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New law will send women to jail needlessly, peers warn
Thousands of women will be sent to jail needlessly if new criminal justice legislation is allowed into law in its current form, a group of cross-party peers warn this weekend ahead of a vote in the House of Lords. A new Ministry of Justice bill on
Updated: 01/14/2012 08:05P
Pr. William gets new police officers, sheriff's deputy
Twenty-seven new recruits graduated last week from the Prince William County Criminal Justice Academy. Twenty-six of those recruits will hit the streets as patrol officers for the Prince William County police and one will join the Prince William County
Updated: 01/14/2012 08:03P
I WILL DROP 'BIZARRE' HUNT BAN, VOWS PM
The Prime Minister pledged to allow a free vote on the repeal of the Hunting Act in this Parliament, criticising the eight-year-old legislation for “taking criminal law into an activity where it did not belong”. The 2004 Hunting Act bans hunting wild
Updated: 01/14/2012 07:40P
Solving Turkey's puzzle: Children as brides, parents as abusers
Ankara attorney Grkan zocak, in comments to Sunday's Zaman, reaffirmed that the charges have teeth in the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). According to Article 103 of the TCK, “A person who sexually abuses a child shall be punished by imprisonment of three
Updated: 01/14/2012 06:59P
More needs to be done to address judicial woes in Turkey
Vahit B?ak, a professor of criminal law, argues that plea bargaining should also be introduced into the Turkish judicial system to reduce the caseload of the courts. “There are very successful examples of alternative methods of mediation employed in
Updated: 01/14/2012 06:59P
Zanu PF MP threatens to shoot wife
The MP faces charges of contravening Section 186 (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act), in a case under number RRB1173495. According to police papers in our possession, Chirogwe's outburst followed an incident when he met his wife
Updated: 01/14/2012 05:39P
Lebanese rally against rape, sexual violence
Rally-goers carried banners saying, "We want laws that protect women from all sorts of sexual violence." Under Lebanese law, spousal rape is not considered a crime, and neither is domestic violence. Moreover, the Lebanese criminal code stipulates that
Updated: 01/14/2012 04:58P
Prevention Of Cyber Crime In Sri Lanka
By Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe - Attorney-at-Law Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing. This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the wonder of Asia
Updated: 01/14/2012 02:09P
Fear criminals, not gun owners
There can be only one answer logic will support: to render the law-abiding into prey for criminals. Prohibiting firearms to the law-abiding turns any place into a "criminal empowerment zone." Such policies have never worked out well for any but the
Updated: 01/14/2012 12:33P
State sentencing overhaul to take another year
There's going to be things in here they like and things they don't like," said Republican Brent Steele of Bedford, who chaired the criminal law and sentencing policy study committee. The two panels charged with sentencing overhaul did come up with a
Updated: 01/14/2012 12:26P
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