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Tense standoff at Thammasat over lese majeste law
position of being caught in the middle of a potentially hostile confrontation between the Nitirat group and their supporters on the one hand and their opponents on the other over the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code.
Updated: 02/02/2012 04:41A
Quebec law allows for contracting loophole
By Linda Gyulai, Postmedia News February 2, 2012 12:00 AM MONTREAL - A qualification built into Quebc law allows a business person who is an officer of a company that is convicted of fraud or another crime to own less than 20 per cent of the shares in
Updated: 02/02/2012 04:23A
Stop crime from being profitable
Truth be told, such laws are on shaky constitutional grounds because they limit speech. In Simon & Schuster v. Crime Victims Board, the US Supreme Court struck down New York's law in the case of the book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family," on which the
Updated: 02/02/2012 03:50A
Adam Vincent's family call for support to change compensation law
THE family of murder victim Adam Vincent are calling for you to get behind "Adam's Law" – a drive to change the law governing the way the families of victims of violent crime are compensated. As reported, Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell has already revealed
Updated: 02/02/2012 03:42A
Ex-Vandy employee pleads not guilty to theft charges
Former Vanderbilt Law School employee Jason Hunt appeared in Davidson County Criminal Court Wednesday on charges that he stole more than $600000 from the university. Hunt pleaded not guilty and asked the court to appoint him a lawyer, claiming he could
Updated: 02/02/2012 03:12A
Ex-Vandy employee pleads not guilty to theft charges
Former Vanderbilt Law School employee Jason Hunt appeared in Davidson County Criminal Court Wednesday on charges that he stole more than $600000 from the university. Hunt pleaded not guilty and asked the court to appoint him a lawyer, claiming he could
Updated: 02/02/2012 03:12A
Ruling suspends police reserve work in Staunton, Waynesboro
However in December, the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services decided that volunteers should have full police training to assist law enforcement. That means 16 weeks of full-time police academy training at the expense of the volunteers or
Updated: 02/02/2012 02:46A
Death is too high a price for Wu to pay
If the public's concerns are heeded, this could perhaps also provide impetus for a bolder change to death sentence reviews in the upcoming amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law. The 29-year-old Wu, who started her own hair salon at the age of 15 and
Updated: 02/01/2012 11:30P
Malinda's bank fraud is civil case: Expert
JAKARTA: Criminal law expert Jisman Samosir told a court hearing on Wednesday that the Citibank embezzlement case involving its former executive, Malinda Dee, should be shifted to a civil case since the bank had returned the money stolen from its
Updated: 02/01/2012 11:26P
Give murderers suicide tools, Tory senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu says
“But he's a senator and he can't be inciting suicide, that goes against the Criminal Code.” Mr. Boisvenu's comments came as he defended the government's C-10 crime-fighting omnibus legislation with reporters before a meeting of the Conservative caucus.
Updated: 02/01/2012 09:59P
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