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Law shouldn't punish woman who acted bravely
Please tell me, what is your opinion as to how to start putting an end to the social oppression from criminal and fear from the law to protect ourselves? I am fed up enough to help initiate some form of awareness and a program to address this plaque on
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:50A
At Penn Law, pro-bono work a rite of passage
When she worked with the Prisoners' Education and Advocacy Project — Penn Law's central organization for criminal justice-related pro-bono work — Nair said she was “amazed that legal education [could] do so much to help someone.
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:48A
Nigeria: 'There's No Criminal Justice for Women' - Mrs Effa-Chukwuma
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to embark on '16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence' from November 25th through December 10th , in this interview, Mrs.Chukwuma laments the weakness of the Nigerian criminal justice system, attributing it to
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:41A
Double Standards Under British Law
Since 9/11, the British Government and its authorities have been especially sensitive to the "Muslim community," or, to put it more accurately, to the demands of particular Muslim men. Mrs. Blair may have let Miah go free because of his "religion;" but
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:35A
George Tyndale: Who cares about murderers?
THE do-gooders are at it again, calling for an overhaul of the criminal justice system to let killers get away with murder. They want to bring an end to mandatory life sentences for murder, arguing it makes no sense for a person convicted of a mercy
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:29A
Kremlin - Amendments to the law on extradition of foreign citizens for
The law aims at ensuring the implementation of the Russian Federation's international agreements on extradition for criminal prosecution of foreign citizens and stateless persons without personal identity documents, whose extradition to a foreign
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:22A
In Greece, hate crime trial begins
Since 2008, Greek criminal law has included a provision that makes racist motivation an aggravating circumstance in attacks, and judges have the discretion to impose the maximum penalty allowed for a crime when racist motivation is proven.
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:18A
Royal Disapproval: Thailand's Lesee Majeste Laws
However Gordon is only the latest in a long line of victims of Thailand's lese majeste laws which make it a crime to “expose the King to any sort of accusation or action”. Article 112 of the Thai Criminal Code states that “whoever defames,
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:11A
Baumgartner's pension under attack by legislators
NASHVILLE — Two state legislators say former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner exploited a loophole in state law to collect a $58800 annual pension and they want to close it. Sen. Randy McNally and Rep.
Updated: 12/12/2011 04:00A
High court could look at state immigration laws
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is waging a furious legal fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants, and on Monday the Supreme Court has its first chance to jump into
Updated: 12/12/2011 02:16A
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