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Sentence for helping mum die disappoints
Davison was a man of integrity and references, including one from the former South African Anglican archbishop the Rev Desmond Tutu, were available to the court. Tutu said the case was exceptional and tragic and wrote of Davison's contribution to DNA
Updated: 11/24/2011 12:24P
RUC Troubles killings 'caught in legal limbo'
The Historical Enquiries Team passed the files on due to European law. However, the ombudsman's office has now said domestic legislation means it cannot conduct fresh investigations into whether officers committed crimes. The Historical Enquiries Team
Updated: 11/24/2011 11:57A
International justice
That is an important place to investigate; up to 5m people have died as a result of Congo's wars. But the prosecution's choices in that region have faced criticism from Human Rights Watch (HRW), probably the most influential among a cluster of NGOs
Updated: 11/24/2011 11:20A
MPs react to BC polygamy ruling
Mathen says Chief Justice Robert Bauman's ruling is also problematic because it makes the distinction that polygamy is related to marriage, and polyamory is simply social arrangements involving intimate relationships. “The fact that the Criminal Code
Updated: 11/24/2011 11:19A
Trial of Seif al-Islam Gathafi will test Libya justice
National Transitional Council affirms Libyan judiciary has primary responsibility to try Seif al-Islam in accordance with Libyan law. THE HAGUE - Libya has told the International Criminal Court it wants to try Seif al-Islam, the captured son of ousted
Updated: 11/24/2011 11:01A
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Davison was a man of integrity and references, including one from the former South African Anglican archbishop the Rev Desmond Tutu, were available to the court. Tutu said the case was exceptional and tragic and wrote of Davison's contribution to DNA
Updated: 11/24/2011 11:01A
Lawyers don't have right to commit crimes, say jurists
to the terrorist organization, that means the innocence of client-lawyer relationships has been lost,” he said, noting that lawyers could carry notes from their clients to others under the law, as long as the content of the notes is not criminal.
Updated: 11/24/2011 10:50A
Malaysia lifts security law‚ student politics ban
He also pledged to lift a student politics ban in line with promises to expand civil liberties ahead of polls widely expected to be called within months. Najib has been scrapping or amending a range of decades-old laws criticised as oppressive and
Updated: 11/24/2011 10:30A
Court absolves alleged Dawood aide of MCOCA charge
The court, however, said there was sufficient evidence for Khalil's prosecution for criminal intimidation, extortion and threatening the businessman under the provisions of Indian Penal Code. Khalil, who was arrested by the Delhi Police in 2009 near
Updated: 11/24/2011 10:30A
Court absolves alleged Dawood aide of MCOCA charges
The court, however, said there was sufficient evidence for Khalil's prosecution for criminal intimidation, extortion and threatening the businessman under the provisions of Indian Penal Code. Khalil, who was arrested by the Delhi Police in 2009 near
Updated: 11/24/2011 10:10A
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