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A Md. lawmaker, amid budget cuts and tax debates, is tackling fantasy football
House Bill 7's title: “AN ACT concerning Criminal Law – Betting, Wagering, and Gambling – Fantasy Competition.” Ladies and gentleman of Maryland, we are now legislating fantasy football. Full disclosure: I am a trash-talking, hard-core fantasy football
Updated: 01/10/2012 10:45A
Waging War against Iran is a Criminal Act, in Violation of International Law
by Prof. Francis A. Boyle / Global Research.Ca Article 2 (3) of the United Nations Charter requires the pacific settlement of the international dispute between the United States and Iran. To the same effect is article 33 and the entirety of Chapter VI
Updated: 01/10/2012 10:34A
Yemen: Saleh Gets Away With Murder…He Gets Immunity
Every individual who commits a crime is accountable and should not be allowed to escape justice.” If you asking for immunity over & over, that means you're a criminal who wants to get away with his crimes. #Saleh #Yemen It is those martyrs who
Updated: 01/10/2012 10:29A
BC on hunt for new special prosecutor
"I have been informed by the assistant deputy attorney-general for the criminal justice branch that Richard Peck, QC, no longer desires to continue on in his role as a special prosecutor for the province with regard to possible criminal offences that
Updated: 01/10/2012 10:26A
It's safer to insult Russians now, unless they're officials
however, has doubled from a maximum six months of community service to as much as one year, RIA Novosti says. The new law, which took effect Jan. 1, is billed by President Dmitry Medvdev's team as a bid toward liberalization of the criminal code,
Updated: 01/10/2012 10:04A
Criminal Bullying: Army Soldier's Suicide Leads To Homicide Prosecution.
Such charges in these circumstances raise interesting questions of culpability and criminal causation. Generally, the law will hold a defendant criminally accountable for homicide only when the defendant's actions are the proximate cause of the
Updated: 01/10/2012 09:53A
Malaysia: Anwar case shows why sodomy law must be scrapped
In the case of Toonen v Australia, the UN Human Rights Commission in 1994 found that laws punishing same-sex sexual behaviour infringe on the right to privacy. Malaysia's criminal sodomy law, Section 377, was drawn from the Indian Penal Code of 1860
Updated: 01/10/2012 09:44A
Should we let it be?
"In his private capacity, an SC Justice violates criminal laws. It is only when he performs his judicial functions as a Justice – eg when he individually concurs to a collegial decision – will he be susceptible of committing an unconstitutional act and
Updated: 01/10/2012 09:30A
Swiss bank unfazed in face of any US legal action
(Reuters) - Wegelin & Co, one of Switzerland's oldest banks, on Monday played down any threat by US authorities to take legal action that could lead to charges that the bank enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes. In a statement emailed to Reuters,
Updated: 01/10/2012 08:43A
UBS AG : Swiss bank unfazed in face of any US legal action
In 2009, UBS paid $780 million to settle Justice Department criminal charges that it helped thousands of US clients hide $20 billion. UBS later turned over 4450 American client names, on top of an initial 255 at the time of the settlement.
Updated: 01/10/2012 08:41A
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