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Congress tries again to get military sexual assault laws right
But unlike their last ill-fated effort, when lawmakers trumpeted their revisions to the military's criminal code, this rewrite is flying below the political radar. Discreetly folded into the middle of a 1844-page defense bill, the new changes have
Updated: 12/13/2011 05:04P
Law and Order: Legacies Brings Lennie Briscoe Back from the Dead
It wouldn't be a Law and Order "dream team" without Lennie Briscoe, the silver-haired detective that carried the television show from 1992 to 2004, so Telltale, given free reign to pull from the entire history of the long-running television crime
Updated: 12/13/2011 04:45P
Organised crime threatens local sport, police warn
The Commonwealth Government is currently investigating introducing legislation to deal with cheating in sport. "In the past, it has been very difficult to fit some corrupt behaviour in sport in to criminal law offences," Mr Ashton said.
Updated: 12/13/2011 04:30P
Fatou Bensouda new ICC Chief Prosecutor
The Assembly of States Parties has formally elected Fatou Bensouda as the International Criminal Court's new Chief Prosecutor. Bensouda's was the only name put to the 120 member states in the election at the UN headquarters and the fact that an African
Updated: 12/13/2011 04:21P
Affidavit details grand theft charges against Bujak, accused of stealing
Because of a conflict of interest for the Canyon prosecutor's office, the Bujak prosecution will be handled by Thompson and Stephen Bywater , who recently retired as chief of the Idaho Attorney General's Criminal Law Division.
Updated: 12/13/2011 04:11P
Hamilton Police take part in nationwide crime ring raids
Police say more than 20 different law enforcement organizations were trying to bring down an organized crime ring involved in drugs, guns, prostitution and other crimes. The investigation began in response to violent activity in northwest Toronto
Updated: 12/13/2011 04:09P
Wiilentz Shareholder Eric Marcy Presented at NBI Seminar
Prior to joining Wilentz, Marcy served the State of New Jersey as a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General (1982-1985). He is a member (1986-present)
Updated: 12/13/2011 04:00P
Fatou Bensouda's election as ICC's new Prosecutor welcome - DIRCO
The South African delegation to the annual meeting of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court, led by Mr. Andries Nel, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on behalf of South Africa welcomed the election
Updated: 12/13/2011 03:56P
Bangkok Post : The curious case of mobile identity
This was deemed in violation of computer law as well as Section 112 of the Criminal Code, which covers lese majeste{aac}, a crime punishable by a prison term of 3-15 years. The court regarded each SMS as one count and prescribed five years each.
Updated: 12/13/2011 03:47P
Utah teen may face criminal charges in abortion beating case
Assistant Attorney General Chris Ballard told the high court the Legislature never intended for "punching a pregnant woman in the stomach" to be a procedure for obtaining an abortion when it drafted a law that exempts women from criminal prosecution
Updated: 12/13/2011 03:44P
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