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LEAD: Arrests made outside UN in Beijing on Human Rights Day Eds: Adds
A focus of criticism of China's human rights record has recently been on plans to revise China's criminal law to allow secret detentions of suspects for up to six months. The proposed changes are aimed especially at charges of subverting state power,
Updated: 12/10/2011 10:01A
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He now wants to be a drug addictions counsellor. “The court, the people . . . really showed me people do care. You don't have to do this alone,” he said. Drug treatment court is aimed mainly at offenders who commit minor crimes, such as thefts,
Updated: 12/10/2011 09:32A
Yes, Equality for All!
This one caught my eye today, from Amanda Platell of the Daily Mail online: “There are only a few thousand transgenders in the UK. In contrast, there are more than 1.5 million vulnerable people with learning difficulties like Mr Askew (a 64-year-old
Updated: 12/10/2011 09:27A
Sulak Sivaraksa leads push for Lese Mageste law changes - Bangkok
Respected social activist, and lecturer Sulak Sivaraksa was the featured speaker at a rally pushing for reform to Thailand's article 112 of the criminal code, the Lese Mageste law, considered one of the harshest in the world. 10th December 2011 A rally
Updated: 12/10/2011 08:56A
Blind justice
The Report of the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reforms for Georgians, released last month, outlines the strategy. Not gut instinct. Not left-leaning, bleeding-heart, inside-every-criminal-there's-a-good-kid-crying-out-for-help theories.
Updated: 12/10/2011 08:47A
Medical marijuana timeline
By Postmedia News, Postmedia News December 10, 2011 1990s: The seriously ill and dying begin fighting for a legal exemption to the criminal law, demanding the right to obtain medicinal pain relief though marijuana without fear of prosecution.
Updated: 12/10/2011 08:23A
Angel Brown
“Law is my passion.” The Dalton native has been involved with the program for the last year. She originally planned on attending law school, and the internship was a perfect fit after taking several criminal justice classes at Shorter.
Updated: 12/10/2011 08:07A
Shorter student has passion for law
“Law is my passion.” The Dalton native has been involved with the program for the last year. She originally planned on attending law school, and the internship was a perfect fit after taking several criminal justice classes at Shorter.
Updated: 12/10/2011 08:07A
The law's untold story
One of the disadvantages of the focus on sentencing in public debate is that not enough attention is paid to the core work of the criminal justice system, which is the investigation and prosecution of serious crime, and the conduct of fair trials.
Updated: 12/10/2011 08:06A
Protest staged over law on lese-majeste
About 100 opponents of the lese-majeste law donned black clothes and held a vigil in front of the Criminal Court yesterday to demand the abolition of the law and freedom for prisoners of conscience, including 61-year-old Amphon Tangnoppakul,
Updated: 12/10/2011 07:16A
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