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Jimmy's Law gains traction
While the criminal case is over in the shooting death of a Yorkton gas station attendant, the fight continues to get legislation his supporters hope will spare other lives in similar situations.
Updated: 12/09/2011 02:44A
Andy Coulson sues News Group Newspapers over refusal to pay his legal fees
He said that NGN's construction of the clause was offensive to a fundamental principle of English criminal law – that a man was innocent until proven guilty. Christopher Jeans QC, for NGN, said that the clause covered the “occupational hazards of being
Updated: 12/09/2011 02:34A
Kenya: Prosecute Perpetrators of Post-Election Violence
He is now paralyzed from the waist down and suffers severe pain. Ogenche won a civil suit against the government, but the government has failed to pay the court-ordered compensation. Under international law, Kenya has an obligation to prosecute serious
Updated: 12/09/2011 02:11A
Legal experts say Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick
Bennett Gershman, a professor of criminal law at Pace Law School and a former prosecutor in Manhattan, agreed, saying such statements could prejudice any legal proceedings that might be brought against Fine. Cohen, Gershman and Jim Coleman,
Updated: 12/09/2011 02:05A
Sinking to abysmal depths
The widening rift between the executive, led by President Benigno Aquino III, and the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Renato Corona, has been hogging the headlines of all the major media networks. The first salvo was fired by
Updated: 12/09/2011 01:58A
BANGLADESH: State appears bankrupt in protecting rights
International Human Rights Day is going to be 'observed' in Bangladesh amidst numerous victims facing gross abuses of human rights without an access to legal remedies from the existing criminal justice system. On the eve of the Human Rights Day the
Updated: 12/09/2011 01:20A
Sarasota's cycle of violence
And that exposure to violence significantly increases the likelihood that that child will show up at some point in the criminal justice system or face a host of other problems." There are "opportunities to end that cycle of violence," Perrelli
Updated: 12/09/2011 01:16A
Arizona senators chime in on botched sex-crimes cases
"Victims of abuse not only deserve the respect of law enforcement, but their rights must also be protected throughout the criminal justice process," the statement said. The senators said they intend to back requests from other authorities for support
Updated: 12/09/2011 01:09A
In Lebanon, Violence Between the Sheets Is Legal
Not only does the criminal code not protect women from violence, articles 507 and 508 do not consider marital rape as a crime. In fact, Article 522 stipulates that the state will not prosecute a rapist and will nullify his conviction if the rapist
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:25A
Conditional discharge for student
A former student of Hanna JC Charyk school has been given a conditional discharge under the Youth Criminal Justice Act after an incident that occurred earlier this year at JC Charyk school. The youth was charged with assault after he was accused of
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:10A
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