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Women-specific bills passed: Fourteen-year jail term for acid-throwers
The Senate unanimously passed two historical bills upholding the rights of women, The Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill 2010 and The Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Bill 2008, on Monday — indicating the changing
Updated: 12/12/2011 07:04P
Colleges don't always check employees' criminal records or discipline those
An audit could be the only way to know how many staff at Penn State or any other Pennsylvania college or university have criminal records. No law requires colleges to report professors who are criminally charged or convicted.
Updated: 12/12/2011 06:59P
Senate passes two bills for protection of women's rights
According to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2011, a new chapter of 'Offences Against Women' has been inserted into the Pakistan Penal Code. As per Section 498A inserted into the Code, whoever by deceitful or illegal means deprives any woman
Updated: 12/12/2011 06:52P
Construction banned in sector G-14-1, 2&3
Under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Quratul Ain has prohibited construction of Katcha/Pucca houses/transportation/loading/unloading of construction material within the limits of sub-sectors G-14/1,2 and 3
Updated: 12/12/2011 06:44P
No Plea Talks
But even with the allowance of hearsay testimony, the Pennsylvania law requires direct evidence of the crime, evidence that can come only from victims or eyewitnesses. If prosecutors offer no evidence on one of the essential aspects of the crime
Updated: 12/12/2011 06:39P
Senate passes two pro-women laws
The Senate on Monday unanimously passed two legislation's to protect women from growing incidents of acid throwing and prevailing practices and customs in the country by making amendments in Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedures
Updated: 12/12/2011 06:22P
JCOPE Commissioners Announced
Andrew Cuomo in the Attorney General's office and served on the Commission on Public Integrity up until today, will join JCOPE on January 5, 2012–one year after she left Cuomo's employ. It doesn't look like this list will make New York Public Interest
Updated: 12/12/2011 06:14P
Supreme Court to review tough Arizona immigration law
In October, the federal appeals court in Atlanta blocked parts of the Alabama law that forced public schools to check the immigration status of students and allowed police to file criminal charges against people who were unable to prove their
Updated: 12/12/2011 06:11P
The FBI, Sandusky, and How We Think About Rape
On Tuesday December 6, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Advisory Policy Board voted in favor of changing its rape definition, which currently dates back from 1929. The old definition covered only female victims and archaically
Updated: 12/12/2011 05:54P
Solitary Confinement in the Middle of New York City
One important law in that regard is the prohibition on politically partisan activity. Given our nonprofit status, we may not endorse or oppose candidates for elective office. That means we cannot host comments on our site that show a preference for one
Updated: 12/12/2011 05:51P
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