aggression and an international crime by invading Iraq in 2003. The tribunal found that both the
Updated: 11/23/2011 12:04P
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