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Soft sentencing makes Victoria's law an ass
EVEN a convicted drug dealer thinks our justice system is too soft. While it's a joke that Carl Williams' criminal father, George, thinks the 32-year-sentence handed down last week to his gangster son's killer, Matthew Johnson, was too lenient,
Updated: 12/10/2011 06:58A
Nigeria to open first Paralegal College
Paralegal studies is a social sciences discipline that is designed for students interested in the study of the State and its elements, Law, Legal Practice, Legal Research and Jurisprudence, Legal Philosophy, Criminal Justice, Governance,
Updated: 12/10/2011 06:23A
Protest staged over law on lese majeste in Thailand
(THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - About 100 opponents of the lese majeste law donned black clothes and held a vigil in front of the Criminal Court on Friday to demand the abolition of the law and freedom for prisoners of conscience,
Updated: 12/10/2011 06:19A
Clasis continues hiring spree; hires litigation Partner in Mumbai
Sagar will handle the general litigation practice of the firm with special focus on Securities Law and Criminal Law Litigation. Sagar is a graduate of Government Law College Mumbai. Before joining Trilegal, he was working with Wadia Ghandy & Co.
Updated: 12/10/2011 05:24A
Equal access eludes Canadians
The geographic patterns contained in Health Canada's data show that people from British Columbia are far more likely to have a marijuana authorization - about 33 people out of every 100000, compared with five per 100000 in Manitoba.
Updated: 12/10/2011 05:20A
Child crime ordinance would add parents to equation
Police and council members will discuss the proposed law with residents and neighborhood associations, but no meetings have yet been set, she said. Juvenile crime rates in Iowa have followed a national decline. Juvenile complaints statewide declined by
Updated: 12/10/2011 05:06A
Romney's record on judicial and legal appointments
However, he was complicit in this alliance with feminist and sexual-radical attorneys: Romney's appointee to the chairmanship of the Judicial Nominating Commission, Boston lawyer Christopher D. Moore, has reached out to minority and women's bar
Updated: 12/10/2011 04:03A
Zimbabwe: Amnesty Calls for Release of 'Prisoners of Conscience'
The three are also being charged under the terms of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for "participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breaches of the peace or bigotry." The MMPZ members appeared in Gwanda
Updated: 12/10/2011 03:49A
Unequal treatment
Before someone repeats the serial cereal about the alleged pressures the banks were under by the government to loan money, it's my understanding that the Community Reinvestment Act is only linked to ~20% of the foreclosures, and the CRA also had fairly
Updated: 12/10/2011 02:57A
Nigeria: Fraud Allegation - Okereke-Onyuike Gets Respite
The trial judge, Justice Christopher Balogun had on October 29, 2011 raised the issue on whether the defendants could argue their preliminary objection without their physical presence in court. Delivering his ruling, Justice Balogun held that the
Updated: 12/10/2011 02:32A
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