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Should the right to silence be removed?
As in all things in the criminal law, a proper balance is required to be struck and the balance we have reached over a very long time under the rule of law is about right. Nicholas Cowdery, QC, is the former director of public prosecutions.
Updated: 01/20/2012 03:21P
Insight Crime Misrepresents Bolivian Dilemma by Projecting “Prison Gang” Dangers
At the peak of the drug war, over 90 percent of all inmates were prosecuted by Law 1008 and this number still hovers around 85%, in spite of legal reforms. Clearly, since that time there has been criminal activity within the jails, including cell phone
Updated: 01/20/2012 03:18P
Insight Crime Misrepresents Bolivian Dilemma by Projecting “Prison Gang” Dangers
At the peak of the drug war, over 90 percent of all inmates were prosecuted by Law 1008 and this number still hovers around 85%, in spite of legal reforms. Clearly, since that time there has been criminal activity within the jails, including cell phone
Updated: 01/20/2012 03:18P
Cowardice at sea is no crime -- at least in the US
It has been up to individual countries to enact their own criminal maritime laws. In the US, for example, the seaman's manslaughter statute was passed in the mid-19th century after several fatal steamboat accidents. There's no shortage of inspiring
Updated: 01/20/2012 03:15P
Cowardice at sea is no crime -- at least in the U.S.
It has been up to individual countries to enact their own criminal maritime laws. In the US, for example, the seaman's manslaughter statute was passed in the mid-19th century after several fatal steamboat accidents. There's no shortage of inspiring
Updated: 01/20/2012 03:09P
Justice Department shutdown of Megaupload.com triggers Web site disruptions
Since September 2005, the conspiracy -- dubbed “Mega Conspiracy” by prosecutors -- generated more than $175 million in criminal proceeds by distributing millions of copies of copyrighted works, including movies, television programs, music, books,
Updated: 01/20/2012 02:58P
Costa Cruises could face criminal charges
By Cynthia O'Murchu The events aboard the Costa Concordia on January 13 raise questions not just about Captain Francesco Schettino's actions, but also about whether the company itself could face any criminal allegations. Italian law 231, enacted in
Updated: 01/20/2012 02:55P
Costa Cruises could face criminal charges
By Cynthia O'Murchu The events aboard the Costa Concordia on January 13 raise questions not just about Captain Francesco Schettino's actions, but also about whether the company itself could face any criminal allegations. Italian law 231, enacted in
Updated: 01/20/2012 02:55P
Italian captain leaving ship is no crime -- at least in the US
He also is accused of violating the law. Italian maritime code criminalizes the act of abandoning ship and Schettino was placed under house arrest, accused of causing the disaster and then jumping ship before the evacuation was complete.
Updated: 01/20/2012 02:46P
Italian captain leaving ship is no crime -- at least in the US
It has been up to individual countries to enact their own criminal maritime laws. In the US, for example, the seaman's manslaughter statute was passed in the mid-19th century after several fatal steamboat accidents. There's no shortage of inspiring
Updated: 01/20/2012 02:44P
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