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Beating Megan's Law: How violent sex offenders can legally live in towns
Megan's Law requires that law enforcement officials and the public be notified when a convicted sex offender, deemed to have an elevated risk of committing another sex crime, lives in a community. Tier 3 offenders are considered to have the highest
Updated: 01/08/2012 07:11A
Plan of action implementing pro-women laws urged
The criminal justice system, which is gradually improving will provide protection to women from negative customs and traditions besides ensuring secure environment for them." Aqsa said that such legislations create deterrence against crimes,
Updated: 01/08/2012 06:53A
Stopping child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges
For many of the therapists and attorneys who deal with them, these juvenile offenders pose a profoundly complicated challenge for the child-protection and criminal justice systems. It's a diverse group that defies stereotypes, encompassing a minority
Updated: 01/08/2012 06:20A
Disabled man jailed without trial freed
Psychiatrists assessed him in 2003 as being mentally unfit to stand trial and he was detained under the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act. Mr Noble was released from Greenough Regional Prison on Sunday and told reporters he wanted to get
Updated: 01/08/2012 06:18A
Police set eyes on bill for independent probe rights
He added police are seeking to remove the first and third clauses of Article 196 of the Criminal Law. The first obliges police officers to follow instructions from prosecutors in all criminal investigations, while the third states how officers are
Updated: 01/08/2012 04:52A
Justice for Nobel after 10 years behind bars
Psychiatrists assessed him in 2003 as being mentally unfit to stand trial and he was detained under the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act. Mr Noble was released from Greenough Regional Prison wearing his favourite boots on Sunday and told
Updated: 01/08/2012 04:48A
Hiding in the shadows of Megan's Law
Megan's Law requires that law enforcement officials and the public be notified when a convicted sex offender, deemed to have an elevated risk of committing another sex crime, lives in a community. Tier 3 offenders are considered to have the highest
Updated: 01/08/2012 04:14A
Hiding in the shadows of Megan's Law
Megan's Law requires that law enforcement officials and the public be notified when a convicted sex offender, deemed to have an elevated risk of committing another sex crime, lives in a community. Tier 3 offenders are considered to have the highest
Updated: 01/08/2012 04:14A
Sex offenders' register to be published imminently
This is aimed at strengthening the legal framework for the protection of minors against sex crimes as well as other serious crimes such as the sale of drugs. The law has been approved through all stages of Parliament and will come into effect in the
Updated: 01/08/2012 04:06A
Sex offenders' register to be published imminently
This is aimed at strengthening the legal framework for the protection of minors against sex crimes as well as other serious crimes such as the sale of drugs. The law has been approved through all stages of Parliament and will come into effect in the
Updated: 01/08/2012 04:06A
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