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Israel Police claims unable to enforce law on West Bank settlers
Either way, by specifying the location of the crimes as a problem, this appears to be open admission by a senior security official that the police is incapable of enforcing basic criminal law on settlers in the West Bank. And the expulsion could also
Updated: 01/06/2012 05:33A
B.C. asylum seekers treated like criminals, report says
By Tara Carman, Postmedia News January 5, 2012 Asylum seekers are not criminals and BC is flouting international law by treating them as such, according to a report prepared for the United Nations' refugee agency. Detained refugees in the Vancouver
Updated: 01/06/2012 05:14A
Bookings at Polk County Jail hit record high in 2011
Groups like the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in Polk County are working to find answers and alternatives. A drug treatment program for men at the jail was discontinued in 2011 for lack of money. The drug treatment program for women was
Updated: 01/06/2012 05:09A
Nanaimo lawyers join duty counsel boycott
By Walter Cordery, Daily News January 6, 2012 Nanaimo criminal defence lawyers, with the exception of Victor Svacek, are refusing to act as duty counsel to support the Trial Lawyers Association of BC's protest to the erosion of funding to legal aid.
Updated: 01/06/2012 05:05A
Chile invokes terror law for 'criminal' wildfire
The anti-terror law invoked by Pinera is highly controversial, as it dates back to Augusto Pinochet's 1973-90 dictatorship. "Clearly, the intentional and criminal character of provoking simultaneous and deliberate fires makes this conduct of a
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:57A
Chile invokes terror law for 'criminal' wildfire, news, StarAfrica.com
The anti-terror law invoked by Pinera is highly controversial, as it dates back to Augusto Pinochet's 1973-90 dictatorship. "Clearly, the intentional and criminal character of provoking simultaneous and deliberate fires makes this conduct of a
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:16A
Chile fire claims six firefighters
The anti-terror law invoked by Pinera is highly controversial, as it dates back to Augusto Pinochet's 1973-90 dictatorship. "Clearly, the intentional and criminal character of provoking simultaneous and deliberate fires makes this conduct of a
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:12A
ICO to 'focus' on health sector when enforcing info rights
Other areas the ICO will focus its attention on are credit and finance, criminal justice, internet and mobile services and security, the strategy said. The ICO said that it is impossible to "address all risks to the upholding of information rights
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:05A
Anti-terror laws after Chile fires
Pinera said he would invoke Chile's anti-terror law, which is highly controversial as it dates back to Augusto Pinochet's 1973-90 dictatorship, to help track down and punish the culprits. "Clearly, the intentional and criminal character of provoking
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:01A
Gov. Haslam's broad plan to lower crime focuses on prevention
Specific crimes that would have enhanced penalties would be aggravated assaults, robberies and aggravated burglaries — crimes often associated with criminal gangs. Similar laws have been passed in states like Florida, but have proved controversial.
Updated: 01/06/2012 03:58A
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