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The conclusion of the Special investigation Team appointed by the Gujarat High Court, that Ishrat Jahan and three others were killed in cold blood, has shaken people's faith in Gujarat's police machinery. No elected government can endorse a mob justice
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:17P
Sex Trafficking Victims Get Care from NYC Prosecutors
And she was able to go to the unit's "closet," a room where victims can choose from donated toiletries, clothing, shoes and bags. "We spend a lot of time establishing what she needs," said Assistant District Attorney Lauren Hersh, chief of the office's
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:08P
Trafficking victims get care from NY prosecutors
AP NEW YORK (AP) - The Brooklyn district attorney's office sex trafficking unit offers social services, clothing and help for victims. Prosecutors this week announced arrests in two separate cases of trafficking.
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:54P
Jesse Kline on polygamy: State shouldn't interfere in consensual adult
On Wednesday, the BC Supreme Court released its judgment in a reference case on Section 293 of the Criminal Code, upholding Canada's legal ban on polygamy. In a lengthy decision, Chief Justice Robert Bauman ruled the law does, in fact,
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:53P
Sex trafficking victims get clothing, social services from NY prosecutors
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn district attorney's office sex trafficking unit offers social services, clothing and help for victims. Prosecutors this week announced arrests in two separate cases of trafficking. One involved a 13-year-old girl
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:49P
Omar offers legal cover to protect army
"Security forces have pointed out that in all other states of the country, the army and para-military enjoys (legal) protection under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which is not applicable in J&K. We are ready to incorporate those provisions in
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:38P
The secrecy bill: A dream dies
Cambridge, MA - As an apartheid-era South African political journalist I once refused to reveal my sources after writing an expos of corrupt practices by the Minister of Agriculture. A judge threatened to jail me for 18 months in terms of section 205
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:18P
Law allows revocation of licenses for teachers who view porn at work
The law applies only to felons who have not been pardoned. "Schools and other educational agencies should be able to evaluate a potential employee on their criminal history," Walker said. Walker also signed a bill that requires all school workers,
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:11P
Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Many wives, many problems
(As McGill University family law professor Robert Leckey notes in The Globe and Mail, the chief economic difference between polygamy and divorce is “timing. Polygamy leads to multiple wives and children simultaneously. Divorce leads to multiple wives
Updated: 11/24/2011 12:40P
Alberta's tough new drunk driving law to be in place by Christmas: premier
Those caught with a blood-alcohol level over .08, and charged under the Criminal Code, will now also lose their drivers licences until the case is resolved in court. Those who are just under .08, considered the grey zone of intoxication,
Updated: 11/24/2011 12:39P
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