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Do you agree with the BC polygamy ruling?
(Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) The BC Supreme Court has upheld the Criminal Code section prohibiting polygamy, preserving Canada's century-old ban on polygamous marriage. Justice Robert Bauman ruled the law banning polygamy is constitutional.
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:39P
DoJ asks high court to call Gloria Arroyo doctors
Doctors Mario Ver, Juliet Gopez-Cervantes and Roberto Mirasol, all resident physicians of St. Luke's Medical Center, were asked to attend the 2 pm oral arguments. De Lima also asked the high court to issue a subpoena directing the doctors to submit
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:37P
Canada's polygamy laws upheld by BC Supreme Court
In a 335-page decision released on Wednesday, Chief Justice Robert Bauman ruled in favour of the section of the Criminal Code outlawing polygamous unions. But he suggested the law shouldn't be used to criminalize minors who find themselves married into
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:37P
Malaysian mock tribunal finds Bush, Blair guilty of 'crimes against peace'
In its ruling, the judges called the Iraq invasion an 'international crime.' “It cannot be justified under any reasonable interpretation of international law. It violates the outer limits of laws regulating the use of force. It amounts to mass murder.
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:34P
Canada Polygamy Ban Upheld, BC Court Rules
VANCOUVER - The harms that polygamy inflicts on women and children outweigh any claims to religious freedom, a BC judge said Wednesday in a landmark case that is almost certainly destined for the Supreme Court of Canada. Chief Justice Robert Bauman of
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:33P
Hate crime charges filed in Amish beard cutting
Authorities raided the compound of a breakaway Amish group on Wednesday and arrested seven men on federal hate crime charges in hair-cutting attacks against Amish men and women. Among those arrested were the group's leader, Samuel Mullet Sr.,
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:31P
BC Supreme Court upholds Canada's ban on polygamy
In his 335-page ruling, Chief Justice Robert Bauman says he finds Section 293 of the Criminal Code banning polygamy "carefully tailored so that rights are impaired no more than necessary." He says having found a reasonable worry that polygamy is
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:28P
Georgia Republicans prepare to change direction on crime
Last week, the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians released a report looking at the bill that has come due for doubling the state's prison population. It included a list of cost-cutting recommendations for the Legislature,
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:27P
Religious freedom doesn't protect polygamy, BC court rules in landmark case
But Chief Justice Robert Bauman of the BC Supreme Court says the law is only valid if it isn't used to prosecute child brides, and he says judges should interpret it in that way. Bauman agrees that Section 293 of the Criminal Code violates the
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:25P
Canada Polygamy Ban Upheld, B.C. Court Rules
VANCOUVER - The harms that polygamy inflicts on women and children outweigh any claims to religious freedom, a BC judge said Wednesday in a landmark case that is almost certainly destined for the Supreme Court of Canada. Chief Justice Robert Bauman of
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:25P
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