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State starts online domestic incident databank
New York's Criminal Procedure Law requires police to make domestic incident reports on a standard form and include victim or witness statements and whether an arrest was made. It requires keeping the reports for at least four years.
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:28A
Scottish Parliament Stage 3 Debate - Offensive Behaviour at Football and
That is no way to make criminal law. Amendments 8 and 9 would, at the very least, require the Government to carry out some form of consultation before using its new powers. That is no substitute for genuine democracy, but it seems to be the best that
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:21A
Nigeria: In Lagos, Bigamy Is No Longer a Crime
Ipaye did not however say under what law such marriage would be dissolved since bigamy, technically, no longer exists and there is no prescription for remedy. "Yes, bigamy was expunged from the amended criminal code. It was necessitated by the need to
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:20A
ICC's new prosecutor on Arab conflicts, how Islam plays a role in guiding her
She replied, “Absolutely not. These are crimes against humanity, as you know. Everyone is entitled to a fair trial and if it's the law that decides that this is how it should be executed, then that is the law.” On whether Nobel laureate Tawwakul Karman
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:19A
Anti-abortion protester takes legal fight to high court
While her lawyers made technical arguments about the scope of a law that saw her violation of a 17-year-old civil injunction turn into criminal proceedings, she told reporters the courts have targeted her because of her views on abortion.
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:16A
Databank helps identify NY stalkers
The reports, formerly relegated to each agency's files, now are scanned with additional information input manually for the databank maintained by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services. New York set up the system with a federal grant but
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:14A
Thailand: Da Torpedo gets 15 years for insulting monarchy
The Criminal Court on Thursday found Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul guilty of violating Thailand's lese majeste law, which mandates a jail term of three to 15 years for anyone who “defames, insults, or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent,
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:12A
Thai activist jailed for insulting royals
The Criminal Court found Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul guilty of violating Thailand's lese majeste law, which mandates a jail term of three to 15 years for anyone who "defames, insults, or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent, or the Regent".
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:07A
Kyrgyzstan: Who's Gonna Rescue the Victims of “Ethnic Tortures”?
A review of cases conducted by the Association of “Human rights in the Central Asia” has shown that many of the tortured victims have been convicted pursuant to the following articles of the Kyrgyzstan's Criminal Code: Article 97, entitled 'Murder”
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:04A
Victims of Crime (Code of Practice) Bill introduced
Conservative MP Priti Patel has introduced a bill to make provision for a code of practice to be observed by all those working in the criminal justice system setting out the rights of victims of crime and their families; and for connected purposes.
Updated: 12/15/2011 03:03A
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