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Judge finds polygamy law constitutional, but can't be used to prosecute children
He found that it is constitutionally sound, except as it applied to children between 12 and 18 who marry into polygamy or enter into a conjugal union with more than one person at the same time. Children between 12 and 18 can't be criminally charged.
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:41P
CSi: Crime Scene iPhones Yield Forensic Evidence, Confusion About Data Handling
A professor of math and computer science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, Ping Ji, says the state of the art of smartphone forensics today is "in its infancy." Evidence sometimes is hard to seize,
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:36P
Seven Amish Men Charged with Hate Crimes for Beard Cutting
Mullet's former daughter-in-law and son-in-law told investigators that Mullet exercised complete control over the group, causing physical injury to those who defy him, including forcing members to sleep for days at time in a chicken coop on his
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:35P
Hague prosecutor views site of alleged massacre by Gadhafi forces
Moreno-Ocampo says Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam will be tried in a Libyan court by Libyan judges and announced that the ICC will help Libya establish the judicial framework for the trial, which many expect to be a bellwether of the new Libyan
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:33P
CCC Criminal justice teacher wonders why ax swung
Joanie Dybach, the lone full-time criminal justice instuctor at Clatsop Community College, will be laid off starting spring term and her criminal justice program eliminated because of budget cuts. Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:58 am
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:33P
B.C. Supreme Court upholds Canada's polygamy law
Although the judge wasn't asked to grant a constitutional remedy, Bauman suggested the "substantially constitutional" law should be "read down" concerning the term "everyone" in Section 293 of the Criminal Code to exclude from potential accused persons
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:29P
Charges Against MF Global May Be 'Criminal in Nature'
By Charlie Gasparino Nov 23, 2011, 2:16 PM Author's Website Investment bankers who found the now famous co-mingled client accounts leading to the disappearance of client money when examining MF Global's books in the days before its bankruptcy chalked
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:29P
Perkett joins Peloquin Beck law firm
Perkett and the firm are in the general practice of law, including commercial law, family law, criminal law, probate and estate administration, litigation and appeals and real estate law. Perkett spent most of his childhood in Apple Valley.
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:24P
Laws against polygamy are valid, BC court rules
Chief Justice Robert Bauman of the BC Supreme Court concluded Canada's 121-year-old polygamy law is valid as long as it isn't used to prosecute child brides, and he suggests it should be interpreted that way. "This case is essentially about harm.
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:16P
Alabama's racism
Because in Alabama, our colleague says, "All that's missing is the star." Photo: Protestors march outside the Alabama Capitol during a demonstration against Alabama's immigration law, in Montgomery, Nov. 15. (Dave Martin/AP) fearfreeala520x303.
Updated: 11/23/2011 02:15P
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