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After anti-trafficking team shifted focus to prostitution arrests, police
Some criminal justice experts say San Francisco's recent approach of finding victims through arrests runs counter to rescue and support for victims and catching traffickers. Identifying human trafficking victims by arresting street prostitutes “just
Updated: 11/30/2011 04:00P
Chidambaram clears the air on relaxing AFSPA in J&K
The Home Minister also sought to clear the air on the ongoing debate on having uniform application of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in the country and inclusion of a particular section of the CrPC into the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) in J&K.
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:52P
Amending RPC separate issue: Chidambaram
Jammu and Kashmir has its own criminal penal code, known as the Ranbir Penal code (RPC), which is concomitantly applicable in the state along with CrPC, which is a uniform criminal procedure code across the country. Although the Home Ministry is
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:51P
2 Longtime Law Enforcement Officers Die
He graduated from Spartanburg Methodist College where he studied criminal justice. Besides his wife, Cantrell leaves two sons; Ronald Eugene Cantrell, Jr. and Joshua Heath Cantrell, of Boiling Springs; a granddaughter, Kiersten Elizabeth Cantrell of
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:46P
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Nichols Honored with the Never Forgotten Award
The award recognizes individuals who have improved the criminal justice system by going above and beyond ordinary efforts to overturn wrongful convictions and those who are dedicated to the fair execution of law, have strengthened the integrity of the
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:45P
Fisheries fines invalid
The newspaper has it on good grounds that no Fisheries Inspector in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources is an appointed so-called Peace Officer with law enforcement powers as required by the country's Criminal Procedure Act to issue fines or
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:38P
New SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 Banners Featuring Robert Downey Jr & Jude Law
There is a new criminal mastermind at large—Professor Moriarty—and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective.
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:38P
SA needs prison torture laws
A vivid look at the end of the line in the American legal system, where the rule of law gives way... Now R223.95 Cape Town - South Africa urgently needs laws that criminalise torture in its penal system if it is to prevent the type of abuses the
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:38P
Nepal: No Amnesties for Wartime Abuses
“Accountability for crimes is a precondition for improved governance, justice and the rule of law,” said Mandira Sharma, director of Advocacy Forum. “If Nepali authorities continue to collude and evade the obligation to prosecute wartime abuses,
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:34P
Sudan Justice Ministry Downplays Kenyan Court's Arrest Warrant Against Al Bashir
Khartoum - Sudan's Minister of Justice described an arrest warrant for President Al Bashir issued by a Kenyan court as “against international convention”, arguing that Kenya before it become party to the International Criminal Court ICC it is party to
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:26P
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