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Follow US lead on elder abuse
As a former criminal prosecutor in the US, I suggest that the task force examine two aspects of California law that have proved to be particularly helpful in protecting the elderly: a comprehensive nursing facility Residents' Bill of Rights,
Updated: 12/01/2011 05:24P
Lawyers plead case for legal aid funds
A lack of representation means a lack of justice for not only the person represented but the whole system.” Lakshman sees challenges during the days of action coming from bail hearings on criminal matters, which have to happen within 24 hours of arrest
Updated: 12/01/2011 05:11P
Justice system in turmoil
The criminal justice sector has been thrown into turmoil by the Supreme Court of Appeal's ruling that President Jacob Zuma's appointment of advocate Menzi Simelane as national director of public prosecutions was invalid. The ruling, on an application
Updated: 12/01/2011 05:05P
Tories reject consideration of mental illness in major new crime bill
OTTAWA - The Conservative government is refusing to consider any exceptions for Canadians suffering from mental illness in its massive new crime bill. Among the dozens of opposition amendments proposed on the legislation was a line that would allow
Updated: 12/01/2011 05:04P
Pull the trigger on justice
The true villains are the district attorneys — there have been several over the decades — who are meant to carry out criminal proceedings against people who break the law. The Coroner's Inquest, for all that it isn't, is also not a finding to which the
Updated: 12/01/2011 05:04P
No word on mental illness in new crime bill
OTTAWA - The Conservative government is refusing to consider any exceptions for Canadians suffering from mental illness in its massive new crime bill. Among the dozens of opposition amendments proposed on the legislation was a line that would allow
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:59P
Punitive laws blocking Uganda's successful HIV/Aids responses
The Ugandan Penal Code still maintains extreme provisions that criminalise acts of a sexual nature against the order of nature like homosexuality. The law also makes prostitution an offence and defines the behaviour in a sweepingly broad manner that
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:49P
Homeschool Families Face Criminal Charges
New truancy enforcement laws have sparked criminal charges against several homeschool families in Nebraska. A Dawson County Sheriff's deputy actually threatened to remove one family's children unless they enrolled them in public school.
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:40P
Saudi Arabia's 'draconian' anti-terror law will be used to silence dissent
Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, has no written criminal code, which is instead based on an uncodified form of sharia law as interpreted by the country's judges. Calling on Saudi authorities to immediately release all prisoners of conscience,
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:32P
Court finds portion of BC's new drinking and driving law to be unconstitutional
Relying on a search power derived from the criminal law that allows for a breath demand on suspicion but does not meaningfully allow the driver to challenge the suspension after the fact is not, in the entire context, reasonable.
Updated: 12/01/2011 04:32P
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