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Ruling fuels DUI-law dissent
Alberta Justice Minister Verlyn Olson said yesterday his government is still committed to using the Criminal Code to prosecute motorists that provide a blood-alcohol reading over .08. Some legal and hospitality industry representatives believe
Updated: 12/01/2011 01:25A
BC Drivers' Rights Violated
Victoria Police Chief says it's business and usual and his officers will still be on the roads prosecuting drunk drivers, but processing drivers under the criminal code. The judge who struck down the law wants to hear from the government before he
Updated: 12/01/2011 01:10A
Expatriate reporter made criminal from victim - seeks justice
in front of a Kuwaiti lawyer who tried to inform policemen of law and its articles. We put the issue in front of Interior Minister again since the first call provoked the anger of securitymen who persist to turn Bilal from a victim into a criminal.
Updated: 12/01/2011 01:01A
Ruling fuels impaired law dissent
Alberta Justice Minister Verlyn Olson said yesterday his government is still committed to using the Criminal Code to prosecute motorists that provide a blood-alcohol reading over .08. Some legal and hospitality industry representatives believe
Updated: 12/01/2011 12:57A
Crimes against Children unit long overdue
More efforts are to be made to publicize sex offenders who refuse to report their whereabouts, as required by law. Sadly, crimes against children are so varied and so much more common that some people realize DeWine's new unit may have its hands full.
Updated: 12/01/2011 12:51A
Law bars holding immigrants in jail
signs Intro 656, a law designed to protect immigrants with no prior criminal record from being held at Rikers Island by federal immigration authorities. He is joined by immigration advocates and Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito (fourth from l.).
Updated: 12/01/2011 12:47A
African secures ICC prosecutor's post
"The ICC prosecutor is one of the most important jobs in this new century in ending impunity for the worst crimes under international law," said William Pace of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, which brings together hundreds of civil
Updated: 12/01/2011 12:40A
African secures ICC prosecutor's post: sources
"The ICC prosecutor is one of the most important jobs in this new century in ending impunity for the worst crimes under international law," said William Pace of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, which brings together hundreds of civil
Updated: 12/01/2011 12:40A
35 new laws taking effect today in NC
The fetal protection law is among 35 mostly criminal laws approved earlier this year that will take effect today. Other new laws include one that allows authorities to seize cars followed in serious police chases and sell them after a conviction,
Updated: 12/01/2011 12:30A
Law on slaying unborn in effect
The law is named for Ethen, the unborn child of Jenna Nielsen, a Wake County woman who was eight months pregnant when she was stabbed to death on June 14, 2007. The fetal protection law is among 35, mostly criminal laws, approved earlier this year that
Updated: 12/01/2011 12:10A
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