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22, 2010 - A reference case to determine the constitutionality of Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which outlaws polygamy, begins before Chief Justice Robert Bauman of the BC Supreme Court. June 3, 2011 - Judge Campbell Miller rules that
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:26P
Canada: Anti-Polygamy Law Is Valid, Chief Justice Rules
The chief justice of British Columbia's highest court, Robert Bauman, said in an individual ruling that banning the practice only minimally impairs the religious rights of fundamentalist polygamous Mormons. Bauman accepted evidence that polygamy leads
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:24P
Heartfield: We don't need a polygamy law
BC Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman decided Wednesday that Canada's polygamy law is constitutional but flawed. OTTAWA — Every time a woman gives birth in Canada, she has a one-in-15000 chance of dying. Should women be allowed to choose how
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:14P
Indiana trying to combat sex trafficking for Super Bowl
The preliminary bill would make it easier to punish traffickers harshly, by reclassifying trafficking as a Class A felony, the highest category under Indiana criminal law. Under the proposal, a person convicted of selling a child for purposes of
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:04P
Amendment in penal code recommended
Justice Majida Rizwi presided over the meeting. The participants had an in depth discussion on the definitions and punishments mentioned in the draft amendment. The amendment was formulated with an intension to make the definition of domestic violence
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:01P
Conduct code set up for litigation funders
Funds that invest in litigation in exchange for a cut of any pay-out will subscribe to a code of conduct in the UK for the first time in an attempt to regulate an industry whose activity was once criminal.
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:00P
Second pre-teen in near-fatal shopping cart push could receive light sentence
Fool her twice, shame on the criminal justice system. The judge, who announced last week that she may give probation to a teen perpetrator in a potentially deadly pre-Halloween prank, doubled down on her mistake today in New York County Family Court,
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:46P
FBI arrests 7 Amish on hate crimes charges
Authorities raided the group's compound in eastern Ohio on Wednesday morning and arrested seven men, including group leader Sam Mullet and three of his sons. Several members of the group carried out the attacks in September and October by forcefully
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:40P
Parliament may take legal action against tear gas-spraying lawmaker
Under local criminal law, a person can be sentenced to three years in prison or be fined up to 7 million won (US$6081) if he disrupts the National Assembly chamber or nearby areas in an attempt to block parliamentary deliberation.
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:39P
Cross-border Crime Focus As Drugs Recovered
Drugs have been recovered in an international cross-border operation that has again highlighted the fight against organised crime across Ireland, North and South. It has been revealed that a joint police operation thwarted an attempt to smuggle a £2m
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:37P
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