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MNDF has no authority over judiciary: JSC
by article 159 of the constitution and article 21 of the judicial services commission law. Criminal Court's Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed was apprehended from his residence last Monday by the MNDF and is still in custody at Kaafu Atoll Girifushi.
Updated: 01/23/2012 04:37A
Zimbabwe: Standard Journalists' Case Referred to Supreme Court
A Harare magistrate on Tuesday referred to the Supreme Court a case where journalists from The Standard are challenging the constitutionality of a section of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. Editor Nevanji Madanhire and reporter Nqaba
Updated: 01/23/2012 04:21A
Recourse for Web victims?
“I think it would make Washington one of the leaders in dealing with this issue,” said Mary Fan, a University of Washington law professor specializing in criminal law and privacy, who has testified in favor of the proposal. She cited the case of Laurie
Updated: 01/23/2012 03:22A
Bill would let victims sue over fake Facebook, Twitter accounts
"I think it would make Washington one of the leaders in dealing with this issue," said Mary Fan, a University of Washington law professor specializing in criminal law and privacy, who has testified in favor of the proposal. She cited the case of Laurie
Updated: 01/23/2012 03:14A
Legislature to hear 2-day crime summit in first full week
Goals of the conference include identifying cost-effective crime-fighting methods and steps to improve public safety. Committee Chairman Hollis French said a similar summit four years ago prompted conversation about where the state's criminal justice
Updated: 01/23/2012 03:03A
Law to ban crime gangs will be 'priority'
The proposed legislation would make WA's organised crime laws the toughest in the country. The Criminal Organisation Control Bill 2011 would mean outlaw motorcycle gangs could be considered as Declared Criminal Organisations and their members would be
Updated: 01/23/2012 02:56A
Bikie laws on Govt's priority list
The State Government's bikie laws will be take priority when Parliament returns next month, Attorney General Christian Porter has announced. Mr Porter said this afternoon the Criminal Organisation Control Bill would be at the top of the State
Updated: 01/23/2012 02:24A
Justice will be in the jury's hands
The jurors will be addressed by Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger, the Ottawa judge who presided over the trial, before they begin deliberations. Maranger's jury charge is likely to be long and complex. He will review the evidence and
Updated: 01/23/2012 02:21A
Understanding Accreditation, the “A” word that got Westwood in trouble
Although the college was accredited by a national educational accrediting agency, the credentials awarded to graduates of the college's criminal justice degree programs did not meet the accreditation conditions most local, state and federal law
Updated: 01/23/2012 01:50A
Ethiopia: Copyrights and CopyCrimes
This mass murderer has not yet atoned or paid for his horrendous crimes and the mass killings of the Red Terror. He now hopes to benefit from the sale of his book of lies. We strongly feel that this criminal should be tried before a court of law and
Updated: 01/23/2012 01:43A
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